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Europees gezien

English translation: compared with the rest of Europe, compared with other European countries


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Dutch term or phrase:Europees gezien
English translation:compared with the rest of Europe, compared with other European countries
Entered by: Antoinette Verburg
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09:15 May 20, 2005
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Medical: Health Care / drugs
Dutch term or phrase: Europees gezien
"Het percentage (...) in Nederland is Europees gezien niet hoog."

Kan 'Europees gezien' hier vertaald worden met 'on a European scale' of beter met iets anders?
Antoinette Verburg
Netherlands
Local time: 09:10
compared with the rest of Europe
Explanation:
It's a comparison, so how about: 'compared with the rest of Europe' or 'compared with other European countries'.
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Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 09:10
Grading comment
Het betreft hier absoluut een vergelijking (nl. hoe het percentage in Nl. zich verhoudt tot de percentages in de rest van Europa), dus hartelijk dank voor deze suggesties, Chris. Ook alle anderen hartelijk dank voor het meedenken.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +11compared with the rest of Europe
Chris Hopley
4 +2on a European scale
Evert DELOOF-SYS
3 +2from a European perspectiveedith1
3If we look at it in a European context the percentage of... in the Netherlands is not high.Nico Staes


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
on a European scale


Explanation:
And why not, indeed.

Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Local time: 09:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FlemishFlemish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ljiljana Malovic
3 mins
agree  Fred ten Berge: Indeed!
11 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
from a European perspective


Explanation:
..

edith1
Local time: 09:10
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in HebrewHebrew

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Willemina Hagenauw
31 mins
agree  Fred ten Berge: Quite plausible suggestion!
11 hrs
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
compared with the rest of Europe


Explanation:
It's a comparison, so how about: 'compared with the rest of Europe' or 'compared with other European countries'.

Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 09:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Het betreft hier absoluut een vergelijking (nl. hoe het percentage in Nl. zich verhoudt tot de percentages in de rest van Europa), dus hartelijk dank voor deze suggesties, Chris. Ook alle anderen hartelijk dank voor het meedenken.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway
9 mins
agree  Nico Staes
14 mins
neutral  Ljiljana Malovic: if the client pays per target word... I have already agreed with the above solution. Nothing - really, it was just a joke. It is a good translation - joke maybe misplaced - but nevertheless - real 'artists in translation' can make wordcount impressive too
29 mins
  -> what does a payment model have to do with good translation???
agree  Paul Peeraerts
1 hr
agree  xxxFullCircle
2 hrs
agree  Maria van der Heijde-Zomerdijk
3 hrs
agree  Francina
4 hrs
agree  Hester Eymers
4 hrs
agree  Gerda Rijsselaere
7 hrs
agree  Mirjam Bonne-Nollen
8 hrs
neutral  Fred ten Berge: This most certainly is NOT a comparison according to the basics of the original Dutch expression! Rendering of practical meaning is plausible - -
10 hrs
agree  Lawyer-Linguist: is most definitely a comparison and the most idiomatic solution
12 hrs
agree  Allison Klein: it's a waste of time to even assume anything else is correct -
1 day1 hr
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
If we look at it in a European context the percentage of... in the Netherlands is not high.


Explanation:
Maybe an alternative that work in order to get around the problem of comparison.

Nico Staes
Local time: 09:10
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FlemishFlemish
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