# English -\> Dutch Translation help needed **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 9, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162 "2002-08-09T16:57:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/1 "2002-08-09T16:57:28Z")
Hello ! I am in desperate need of someone to help me translate a short sentenc into Dutch. “I miss you and will always love you” Can someone please help me with this? Thanks in advance … ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/2 "2002-08-09T17:07:03Z")
Hm, who do we know on here who could help him out… Think, think, think… [😉](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1957) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/3 "2002-08-09T17:10:25Z")
Email Coldfire. I work for a Dutch company but I’ll be damned if I’m going to ask a bunch of guys how to translate _that_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/4 "2002-08-09T17:17:34Z")
Psst… click on the winkie in my previous post. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/5 "2002-08-09T17:27:30Z")
Thank you dantheman … email sent ! Lieu, why not? It would make you seem all sentimental. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/6 "2002-08-09T17:43:41Z")
You see **Lazarus7** , I split the back of my trousers this morning. If I walk into the break room and ask a bunch of other guy how to say “I miss you and will always love you” in Dutch and then walk out waving the Calvin flag, they’re gonna send my sentimental ass on a journey. ---
**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/7 "2002-08-09T17:46:51Z")
ah … lol ok … sorry to hear that but I can understand your reasoning now. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/8 "2002-08-09T17:55:10Z")
Try this: Ik mis u en zal van u altijd houden From [http://www.worldlingo.com/wl/Translate](http://www.worldlingo.com/wl/Translate) ---
**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/9 "2002-08-09T18:00:24Z")
Thank you !! _smile_ ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/10 "2002-08-09T18:02:06Z")
Might still want to wait to hear from **Coldfire** , who actually IS Dutch. Sometimes those online translators lose a little of the nuance (and I got an error while I was doing it, so…) . ---
**Author:** ![Zweistein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/54ee81/32.png) [@Zweistein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zweistein)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/11 "2002-08-09T18:08:30Z")
I am not Dutch but I would translate it a little bit less formal: **Ik mis je en zal altijd van je houden** \:D ---
**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/12 "2002-08-09T19:38:55Z")
Thank you again! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/13 "2002-08-09T20:35:47Z")
you might want to add a ‘kusje’ meaning ‘kiss’ ---
**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/14 "2002-08-10T06:53:08Z")
I have since gotten an email from Coldfire as well … Thank you all for your assistance … this has meant a lot to me. ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/15 "2002-08-10T10:14:29Z")
Awwww. Good luck. 🙂 Hope [s]he replies: Ik mis je ook en hou ook van jou. **violin music** ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/16 "2002-08-10T12:36:57Z")
Well, what did Coldie say’s the correct translation for it? ---
**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/17 "2002-08-10T19:31:04Z")
I was told: “Ik mis je en zal altijd van je houden” (the same as Zweistein … which is usually a good sign) (kase … I hope so too … but sadly I doubt it as this is for an obituary in the paper … today is two years since my mother passed away) ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/18 "2002-08-11T10:36:22Z")
**Lazarus** I’m very sorry. ☹ I’m sure your mother loves you forever. ---
**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-dutch-translation-help-needed/123162/19 "2002-08-11T17:35:17Z")
Thank you … Of course, being someone who does not believe in an afterlife, or a continuation of the essense/spirit/soul beyond the life of the body, I find solace in other ways.