Dutch term
het ruime sop kiezen
Here is the phrase in full:
Wie in xxxx verblijft, houdt dus best de getijden in het oog, want als het eb is, kiezen de garnalenvissers en hun paarden er het ruime sop.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Rob
| 3 +2 | head out to sea |
Ken Cox
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| 5 | ....into the open sea/ocean |
Maria Ramon
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| 3 +1 | head for the shallows |
ntschanz
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| 4 -1 | to set sail |
D.K. Tannwitz
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Oct 23, 2008 06:34: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Advertising / Public Relations" to "Tourism & Travel"
Oct 23, 2008 06:56: Evert DELOOF-SYS changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Oct 23, 2008 06:57: Evert DELOOF-SYS changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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Proposed translations
head out to sea
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-10-23 08:14:36 GMT)
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Depending on the register and tone of your text, you could say 'hit the beach' (which would at least give the reader a better idea of what to expect).
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-10-23 09:00:50 GMT)
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Other options: head into the water, take over the beach, scour the beach,...
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Note added at 9 hrs (2008-10-23 11:56:58 GMT)
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or 'take to the sea' (for a sort of mock grandeur similar to the original)
United States
Accurate, fast, experienced, dependable
Native in: English 
, Dutch
Works in: Dutch to English, Spanish to English, English to Dutch, and 3 more.
....into the open sea/ocean
| agree |
Lianne van de Ven
41 mins
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thank you!
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| neutral |
writeaway
: -) = explanation? I've never seen shrimp fishermen on horseback in the open sea, have you?
4 hrs
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| neutral |
Evert DELOOF-SYS
: I agree with writeaway; the Dutch source is rather poor, which doesn't mean the translation shouldn't be corrected in this case
4 hrs
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| disagree |
Ramon Somoza
: The reference writeaway gives shows very clearly that the horses stay at the beach, not in the open sea...
5 hrs
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Germany
Industrial diversity
Native in: German (Variants: Germany, Platt / Nieder (Low German), Bavarian, Austrian)
Works in: German to English, Dutch to German, English to German, and 3 more.
to set sail
| neutral |
writeaway
: shrimp fishermen on horseback?
1 hr
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| disagree |
Ramon Somoza
: Sorry, but the horses to not have sails...
4 hrs
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head for the shallows
| agree |
Tina Vonhof (X)
: or 'head for the beach' , as that's their starting point.
6 hrs
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Reference comments
Ref for those who have never been to Oostduinkerk in particular or Belgium/Belgian coast in general
Men in bright yellow overalls and slickers ride their plodding workhorses across the sands into the North Sea at low tide, trawling for shrimps in just the way that their forefathers have done for more than 500 years.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/31/business/shrimp.php
LEAD: IN the North Sea on the Flanders coast, Belgium's gray shrimp are caught beneath an almost perpetually gray sky. The bulk of them are harvested by boat, but at Oostduinkerke, shrimp fishermen on horseback still drag their nets at low tide to scoop up these tiny glistening delicacies.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=95...
Shrimp-Fishing Horses of Oostduinkerke (Belgium)
The season for shrimps is May/June and September/October, sometimes running into November if the weather allows and the shrimps remain. It is only possible to reach the shrimps for two hours before low tide and one hour after, as they do not move inshore with the tide. The working season is extended by the tourist board, who pay the fishermen to go out during the summer months for the benefit of the tourists, even though the shrimps they catch may be barely enough to fill a sandwich.
https://www.drafthorsejournal.com/autumn2004/feature.htm
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