Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

aanslag voor beschikbaar budget

English translation:

eats into available budget [takes up a sizeable part of the available budget]

Added to glossary by Siobhan Schoonhoff-Reilly
Jan 24, 2007 13:50
17 yrs ago
Dutch term

aanslag voor beschikbaar budget

Dutch to English Bus/Financial IT (Information Technology)
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Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 eats into available budget

Proposed translations

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eats into available budget

I suppose, in layman's terms, they mean it's too expensive ;-)
Peer comment(s):

agree Wouter van Kampen : Ja waarschijnlijk. Het is overigens "aanslag OP...." Het nieuwste Nenglish "van de kust" als vertaling van "off the coast" :-(
13 mins
agree Ken Cox : my feeling too (takes a big chunk out of the available budget), but as a non-native I hesitated due to 'voor'
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agree CJG (X)
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agree Dave Calderhead
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agree DutchConnection : Or makes inroads upon available budget (just an afterthought :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you Chris! How I actually translated it: 'takes up a sizeable part of the available budget'. "
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