Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
staat weer schuin van onder naar boven
English translation:
runs diagonally from
Added to glossary by
Ashok Bagri
Mar 16, 2006 13:09
18 yrs ago
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Het tweede veld is een datumveld zoals het ook in de voorgaande berichten stond met de opbouw YYMMDD. Het veld staat weer schuin van onder naar boven.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | at an angle from the bottom up |
Willemina Hagenauw
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| 3 +1 | (again, the field) is in italics |
FionaDV (X)
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| 3 +1 | comment |
Ken Cox
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| 3 | is at an upward/rsing angle again |
LouisV (X)
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Proposed translations
+2
5 mins
Willemina Hagenauw
Native in Dutch
30+ years experience - accurate and fast
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, Flemish to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
at an angle from the bottom up
maybe a possibility...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ken Cox
: or 'runs diagonally from...' (hard to imagine, but that's what it says...)
10 mins
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| neutral |
Jack den Haan
: Or: 'inclined from the bottom up', or 'inclined from bottom to top'. But as Fiona suggests, one could interpret the source text quite differently. I imagine a little more context from asker (or client) would be helpful...
19 mins
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| neutral |
Harry Borsje
: most likely oriented at 45 degrees (as you can with cell contents in Excel), or possibly this field is used like e.g. DRAFT diagonally accross a whole page (as can be done in Acrobat); certainly NOT referring to italics
2 hrs
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| agree |
FionaDV (X)
5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks"
+1
19 mins
(again, the field) is in italics
:)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Dave Calderhead
: forward leaning italics - a little redundancy here ;-{)>
7 mins
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thanks, Dave. they certainly want to be sure. :)
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| neutral |
Jack den Haan
: Please see my response to Willemina's suggestion, Fiona.
7 mins
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thanks, Jack. the source text is ambiguous indeed. :)
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+1
10 hrs
comment
IMO you should ask the client for clarification (preferably the diagram or printout that presumably forms the basis for this description).
The only thing I can imagine is that the data structure, in printed form, has the elements of the date field interleaved among other data elements (or possibly dummy data) such that it lies along an angled line relative to the rows and columns -- perhaps something like this:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxDxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxDxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxMxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxMxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxYxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxYxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The only thing I can imagine is that the data structure, in printed form, has the elements of the date field interleaved among other data elements (or possibly dummy data) such that it lies along an angled line relative to the rows and columns -- perhaps something like this:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxDxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxDxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxMxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxMxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxYxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxYxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
FionaDV (X)
: runs diagonally from (the bottom up) as you wrote above
1 day 9 hrs
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17 hrs
is at an upward/rsing angle again
Just another option to consider
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Note added at 17 hrs (2006-03-17 06:38:01 GMT)
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oops, that should be 'rising'
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Note added at 17 hrs (2006-03-17 06:38:01 GMT)
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oops, that should be 'rising'
Discussion
Should the text be angled like a draft watermark text as suggested by Harry in his neutrl rsponse to Willemina?
This is not clear with your odd and even ascending series of numbers in your note above.
2 4 6
1 3 5