May 15, 2000 05:06
24 yrs ago
Dutch term
Lucy Simpson
cascowoning & wegtekenen
Dutch to English
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I have the Van Dale explanation in Dutch of what it is, but wondered what the English term was. 'Wij konden in het CASCO wonen tenzij ik alles opgaf en WEGTEKENDE'.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 0 | tract home |
Ken Cox
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| 0 | HULL OF SHIP |
Simon Jones (X)
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| 0 | We could live... |
Evert DELOOF-SYS
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tract home
This meaning is given in addition, by the van Dale 'Handwoordenboek Nederlands/Engels. I suppose that living in the hull of a ship has more dramatic impact :-).
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Comment: "Van Dale describes it as a 'woning van een reeks waarbij wel de omvang maar niet de indeling van elke afzonderlijke woning van tevoren is vastgelegd.' This is obviously what a tract home is..."
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HULL OF SHIP
Casco generally means "hull" as in ship, though in insurance terms (ie car insurance) it means "fully comprehensive".
But in this case I would go for "hull", depending of course on the background....
Wegtekenen is literally "signing away", for instance signing rights to property away.
Hope this is some help....
But in this case I would go for "hull", depending of course on the background....
Wegtekenen is literally "signing away", for instance signing rights to property away.
Hope this is some help....
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Evert DELOOF-SYS
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We could live...
" We could live in the hull (of the boat,ship) unless I gave everything up (or 'dropped all claims', if this fits into the context) and waived all further rights by signing ". I think the latter ('waived all further rights by signing') defines WEGTEKENEN here in the most appropriate way.
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