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Dutch term or phrase:
renovatieprojecten
English translation:
renovation projects
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Kirsten Bodart
Jun 30, 2011 20:16
12 yrs ago
Dutch term
renovatieprojecten
Dutch to English
Tech/Engineering
Environment & Ecology
Waste disposal
All right, it looks obvious enough, I know: "renovation projects". My only reason for slight doubt is that this occurs in a context dealing with waste disposal, as follows:
"Wij registreren afvalstromen conform EURAL codes in gevaarlijk (olieverontreinigde grond, PCBs, etc.) versus niet-gevaarlijk (metaal, hout, etc.). In 2010 bedroeg de totale hoeveelheid afval 1.855 ton, waarvan 31% gevaarlijk. Dit komt overeen met een stijging van bijna 29% ten opzichte van 2009. Belangrijke oorzaken zijn een verbeterde registratie op hoogspanningsstations in Nederland die worden gedeeld met regionale netbeheerders en een intensivering van renovatieprojecten in Duitsland."
Could "renovatie" ever be used in the sense of waste disposal, like "renovation" in Danish? None of the dictionaries I've consulted, on or off line, seem to think so, and yet "renovation" in its non-Danish acceptation doesm't seem quite to make sense here - unless ion the understanding that, when you renovate something (we're not told what), you're likely to have a lot of rubbish to get rid of.
"Wij registreren afvalstromen conform EURAL codes in gevaarlijk (olieverontreinigde grond, PCBs, etc.) versus niet-gevaarlijk (metaal, hout, etc.). In 2010 bedroeg de totale hoeveelheid afval 1.855 ton, waarvan 31% gevaarlijk. Dit komt overeen met een stijging van bijna 29% ten opzichte van 2009. Belangrijke oorzaken zijn een verbeterde registratie op hoogspanningsstations in Nederland die worden gedeeld met regionale netbeheerders en een intensivering van renovatieprojecten in Duitsland."
Could "renovatie" ever be used in the sense of waste disposal, like "renovation" in Danish? None of the dictionaries I've consulted, on or off line, seem to think so, and yet "renovation" in its non-Danish acceptation doesm't seem quite to make sense here - unless ion the understanding that, when you renovate something (we're not told what), you're likely to have a lot of rubbish to get rid of.
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Jul 5, 2011 10:14: Kirsten Bodart Created KOG entry
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Never ever have I seen 'renovatie' in a waste-disposal context. I think the word you are thinking of is something like 'sanering' which means to get rid of nasty things in the ground for example. Like taking the top layer off a plot of land because it has been polluted before building houses on it.
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Jack den Haan
: Quite logical in context too.
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