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adresloze

English translation: without an official address / without a registered place of residence

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Dutch term or phrase:adresloze
English translation:without an official address / without a registered place of residence

09:51 Mar 11, 2008
Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
IT (Information Technology) / software
Dutch term or phrase: adresloze
This is a text on some kind of new software program for a government tax service department. The word appears as a function '5 = Besluit adreslozen'.
They refer to people who have no fixed residence.
ddescamps
Belgium
Local time: 09:34
without an official address / without a registered place of residence
Explanation:
Long but correct, IMO.

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-03-11 09:55:52 GMT)
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"addressless" is sometimes used in a non-official contexts, but I think the more formal version is necessary here
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Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 09:34
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1without an official address / without a registered place of residence
Alexander Schleber (X)
3 +2without fixed abode
vic voskuil


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
without an official address / without a registered place of residence


Explanation:
Long but correct, IMO.

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-03-11 09:55:52 GMT)
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"addressless" is sometimes used in a non-official contexts, but I think the more formal version is necessary here

Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 09:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thank you for your help. Let me know if I can return the favor

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ken Cox: if this is an official Besluit, it may have a more formal title (and thus possibly an accepted English translation...)
1 min
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
without fixed abode


Explanation:
if it indeed refers to people without a fixed residence as you stated above, then I'd say this is it. But without that context I wouldn't have imagined the two terms to mean the same ...

vic voskuil
Netherlands
Local time: 09:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Dutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adam Smith: Or simply "(of) no fixed abode"
6 mins
  -> cheers Adam! :-)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
5 hrs
  -> Thank you Tina!
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