Apr 30, 2013 16:30
11 yrs ago
English term
lachrymose moment
English to Dutch
Art/Literary
Law (general)
Ik ben niet helemaal zeker van de gevoelswaarde van "lachrymose". Welke vertaling stellen jullie voor?
"Sir Winston Churchill was no stranger to the odd lachrymose moment"
"Sir Winston Churchill was no stranger to the odd lachrymose moment"
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| 3 +2 | een traantje wegpinken |
Natasha Ziada (X)
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| 3 | plotseling opborrelende emoties. |
Michel de Ruyter
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een traantje wegpinken
Dit klinkt als een Brits understatement. Het artikel waar dit uit lijkt te komen bevestigt dat. Als je de licht ironische toon wil handhaven lijkt dit me een goede constructie.
"(Ook) Sir W C moest wel eens een traantje wegpinken."
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Note added at 14 hrs (2013-05-01 06:35:49 GMT)
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Oh, nog een mooie: "had wel eens last van loszittende tranen"
De troonswisseling heeft me blijkbaar geïnspireerd :)
"(Ook) Sir W C moest wel eens een traantje wegpinken."
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Note added at 14 hrs (2013-05-01 06:35:49 GMT)
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Oh, nog een mooie: "had wel eens last van loszittende tranen"
De troonswisseling heeft me blijkbaar geïnspireerd :)
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Comment: "De zin moet niet gelezen worden in de context van het DM artikel, anders had ik het wel vermeld, het is een stijlvoorbeeld in een andere context waarin "loszittende tranen" prima past. "
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Michel de Ruyter
Finland
Finland
Native in Dutch
Specializes in field
Finland
Strong focus on details & style
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: English to Dutch, Finnish to Dutch
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plotseling opborrelende emoties.
past naar mijn idee goed.
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huilerig
1. Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful.
2. Causing or tending to cause tears.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lachrymose
lachrymose
adjective
1.
suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
2.
given to shedding tears readily; tearful.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lachrymose
2. Causing or tending to cause tears.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lachrymose
lachrymose
adjective
1.
suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
2.
given to shedding tears readily; tearful.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lachrymose
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Barend van Zadelhoff
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in Dutch
Netherlands
TR is the most intimate act of reading.
Native in: Dutch
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, Dutch
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What does crying do for a politician’s standing with colleagues in the hardened world at Westminster? Next time he or she stands at the Dispatch Box, might they all start going boo-hoo?
Next time he or she has to go into negotiations with, say, Russia’s distinctly unhuggy Prime Minister Putin or one of those human waxworks from Peking, will it help create an aura of statesmanship around the British representative if the foreigners know he is prone to doing a Stan Laurel at the first sign of disappointment? I suspect not.
Sir Winston Churchill was no stranger to the odd lachrymose moment, particularly after a magnum or two of Pol Roger. He suffered from ‘black dog’ depressions.
However, he kept pretty quiet about that side of his character when he was leading our country during World War II. It would not have been good for morale had the public pictured Churchill sitting in a tearful puddle while Goering’s Luftwaffe dropped their bombs.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2064960/Ed-Balls-A...
Next time he or she has to go into negotiations with, say, Russia’s distinctly unhuggy Prime Minister Putin or one of those human waxworks from Peking, will it help create an aura of statesmanship around the British representative if the foreigners know he is prone to doing a Stan Laurel at the first sign of disappointment? I suspect not.
Sir Winston Churchill was no stranger to the odd lachrymose moment, particularly after a magnum or two of Pol Roger. He suffered from ‘black dog’ depressions.
However, he kept pretty quiet about that side of his character when he was leading our country during World War II. It would not have been good for morale had the public pictured Churchill sitting in a tearful puddle while Goering’s Luftwaffe dropped their bombs.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2064960/Ed-Balls-A...
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