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To fill the gap at the cost of others

Dutch translation: het gat vullen ten koste van anderen

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12:36 Mar 8, 2011

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English term or phrase: To fill the gap at the cost of others

Does anybody knows how to translate this phrase
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This is the phrase: To fill the gap at the cost of others.> om de leemte op te vullen ten koste van anderen. Even i'm not sure about the English phrase

I thought this might be the right translation, but i doubt if it's correct.

alnakhlan KudoZ activity Questions: 2 (none open) Answers: 0
Local time: 15:58

Dutch translation:het gat vullen ten koste van anderen

Explanation:
Deze term wordt hier standaard gebruikt.

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By the way, it's not "Michel". It's "Machiel".

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Machiel van Veen
Local time: 15:58

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het gat vullen ten koste van anderen

Machiel van Veen

Het ene gat met het andere vullen

Theo Bernards

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43 mins confidence:

to fill the gap at the cost of others Het ene gat met het andere vullen

Explanation:
It matters how you read it: I read "others" as referring to other gaps, not people. In that context, the Dutch expression "het ene gat met het andere vullen" seems the most logical translation. I agree, though, that more context is needed before I can be a hundred percent sure.

Reference: http://nl.thefreedictionary.com/gat
Reference: http://www.opzij.nl/WAD-Mediabank-pagina/Het-ene-gat-met-het...

Theo Bernards
France
Local time: 15:58
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Dutch

32 mins confidence:

to fill the gap at the cost of others

het gat vullen ten koste van anderen

Machiel van Veen
Local time: 15:58
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Dutch
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