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de konen te verhogen

English translation: lonen (typo?)

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Dutch term or phrase:de konen te verhogen
English translation:lonen (typo?)
Entered by: Harold Mitchell

11:41 Jan 12, 2004
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
Dutch term or phrase: de konen te verhogen
"Er onstond dus veel ruimte om de konen te verhogen en de vakbonden werden het middel bij uitstek om dit middel te bereiken".
Harold Mitchell
Local time: 03:03
lonen (typo?)
Explanation:
zou het niet een typfoutje kunnen zijn?
Selected response from:

Justine Sherwood
Italy
Local time: 04:03
Grading comment
Thanks, very obvious when you think about it - but it was a Belgian text and could have been an idiom from the context.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +8lonen (typo?)
Justine Sherwood
5 +1increase wages
joeky janusch


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
lonen (typo?)


Explanation:
zou het niet een typfoutje kunnen zijn?

Justine Sherwood
Italy
Local time: 04:03
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 12
Grading comment
Thanks, very obvious when you think about it - but it was a Belgian text and could have been an idiom from the context.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henk Peelen: lijkt mij ook: wages
5 mins
agree  Jacqueline van der Spek
20 mins
agree  Saskia Steur (X)
24 mins
agree  Adela Van Gils: increase wages
35 mins
agree  Erica Magielse
1 hr
agree  vixen
1 hr
agree  Kate Hudson (X)
2 hrs
agree  Jason Roberts: gotta be this
6 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
increase wages


Explanation:
As already suggested a typo.

De londen verhogen= to increase wages

joeky janusch
Israel
Local time: 05:03
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in pair: 183

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Saskia Steur (X): you replace one typo with another :-)
17 mins
  -> is this a reason for neutral???
agree  Henk Peelen: ik krijg rode konen van zo'n meningsverschil. Een hogere belonding kan ook best: een agree
7 hrs
  -> Dank je, Hank, uhhhh.....Henk
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