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English translation: romantic comedy


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Dutch term or phrase:lustspel
English translation:romantic comedy
Entered by: Susan Pond BA
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13:26 May 13, 2004
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Other / theatre
Dutch term or phrase: lustspel
musical/theatre performance (on the subject of love/Don Giovanni/ Casanova)
Susan Pond BA
Netherlands
Local time: 09:13
romantic comedy
Explanation:
I believe there is a difference between "lustspel" and "blijspel". The first implies that desire plays a role,which is not always the case with a "blijspel". They are both comedy's, but in my opinion "lustspel" is best described as a romantic comedy.
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Iris70
Local time: 10:13
Grading comment
Thanks - I think that sums it up !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +5comedy
writeaway
3 +1romantic comedyIris70


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
comedy


Explanation:
assuming it's the same as Lustspiel in German. ref: Langenscheidt

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Note added at 4 mins (2004-05-13 13:31:20 GMT)
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in fact is it Dutch or is it a German dialect, Alsatian for instance?

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or Plattdütsch (Plattdeutsch) like here?

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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rowan Morrell: Certainly sounds like "comedy", or maybe comic play - but just comedy should do.
6 mins

agree  Helen Lusted: Probably does indeed come from German. In Dutch I suppose the correct word would be blijspel, which is of course a comedy.
37 mins

agree  xxxwinterjasmij: Ik vermoed dat het Nederlandse woord 'blijspel' is bedoeld, dus is de correcte vertaling inderdaad 'comedy'.
4 hrs

agree  Mirjam Bonne-Nollen
4 hrs

agree  Huijer
17 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
romantic comedy


Explanation:
I believe there is a difference between "lustspel" and "blijspel". The first implies that desire plays a role,which is not always the case with a "blijspel". They are both comedy's, but in my opinion "lustspel" is best described as a romantic comedy.

Iris70
Local time: 10:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks - I think that sums it up !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saskia Steur: Too right :-))
23 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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