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zeegat

English translation: .... is put to sea

13:44 Aug 18, 2004
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Dutch term or phrase: zeegat
Can't get at the right English translation for this - can anyone help?

Sentence:
Dat (i.e. vergoeding) wordt berekend vanaf het tijdstip dat de loods het zeegat in kwestie verlaat tot hij naar zijn standplaats terugkeert.
Robin Ward
Germany
Local time: 09:37
English translation:.... is put to sea
Explanation:
het zeegat uitgaan/verlaten zou je kunnen vertalen met ...is put to sea
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Iris70
Local time: 09:37
Grading comment
Sounds like the most feasible translation to me. Thanks for your help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3.... is put to sea
Iris70
3high seas
jarry (X)
2river mouth
rodi


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
.... is put to sea


Explanation:
het zeegat uitgaan/verlaten zou je kunnen vertalen met ...is put to sea

Iris70
Local time: 09:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Sounds like the most feasible translation to me. Thanks for your help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  avantix: but without *is* !! "Hij gaat het zeegat uit" = "he puts to sea". If he "is put to sea" someone may have drowned him...
8 mins
  -> Ah yes, was a little to hasty in answering : -)
agree  alphabetty
13 mins
agree  Mirjam Bonne-Nollen: with avantix as well
2 hrs
neutral  Ton Remkes: - - -'from the time the pilot is put/puts to sea - - -?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
7 hrs
  -> ?
neutral  jarry (X): (Post grading) From the time the pilot puts to sea is fine for "zeegat uitgaan", but this idiom cannot be used for "verlaten".
21 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
high seas


Explanation:
me thinks

jarry (X)
South Africa
Local time: 09:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 52
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
river mouth


Explanation:
or harbour mouth

rodi
Belgium
Local time: 09:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ton Remkes: 'harbo(u)r mouth!! [<-- definitely correct!] [river mouth = estuary!!] [een loods gaat en/of komt vrijwel altijd naar/uit een haven.] In minder waarschijnlijke contexten zou 'sea gate' als alternatief overweging waard zijn.
7 hrs
disagree  jarry (X): Many harbours (such as natural harbours) are not connected to a river mouth or estuary.
21 hrs
  -> sorry jarry but whe are talking in somesense about Antwerp and meaby a vessel can be put there with a Chinook chopper
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