Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
grijpt de faculteit aan
English translation:
the faculty will tackle the issue of ........
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CateA (X)
Oct 13, 2005 12:26
18 yrs ago
Dutch term
grijpt de faculteit aan
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Het najaar 2005 grijpt de faculteit aan zich te bezinnen op de bemensing van het systeem.
I'm not sure about the aangrijpen bit. I know that aangrijpen often means to seize/take advantage of, for example, to seize an opportunity, but I'm not sure if it means that here, particularly as there is no object (e.g. opportunity, chance) mentioned. Unless the najaar 2005 is itself the object. Perhaps the faculty is seizing (the opportunitity of) autumn 2005 to think about staffing issues for the system?
Could anyone kindly help me with this sentence please.
I'm not sure about the aangrijpen bit. I know that aangrijpen often means to seize/take advantage of, for example, to seize an opportunity, but I'm not sure if it means that here, particularly as there is no object (e.g. opportunity, chance) mentioned. Unless the najaar 2005 is itself the object. Perhaps the faculty is seizing (the opportunitity of) autumn 2005 to think about staffing issues for the system?
Could anyone kindly help me with this sentence please.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +5 | the faculty will tackle the issue of ........ |
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| 5 | will turn its attention to |
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Change log
Jun 26, 2006 10:50: writeaway changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Proposed translations
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the faculty will tackle the issue of ........
one way. het najaar is simply WHEN they are going to do it.
Peer comment(s):
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Deborah do Carmo
: precisely, just in the autumn
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Harry Borsje
: in the spirit of falling leaves a rather ominous opening remark...\\Add: actually they're not going to tackle it yet, but just sit and think on it
14 mins
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Elwing
: Actually the Dutch sentence does not even sound good :D
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to me at least it seems like very heavy German-style writing.
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Dave Calderhead
4 hrs
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mariette (X)
11 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you everyone for your help!"
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will turn its attention to
In the autumn of 2005 the faculty will turn its attention to staffing the system.
Discussion
Better Dutch would be: De faculteit grijpt het najaar aan om zich te bezinnen over