vloeibaar

English translation: Malleable (since everything becomes ... under pressure

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Dutch term or phrase:	Vloeibaar (omdat onder druk alles ... wordt)
English translation:	Malleable (since everything becomes ... under pressure
Entered by:	jarry (X)

12:09 May 13, 2002

Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Dutch term or phrase: vloeibaar

Omdat 'onder druk alles vloeibaar wordt' kiezen steeds meer bestuurders niet alleen voor sanering maar ook voor fundamenteel betere inkoopprestaties.

Helen Lusted KudoZ activity Questions: 49 (1 open) Answers: 28 United Kingdom
Local time: 21:52

Since everything becomes malleable under pressure,

Explanation:
might be a better option than a literal translation of "vloeibaar".

Selected response from:

jarry (X)
South Africa
Local time: 22:52

Grading comment

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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

liquid

vixen

Under pressure, anything goes

Adam Smith

flux

Chris Hopley

Since everything becomes malleable under pressure,

jarry (X)

Answers

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

liquid

Explanation:
'everything becomes liquid under pressure'

vixen
Greece
Local time: 23:52
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in pair: 457

19 mins confidence:

Under pressure, anything goes

Explanation:
Another (less literal) suggestion would be something like:

"Because of the 'under pressure - anything goes' attitude / mentality, many more managers are chosing, etc."

"Parkeergarages kunnen meeliften met stedelijke vernieuwing

Onder druk wordt alles vloeibaar: lessen in publiek-private samenwerking

ing. C. Harteveld
RWS-AVV

ir. T. de Wit
CROW

Dat onder druk alles vloeibaar wordt, blijkt ook op te gaan voor de zo geprezen publiek-private samenwerking. Althans, dat is de conclusie na een bezoek aan het congres van de ?British Parking Association? (BPA) Parkex begin november in Manchester, in combinatie met een presentatie in Hannover over de aanpak van het verkeers- en vervoersmanagement. Als de druk maar groot genoeg is, blijkt publiek-private samenwerking een krachtig middel te kunnen zijn."

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Note added at 2002-05-13 12:29:50 (GMT)
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That should be \'choosing\' of course

:-)

Reference: http://www.crow.nl/Magazine_wegen/2001/2001_2/2001_2e.html

Adam Smith
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:52
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1145

19 mins confidence:

flux

Explanation:
E.g. 'as pressure creates flux in any situation'. Fluid is another good possibility. I wouldn't go for liquid, though, as it's too physical IMO.

My favoured option, though, would be to leave out the metaphor and just use "Under pressure, managers are increasingly tending ..."

Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 22:52
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2117

20 mins confidence:

Since everything becomes malleable under pressure,

Explanation:
might be a better option than a literal translation of "vloeibaar".

jarry (X)
South Africa
Local time: 22:52
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 3855

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