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een klankbeeld in vogelvlucht

English translation: a nostalgic journey through 30 years

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Dutch term or phrase:een klankbeeld in vogelvlucht
English translation:a nostalgic journey through 30 years
Entered by: MoiraB

12:05 May 4, 2006
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
Dutch term or phrase: een klankbeeld in vogelvlucht
A set of CDs to commemorate 30 years of the North Sea Jazz Festival, with tracks by various artists who performed there. New era dawning, as the venue has moved from The Hague to Ahoy'. This text is for the accompanying notes.

Daarom vindt Radio Nederland Wereldomroep het passend om dit moment te markeren met deze 4-cd box, een klankbeeld in vogelvlucht van dertig jaar North Sea-jazz.
MoiraB
France
Local time: 04:16
a nostalgic sound journey through 30 years
Explanation:
of the best at the NSJF
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Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 04:16
Grading comment
"A nostalgic journey through thirty years...." sounds good. "A look back on" works for me as well. Tough call. Thanks, everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2a bird's eye view of (the sounds of) thirty year's North Sea jazz
Adam Smith
3 +1a look (and listen) back on 30 years of North Sea Jazz
writeaway
3 +1a nostalgic sound journey through 30 years
Dave Calderhead


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a bird's eye view of (the sounds of) thirty year's North Sea jazz


Explanation:
A bird's eye view of (the sounds of) thirty years (of) North Sea jazz

Adam Smith
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Suzan Hamer: Aw, I was going to say that; you beat me to it. I was trying to think of an idiom related to sound or hearing rather than sight instead of "bird's eye view."
3 mins
  -> Sorry and thanks! :-)
agree  Siobhan Schoonhoff-Reilly: beat me to it also.
5 mins
  -> Cheers! :-)
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a look (and listen) back on 30 years of North Sea Jazz


Explanation:
not overly literal, but 4 CD's is a lot of music and to me, a bird's eye view seems more superficial. that is just my own opinon-1 question, 3 translators, 5 different ideas.....

writeaway
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Suzan Hamer: My US dictionary:"seen at a glance, & from above; also cursory" (bird's I view isn't even in my UK dictionary). Indeed, 1 synonym for cursory is brief;4 CDs is anything but brief, but could B considered a "brief" summary relative to 30 yrs of music.
1 hr
  -> a look back is longer than just a look.
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): a look-and-listen is a well-known expression (delete 'back') - you want to keep the 'sound' in there and 'bird's eye view' does not.
4 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a nostalgic sound journey through 30 years


Explanation:
of the best at the NSJF

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 04:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
"A nostalgic journey through thirty years...." sounds good. "A look back on" works for me as well. Tough call. Thanks, everyone!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): a really option too.
12 mins
  -> Thanks, Tina (:-{)>
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