Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
"zich vlak opstellen"
English translation:
reserved
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Mar 14, 2011 09:45
13 yrs ago
Dutch term
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"zich vlak opstellen"
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"Hij beschikt over goede analyse vaardigheden en is iemand die naar oplossingen zoekt die zoveel mogelijk partijen schikt. Hij kan wel nog meer blijk geven van enthousiasme en zich minder 'vlak' opstellen."
Context: Competencies/personality HR type text.
Context: Competencies/personality HR type text.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | reserved |
Oliver Pekelharing
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| 4 | have a detached attitude |
solejnicz
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| 4 | come across as flat |
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Proposed translations
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reserved
More or less the opposite of enthusiastic, making it a tautology is this sentence, imo.
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Dutch term (edited):
\"zich vlak opstellen\"
have a detached attitude
"Vlak" means here about the same as "onverschillig". This is a figurative use both in English and Dutch; see context examples.
Example sentence:
Can you better deal with a situation if you try to have a detached attitude or do you need to be emotionally involved
More than this, he suggests that therefore we should have a detached attitude towards artistic productions in order fully to appreciate them
Reference:
9 hrs
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Works in: Dutch to English, Hebrew to English
Related KudoZ points
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16
come across as flat
This is an alternative to the other two answers so far offered and means roughly the same thing. I put it forward because the English is very similar to the Dutch here.
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See
http://tinyurl.com/6cn98sm
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