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Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | | Dutch term or phrase: allochtoon / autochtoon | | I've seen 'allochton' and 'authochton', but for me it sounds weird. Does it have the same meaning the way we use it (to refer to immigrants)? |
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| | person of foreign heritage/person of native Dutch heritage | Explanation:
These are the 'official' translations used in the current IND glossary. I have always been very uncomfortable with them, even though I've translated dozens of IND documents using these phrases, at their insistence. IND certainly does not like 'foreigner' for 'allochtoon', or 'native' for 'autochtoon', and rejected my early attempts to introduce these terms to their documentation.
I think that 'autochthonous', even if it can be found in an English dictionary, is a horrible word and should be avoided.
The bottom line is that I would presonally use 'foreigner' and 'native', but these are technical terms of art in Dutch immigration legislation, and the IND is extremely particular about how they are dealt with. |
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  Bruce Gordon
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