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Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

verbrokkelen op last van eigen identiteit

English translation:

I want to remove all (car)drivers, who just ruïn the roads for the sake of their own glorification

Added to glossary by Lucy Spring
Oct 14, 2004 08:49
19 yrs ago
Dutch term

v. urgent (deadline 10 am!) verbrokkelen op last van eigen identiteit

Dutch to English Other Business/Commerce (general)
Ik zou de hindernissen opruimen en de wegen op elkaar aansluiten. Ik wil de bestuurders verwijderen die de wegen verbrokkelen op last van eigen identiteit.
Proposed translations (English)
2 +1 I want to remove all (car)drivers, who just ruïn the roads for the sake of their own glorification
2 vrije zin
1 by order of

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Oct 14, 2004:
sentence The whole text is bizarre. The author seems to be saying, get the roads and traffic out of towns, build huge motorways with pedestrian and cycle paths and build all the houses alongside the slow, outer lanes. If the outside lanes move slowly then you can do away with all these sound barriers you see at the side of the motorway. Still not sure exactly what their point is though...
shineda Oct 14, 2004:
vreemde zin; waar gaat dit over?

Proposed translations

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I want to remove all (car)drivers, who just ruïn the roads for the sake of their own glorification

I am not sure, but from your explanation I understand that something like this might be meant. (someone very angry about the goings of this world? and dedicated to radical change)

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Note added at 1 hr 19 mins (2004-10-14 10:08:33 GMT)
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sorry : \'..changes\'
Peer comment(s):
agree Arsen Nazarian : I tend to agree with this option
9 hrs
thank you
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Yes, I would agree with that. I think it is talking about road hogs, so that would fit in quite nicely."
33 mins

vrije zin

I would remove the obstacles and connect the lines. I want to get rid of the managers who break up the lines on behalf of their own egos.
lines/roads/paths

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Note added at 48 mins (2004-10-14 09:37:30 GMT)
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After reading the note I retract my sentence; made too many wrong assumptions here.
Peer comment(s):
neutral writeaway : loose translation but too inaccurate-op last van can hardly be translated as on behalf of-and is it managers or car drivers and wegen are lines?
6 mins
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54 mins

by order of

is what "op last van" means. The part that has me flabbergasted is "van eigen identiteit". Could it mean at their own peril here? A wild guess but is could just fit the context. Hope it helps and is still on time!
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