Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

gelijk speelveld

English translation:

level playing-field

Added to glossary by David Van der Vloet
Nov 13, 2005 09:01
19 yrs ago
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Dutch term

gelijk speelveld

Non-PRO Dutch to English Bus/Financial Telecom(munications)
"Dit belemmert de totstandkoming van een ‘gelijk speelveld’"
This impedes the creation of a...
Any suggestions or ideas? Thanks in advance.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 level playing-field
Change log

Nov 13, 2005 10:45: writeaway changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Nov 13, 2005 10:45: writeaway changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Bus/Financial"

Proposed translations

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level playing-field

level playing-field

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-11-13 09:04:39 GMT)
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I.e. "level playing field
Definition

Environment in which all companies in a given market must follow the same rules and are given an equal ability to compete. "

ref. http://www.investorwords.com/2783/level_playing_field.html

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-11-13 09:06:00 GMT)
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E.g. "The UK Government is kicking off nine 'proof of concept' trials of the use of open source software in the public sector with the intention of creating "a level playing field" between open source and proprietary software."

ref. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/10/09/uk_gov_aims_for_leve...
Peer comment(s):

agree Dave Calderhead
32 mins
Thank you, Dave!
agree writeaway : the only possible translation afaik. in everyone's version of English
1 hr
Thanks
agree DutchConnection : But without the hyphen: playing field (Oxford English Dictionary)
1 day 1 hr
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