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English translation: the clearer, the better (the more unambigous, the better)

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Dutch term or phrase:	Hoe duidelijker, hoe beter
English translation:	the clearer, the better (the more unambigous, the better)
Entered by:	Jacqueline Sieben

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15:58 Jan 28, 2010

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Social Sciences - Government / Politics / government cooperation

Dutch term or phrase: Hoe duidelijker, hoe beter

Hoe duidelijker in de cases de zingeving gedefinieerd en gerealiseerd wordt, hoe beter de samenwerking ervaren wordt.

My translation: The higher the level of clarity in defining and achieving fulfillment in those cases, the more fulfilling cooperation is considered to be.

Thanks for your comments and suggestions!

Jacqueline Sieben KudoZ activity Questions: 51 (none open) (2 without valid answers) Answers: 8
Local time: 10:42

the clearer, the better (the more unambigous, the better)

Explanation:
These would be my choices.
"The higher the level of clarity.." is a longer version and good, but the rest of the sentence is not translated correctly.

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Note added at 45 mins (2010-01-28 16:43:33 GMT)
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unambigous => unambiguous

Selected response from:

Alexander Schleber
Local time: 10:42

Grading comment

Thanks again Ron!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

the clearer, the better (the more unambigous, the better)

Alexander Schleber

the more clearly ... the more satisfying (in this case)

Lianne Van De Ven

see text

L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen

Discussion entries: 3

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22 mins confidence:

see text

Explanation:
The translation for the term you ask is correct. I donot believe that the translation of the sentence is correct. Kudoz is about terms and not about a sentence.

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Note added at 24 mins (2010-01-28 16:22:44 GMT)
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You could also obviously contract and say: The clearer .... so much better ...

L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen
South Africa
Local time: 10:42
Native speaker of:

English,

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4

43 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

the clearer, the better (the more unambigous, the better)

Alexander Schleber
Local time: 10:42
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks again Ron!

5 hrs confidence:

the more clearly ... the more satisfying (in this case)

Explanation:
I don't know what the cases are about but "zingeving" typically means "giving meaning to" or "interpretation" - rather than fulfillment. It refers to embedding the meaning of something into a larger picture.

Your first part of the sentence is incorrect: it reads "clarity in defining (fulfillment) and achieving fulfillment" which is not what the Dutch sentence says.

I would say: The more the meaning is clearly defined and realized, the more the cooperation is expienced as satisfying.

Lianne Van De Ven
United States
Local time: 04:42
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 2

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Jan 28, 2010 - Changes made by writeaway:
Field	Other => Social Sciences
Field (specific)	Law (general) => Government / Politics

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