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Waar blijkt dat uit

English translation: how do we know this?


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Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Dutch term or phrase: Waar blijkt dat uit
De zin is als volgt: Vele van ons hebben een basisprincipe. Waar blijkt dat uit? uit het volgende.....

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Jeroen Allebe
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:43
English translation:how do we know this?
Explanation:
"Many of us have a basic principle. How do we know this? Because..."
Selected response from:

Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 22:43
Grading comment
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7how do we know this?
Chris Hopley
4 +2What evidence is there of that?MoiraB
4 +1How is this evident?/How is this apparent
Textpertise


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
waar blijkt dat uit?
how do we know this?


Explanation:
"Many of us have a basic principle. How do we know this? Because..."

Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 22:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 30

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MoiraB: oops, didn't see you there until I posted. Sounds fine to me!
4 mins
  -> No worries. Thanks Moira!
agree  Annabel Koekemoer
4 mins
  -> Thanks Annabel!
agree  Ron Willems
1 hr
agree  Kitty Brussaard: Smooth and simple :-)
6 hrs
agree  Iris Shalev: Sounds the most natural, I think
16 hrs
agree  Jennifer Barnett: How do we know? All sound a bit over elaborate, more correct than probably required.
18 hrs
agree  lipabel
1 day13 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
What evidence is there of that?


Explanation:
How do we know that? Really depends what 'het volgende' includes, but you get the idea.

MoiraB
France
Local time: 22:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Annabel Koekemoer: this is probably not incorrect, it just sounds a bit more clumsy than Chris's answer
2 mins
  -> Well that's odd, since I gave what turned out to be Chris' answer as an alternative....
agree  Chris Hopley: Not clumsy, but definitely more formal in tone.
6 mins
  -> Thanks, Chris. Yes, it depends what kind of register asker's after.
agree  Kitty Brussaard: Also with Chris
6 hrs
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
How is this evident?/How is this apparent


Explanation:
You can see this through (and then you have the evidence).

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Note added at 23 mins (2009-10-13 14:24:47 GMT)
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The other two answers are also correct. This just picks up on "blijken", which means to appear or be visible.

Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Verginia Ophof
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Verginia.
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