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Apr 15, 2010 01:00
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wens ik mede de "meest" Olympisch gemotiveerde kandidaten te weerhouden
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I don't have much context for this. I think it's the introduction to a brochure about a triathlon championship sponsored by a company. This is a member of the Belgian Olympic committee talking. He describes his career and how he came to be on the committee, and then, in the final paragraph, he says:
Vanuit het BOIC [ie the committee], en dankzij het mooi partnership met XXX [name of company], wens ik mede de “meest” Olympisch gemotiveerde kandidaten te weerhouden.
I have absolutely no idea what the whole phrase after the comma means, or how to translate "weerhouden".
Vanuit het BOIC [ie the committee], en dankzij het mooi partnership met XXX [name of company], wens ik mede de “meest” Olympisch gemotiveerde kandidaten te weerhouden.
I have absolutely no idea what the whole phrase after the comma means, or how to translate "weerhouden".
Proposed translations
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| 4 +5 | selecteren |
Lianne van de Ven
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| 5 | Stop |
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Proposed translations
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Lianne van de Ven
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Dutch term (edited):
weerhouden
Selected
selecteren
to select, to keep
Van Dale:
weer·hou·den
zie ook: weerhouden van
overgankelijk werkwoord; weerhield, heeft
weerhouden; afleiding(en): weerhouding
(in België, niet algemeen) (personen of
zaken uit een verzameling) selecteren,
behouden, overhouden
If you google for [BOIC weerhouden] you will find a lot of examples that use 'weerhouden'.
This must be a spoken sentence and it is Flemish. I think he means to say: Because I am a member of BOIC, and because we have great support from XXX, I am (also, i.e. just like them) looking forward to selecting the most motivated Olympic candidates.
"wens ik mede" could also mean "on behalf of" instead of "also/as well", but to understand that better you need the previous sentence(s).
In that case the sentence would rather say: On behalf of the BOIC, and the great partnership with XXX, I look forward to selecting the most motivated Olympic candidates.
Good luck.
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-04-15 02:33:14 GMT)
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I must admit I didn't know either, Phil. The odd sentence challenged me (but for me it's a distraction ;-)
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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-04-15 05:37:00 GMT)
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It should have been 'select' btw, not 'selecteren' :-)
Van Dale:
weer·hou·den
zie ook: weerhouden van
overgankelijk werkwoord; weerhield, heeft
weerhouden; afleiding(en): weerhouding
(in België, niet algemeen) (personen of
zaken uit een verzameling) selecteren,
behouden, overhouden
If you google for [BOIC weerhouden] you will find a lot of examples that use 'weerhouden'.
This must be a spoken sentence and it is Flemish. I think he means to say: Because I am a member of BOIC, and because we have great support from XXX, I am (also, i.e. just like them) looking forward to selecting the most motivated Olympic candidates.
"wens ik mede" could also mean "on behalf of" instead of "also/as well", but to understand that better you need the previous sentence(s).
In that case the sentence would rather say: On behalf of the BOIC, and the great partnership with XXX, I look forward to selecting the most motivated Olympic candidates.
Good luck.
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-04-15 02:33:14 GMT)
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I must admit I didn't know either, Phil. The odd sentence challenged me (but for me it's a distraction ;-)
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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-04-15 05:37:00 GMT)
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It should have been 'select' btw, not 'selecteren' :-)
Note from asker:
| Thanks very much Lianne. I must admit I didn't realise "select" was one of the meanings of weerhouden. It makes a lot more sense now. |
Peer comment(s):
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L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen
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Thanks :-)
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Carolyn Gille
: This sound quite reasonable!
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thanks
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writeaway
: weerhouden is in every Nl-En dictionary. fyi, the language is Dutch, the people in Belgium who speak it are Flemish. Lots of Dutch spoken in both Dutch-speaking countries can be highly 'distracting'.......
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thanks
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Chris Hopley
: http://www.vlaamswoordenboek.be/definities/term/weerhouden
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thanks
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Kitty Brussaard
: Weer iets geleerd!
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me too :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for your very helpful answer. "
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J. Pieter Mielekamp
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Stop
From the BIOC (Belgisch Olympisch en Interfederaal Comité) [Belgium], and thanks to a nice partnership with Coca Cola, I wish also that the "most" motivated Olympic candidates to stop drink Pepsi...
Example sentence:
We...hebben u weerhouden als topkandidaat voor deze baan, en bieden u daarom een ...
Ondergetekende is van oordeel dat de "weerhouden" waarderingsmethodes bedrijfseconomisch passend zijn
Note from asker:
| Thanks, but xxx does not stand for Coca-Cola so this is not the correct answer. |
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
writeaway
: however did you arrive at this translation??? makes no sense at all
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Discussion
I've put this meaning of "weerhouden" in the glossary as it's not there.