# Dutch-\>English translation, please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-english-translation-please/334534>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 7, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-english-translation-please/334534 "2005-12-07T18:28:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-english-translation-please/334534/1 "2005-12-07T18:28:11Z")

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I want to get two sentences translated - I tried free translators online, but I guess some of the words are too slangy or something (or alternately, it’s not Dutch but Luxemburgese or something):

“owh deze kreeg wel een binnensmondse gnuif eruit”

and

“owh het wordt steeds beter trouwens”

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-english-translation-please/334534/2 "2005-12-07T20:12:13Z")

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Heh, what odd sentences. 🙂 Okay:

“Ooo, this one did get a mumbling chuckle”.

“Ooo, it’s getting better all the time, by the way”.  
[Graag gedaan = Happy to oblige]

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-english-translation-please/334534/3 "2005-12-07T21:09:44Z")

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> [@gum](#):
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> [Graag gedaan = Happy to oblige]

Thank you! It was for my vanity. The odd sentences were appraisals of my website on a Dutch message board.

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**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-english-translation-please/334534/4 "2005-12-07T21:27:16Z")

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How cool!  
So they _like_ your website, huh. 🙂

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-english-translation-please/334534/5 "2005-12-07T21:45:27Z")

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> [@gum](#):
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> So they _like_ your website, huh.

It sounds like they like it in spite of themselves. 😛

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-english-translation-please/334534/6 "2005-12-08T01:50:20Z")

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BoxJam. Entertaining Dutch people in spite of themselves. 😃