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gloeilampje van de buitenverlichting uitgevallen

01:07 Mar 23, 2002
Flemish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Flemish term or phrase: gloeilampje van de buitenverlichting uitgevallen
car manual
angela


Summary of answers provided
3 +1exterior lightbulb(s) have stopped working
swisstell
4an outside light bulb failed
jarry (X)
4 -2Exterior lamp bulb has fallen out
Yngve Roennike


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
Exterior lamp bulb has fallen out


Explanation:
verlichting is actually lighting, but I am assuming this is what is meant, given it is a car manual.

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Note added at 2002-03-23 02:04:01 (GMT)
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lamp or light bulb, same difference. Failed is better, as in \"out of commission.\"

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Note added at 2002-03-23 03:52:22 (GMT)
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I guess I should have said dropped out to avert any misunderstanding. BTW Ge: ausfallen, Du: uitvallen, En: drop out and Da: udfald all also have the connotation of failing. But, Sw: bortfall.

Yngve Roennike
Local time: 03:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Sven Petersson: I seriously doubt that a car manual would deal with lamps falling out!
17 mins
  -> Don't be serious!
disagree  jarry (X): Fallen out? Surely that's not proper English for a lightbulb failing.
20 hrs
  -> No, but drop out is. The issue here is whether we are dealing with a light in a car, which I believe we are, rather than external or ambient lighting. .
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
exterior lightbulb(s) have stopped working


Explanation:
I suppose in a manual, the title would be
"when the exteriror ...."

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Note added at 2002-03-23 02:00:00 (GMT)
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or: are burned out

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 09:19
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sven Petersson
11 mins
  -> thanks, Sven!
neutral  Yngve Roennike: This is more likely to occur in a troubleshooting section, so it doesn't seem like a title per se.
58 mins
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
an outside light bulb failed


Explanation:
could this be a warning light of some kind?

jarry (X)
South Africa
Local time: 09:19
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 226
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