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02:02 Jul 26, 2011 |
Dutch to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / early 1900s Indonesian novel written in Malay lingua franca with some Dutch | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Josephine Isaacs (X) Australia Local time: 09:05 | ||||||
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4 | Off with you |
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3 | Come on, come on! |
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Off with you Explanation: I think this is very close to the meaning of the source text and fits best with the the rest of the sentence. |
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Come on, come on! Explanation: Thank you, Catherine. Of course I can't be perfectly sure and thanks to you and Josephine I 'know' that 'oat' means 'uit'. Thinking about it another while, I made connections with the interjection 'vooruit' That is, in the sense of 'Vooruit, vooruit! ('oat' as a shortened form of 'vooruit' or 'vooroat') Van Dale offers voor 'vooruit': get going, come on, go on and other options that depend on the 'degree of angriness' also one you mentioned: vooruit, het is bedtijd - off to bed now well, as I said, I believe it is about encouragement perhaps it means the same as 'maju' - go on she starts out with 'Dutch' and then switches to Malay lingua franca unfortunately, I don't know about the niceties of 'majum' I believe I would like 'come on' best, better than 'hurry up' I believe Come on, come on! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day1 hr (2011-07-27 03:17:56 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- You may well be right. In fact 'quick, quick' is an option that crossed my mind as well. And this father at the back of her mind. What was your final choice? |
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