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Dutch term or phrase:	snippergroen
English translation:	fragmented (municipal) plots
Entered by:	katja van hellemond

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07:03 Jun 19, 2010

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Law/Patents - Government / Politics

Dutch term or phrase: snippergroen

http://www.piga.arnhem.nl/contents/31883/snippergroen2008.pd...

katja van hellemond KudoZ activity Questions: 101 (none open) (6 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 155 Portugal
Local time: 09:42

fragmented (municipal) plots

Explanation:
This is an option to specifically convey the notion that the pieces of municipal land with grass/parks/trees are "versnipperd". The plots are small and fragmented.

Selected response from:

Max Nuijens, MSc
Belarus
Local time: 11:42

Grading comment

Creatief bedacht Max, bedankt!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

small plots of municipal ground sold to residents

Kate Hudson

4 +1

allotments

Textpertise

3 +1

fragmented (municipal) plots

Max Nuijens, MSc

shattered green

Barend van Zadelhoff

Summary of reference entries provided

strips of green???

Sindy Cremer

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

37 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

small plots of municipal ground sold to residents

Explanation:
There is no word for this in English. The best you can do is describe it. These strips or plots of ground are often only a few square metres but by selling the municipality reduces the amount of maintenance and for the residents it adds to the size of their garden.

Kate Hudson
Netherlands
Local time: 10:42
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

fragmented (municipal) plots

Explanation:
This is an option to specifically convey the notion that the pieces of municipal land with grass/parks/trees are "versnipperd". The plots are small and fragmented.

Max Nuijens, MSc
Belarus
Local time: 11:42
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 35

Grading comment

Creatief bedacht Max, bedankt!

10 hrs confidence:

shattered green

Explanation:
"snippergroen" is het kernbegrip van de tekst en keert verschillende keren terug, je zou weer zo'n kernbegrip willen hebben in het Engels

dat betekent dat je zoekt naar een equivalent begrip in het Engels als je het begrip niet onvertaald wilt laten

het equivalente begrip moet begrepen worden vanuit de definitie, hoeft zonder definitie niet onmiddellijk duidelijk te zijn, maar moet wel "logisch" overkomen vanuit de definitie

"snippergroen" staat in tegenstelling tot grotere delen groen die functioneel zijn en makkelijker en goedkoper in onderhoud, het is versnipperd groen

shattered - versnipperd, verspreid, geen geheel vormend

Our destination was 135 km (84 mi) west: the Tanquary Fiord Warden Station. As we hiked, the terrain alternated between gravel and sand dunes to hillsides littered with shattered green and red shale.

Barend van Zadelhoff
Netherlands
Local time: 10:42
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

disagree

Carolyn Gille: I don't get this at all from the asker's link, sorry. Hi Barend, I understand that you want to come up with an equivalent term in English, but I don't think there is one in this case. Shattered green means nothing at all to me, sorry.

19 hrs

-> I sincerely do, as you might understand. No 100-percent equivalent perhaps, but I do think it is an option.

neutral

Olly Pekelharing: I think your example means fragments of green and red shale, not 'fragments of greenery' and red shale! -> if you had to think up an equivalent then I'd go with Max's 'fragmented'. Maybe 'fragmented greenery'. 'Shattered' sounds too poetic.

1 day17 hrs

-> I think you are right. You don't think "shattered" can mean "occurring in small units in many different, separate places"? Would "scattered green" be a better option? // I suggest that you post 'fragmented greenery' as an answer, it's a helpful equivalent

agree

Riens Middelhof: I don´t want to discuss "shattered" here, but I like the general idea. It needs to be short and concise, there´s no way to describe this term. Sincerely, "fragmented plots" does not convey the central message.

3 days3 hrs

-> Hallo Riens, what do you think of Olly's "fragmented greenery"? I think it is useful. Imo you can't use "plots" as "plots" is used in the definition of "snippergroen"

3 days17 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

allotments

Explanation:
The English term for this is allotments.
See:
http://www.allotment.org.uk/articles/Allotment-History.php
as one example.

Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:42
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 7

Reference comments

4 days

Reference: strips of green???

Reference information:
http://www.arenaconsulting.nl/media/Hollands Kroon/Niedorp/N...

2.1 Definitie snippergroen
In deze nota wordt onder snippergroen verstaan een (rest)perceel gemeentegrond dat in gebruik is
als groenstrook of plantsoen. Deze percelen zijn meestal nabij woningen ontstaan indien er bij de
verkaveling geen logische toedeling bij bouwkavels is gevonden. Dit is vaak bij hoekwoningen het
geval. Deze percelen grond hebben volgens de vigerende bestemmingsplannen geen
woonbestemming. Wel kan er op sommige percelen openbaar groen een wijzigingsbevoegdheid
wonen rusten. In de bestemmingsplannen wordt openbaar groen als ‘openbaar groen’, ‘groen’ of
‘groenvoorziening’ aangeduid.

Sindy Cremer
Ireland
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 12

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