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een beeld zegt meer dan duizend woorden

English translation: a picture is worth a thousand words

12:47 Jul 6, 2008
Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Dutch term or phrase: een beeld zegt meer dan duizend woorden
Is there an English proverb or saying to match this one? It is used in a marketing text to motivate the use of avatars and other visuals.
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Local time: 11:25
English translation:a picture is worth a thousand words
Explanation:
see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_picture_is_worth_a_thousand_words
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Sabine Piens
Belgium
Local time: 11:25
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5a picture is worth a thousand words
Sabine Piens
5 +1a picture speaks a thousand words
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
4 +2a picture says more than a thousands words
Lianne van de Ven
5 +1a picture paints a thousand words
sindy cremer
5a picture tells a thousand stories
ans wegter
5pictures speak louder than a thousand words
Katrien De Clercq


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a picture speaks a thousand words


Explanation:
That's how I know it.


    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&hl=en&q=a+picture+speaks+m...
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lianne van de Ven: has 131.000 "exact matches" on google itt tot "is" (10.000) or "says more than" (18.000)
4 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a picture says more than a thousands words


Explanation:
Algemeen. "Picture" kan vervangen worden door "image" "graphics" etc.
Ook: pictures worth more than a thousand words

Lianne van de Ven
United States
Local time: 05:25
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 20

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agree  Kalyani Jog
15 mins
agree  Vert-ical Tr (X)
2 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
a picture is worth a thousand words


Explanation:
see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_picture_is_worth_a_thousand_words

Sabine Piens
Belgium
Local time: 11:25
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FlemishFlemish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Is worth more than a thousand words.
37 mins
  -> Thank you, Tina !
agree  Frank Hesse: with Tina's correction
2 hrs
  -> Thank you !
agree  Neil Cross: No need for the "more than" - in English the proverb is as Sabine has stated it (picture = 1000 words). 1,890,000 exact matches on Google: http://www.google.com/search?q="a picture is worth a thousan...
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Neil !
agree  matmcv (X): As Neil says, and Sabine puts it. I should think the Dutch version has been translated from the English.
13 hrs
  -> Thank you, Matthew !
agree  LouisV (X): yep, this is the correct one I think
17 hrs
  -> Thank you, Louis !
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a picture paints a thousand words


Explanation:
another possibility

sindy cremer
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jo Lefebure: yup, I would use this one as well.
16 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jo!
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a picture tells a thousand stories


Explanation:
nog een mogelijkheid

ans wegter
Netherlands
Local time: 11:25
Native speaker of: Dutch
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
pictures speak louder than a thousand words


Explanation:
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Katrien De Clercq
Local time: 11:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FlemishFlemish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  LouisV (X): it is deeds that speak louder than words!
16 hrs
  -> I agree that's the original one, but my proposition also gives 94,100 exact matches on Google!
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