memorias tardías para fabricar disculpas

Dutch translation: van herinneringen achteraf om zich zo vrij te pleiten/

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Spanish term or phrase:memorias tardías para fabricar disculpas
Dutch translation:van herinneringen achteraf om zich zo vrij te pleiten/
Entered by: Adela Van Gils

12:44 Feb 5, 2007
Spanish to Dutch translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / Che Guevara / guerrilla
Spanish term or phrase: memorias tardías para fabricar disculpas
Por primera vez, el historiador tiene que apelar tan sólo a testimonios hostiles, muchas veces interesados en distorsionar lo sucedido, en construir una versión fraudulenta. Lo que hoy se sabe ha venido surgiendo a cuentagotas a lo largo de 28 años, fruto de tenacidades periodísticas, de memorias tardías para fabricar disculpas.
--> memorias tardías para fabricar disculpas: herinneringen ... om een smoes te verzinnen (herinneringen die laat opduiken / late herinneringen ... om een smoes te verzinnen?)
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Local time: 03:17
van herinneringen achteraf om zich zo vrij te pleiten/
Explanation:
vrij te pleiten/te verexcuseren, maar dat laatste is geen mooi Nederlands.

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Note added at 20 mins (2007-02-05 13:04:45 GMT)
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te verontschuldigen

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Note added at 27 mins (2007-02-05 13:11:06 GMT)
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'van herinneringen naderhand' zou ook kunnen
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Local time: 03:17
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van herinneringen achteraf om zich zo vrij te pleiten/


Explanation:
vrij te pleiten/te verexcuseren, maar dat laatste is geen mooi Nederlands.

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Note added at 20 mins (2007-02-05 13:04:45 GMT)
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te verontschuldigen

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Note added at 27 mins (2007-02-05 13:11:06 GMT)
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'van herinneringen naderhand' zou ook kunnen

Adela Van Gils
Netherlands
Local time: 03:17
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 72

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agree  Riens Middelhof: ik zou wel "smoezen te verzinnen" erin houden...
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