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Lekensamenvatting

English translation: Lay summary

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Dutch term or phrase:Lekensamenvatting
English translation:Lay summary
Entered by: Luuk Arens

13:45 Mar 24, 2009
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History
Dutch term or phrase: Lekensamenvatting
Het betreft een korte samenvatting van een onderzoeksvoorstel bedoeld voor een beoordelingscommissie die niet noodzakelijk bestaat uit experts op het terrein van het onderzoeksvoorstel.

Ik dacht zelf aan bijv. 'non-expert summary' of is hier een betere term voor?
Luuk Arens
Netherlands
Local time: 22:27
Layman's summary
Explanation:
Non-expert summary is fine but your original makes use of the word Leken which denotes people who are not members of the clergy, i.e. the laity. Lay summary or Layman's summary would be the literal translation.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-03-24 16:29:22 GMT)
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"Summary for the Unitiated" would also serve your purposes.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-03-24 16:31:43 GMT)
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Sorry, missspelling. "Summary for the Uninitiated."
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Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:27
Grading comment
Thanks a bunch!
Luuk
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +5Layman's summary
Textpertise


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Layman's summary


Explanation:
Non-expert summary is fine but your original makes use of the word Leken which denotes people who are not members of the clergy, i.e. the laity. Lay summary or Layman's summary would be the literal translation.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-03-24 16:29:22 GMT)
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"Summary for the Unitiated" would also serve your purposes.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-03-24 16:31:43 GMT)
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Sorry, missspelling. "Summary for the Uninitiated."

Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a bunch!
Luuk

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: non-expert sounds like a translation, layman sounds like idiomatic English. seems that the assumption remains that 'anything goes' when it comes to English
10 mins
  -> Thanks, Writeaway, although IMHO non-expert is OK. Nonetheless, it CAN sound denigrating
agree  Chris Hopley: fwiw, I prefer 'lay summary', e.g. http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/funding/writing_su...
19 mins
  -> Thanks, Chris
agree  Dorine Oz-Vermeulen
19 mins
  -> Thanks, mettozet
agree  Anja Thys
26 mins
  -> Thanks, Anja
agree  jarry (X): Agree with Chris (is also non-sexist)
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Jarry. See also my alternative suggestion in comment.
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