Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
achterban
English translation:
employees, employers and pensioners
May 16, 2005 10:51
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Dutch term
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Native in: Dutch 
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, Flemish to English
achterban
Dutch to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
annual report
Ik heb achterban opgezocht in het woordenboek en kom niet verder dan supporter, grass roots of following. Volgens mij past dit niet in deze zin: "De achterban van de in de Raad vertegenwoordigde partijen (werknemers, werkgevers en gepensioneerden) wordt door middel van informatiebijeenkomsten actief betrokken bij belangrijke bestuurlijke ontwikkelingen."
Colleagues past hier ook niet aangezien het hier ook om gepensioneerden gaat.
Weet iemand een betere oplossing?
Colleagues past hier ook niet aangezien het hier ook om gepensioneerden gaat.
Weet iemand een betere oplossing?
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Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Netherlands
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Netherlands
Dutch & German to English
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, Irish, US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand)
Works in: German to English, Dutch to English, Flemish to English, and 1 more.
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employees, employers and pensioners
Although I agree with "rank and file" as a general translation for the term 'achterban', I think it may often be useful to concretise the term.
The Dutch sentence already tells us who the achterban are in this case, so why not go for something like:
'Information meetings ensure that the employees, employers and pensioners represented on the Council/Board/etc. are consulted on important decisions.'
The Dutch sentence already tells us who the achterban are in this case, so why not go for something like:
'Information meetings ensure that the employees, employers and pensioners represented on the Council/Board/etc. are consulted on important decisions.'
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Comment: "Thanks Chris!
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Deborah do Carmo
Portugal
Portugal
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Portugal
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"rank and file" (as in ordinary members)
Just a suggestion - noun [treated as plural] the ordinary members of an organization as opposed to its leaders
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The idea is it\'s the people \"in the background\"
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concerned it may have a negative connotation though as in the plebs, the masses, but in context I don\'t think that would come across.
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The idea is it\'s the people \"in the background\"
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Note added at 9 mins (2005-05-16 11:00:45 GMT)
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concerned it may have a negative connotation though as in the plebs, the masses, but in context I don\'t think that would come across.
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: my dicos also give rank and file but is strange to see it used in this context (meaning in the NL text). best to go with the flow I guess.
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thanks, I thought it strange too but since they are "relegated" to informative sessions, maybe not.
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: don't feel the 'negative connotation'; my Collins describes it: "...majority of any group, as opposed to the leadership", and that's exactly what achterban in Dutch means.
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Nico Staes
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Francina
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Robert Kleemaier
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thanks - not even your time zone would help today!...:-)
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Josephina Kooijman
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mariette (X)
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Sanmar
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members / associates / affiliates
Een andere suggestie
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George Vardanyan
the language - first
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Flemish to Russian, French to Russian, and 22 more.
home front, rear-guard, arriere-garde, party('s) supporters
In order to maintain high morale on the fighting fronts it is essential that we have high morale on the home front.
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:1GRnp8PLmxsJ:www.chipub...
This will include a street party for over 1000 home front and service veterans
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:jnt1oE10LWsJ:www.gnn.go...
Ehud Olmert failed to create a supportive rear guard for his party which is identified with the right. A large number of the residents of the local neighborhoods who tend to vote for the right abstained from voting and a not negligible part voted for the Shas party.
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:mju_P_YUSNUJ:www.fips.o...
On Saturday March 24, an opposition member on the Elections Commission, Mr. Haslyn Parris, who publicly declared that the results of the elections were accurate and could stand all scrutiny, was badly beaten up by his own party supporters at his party headquarters in Georgetown.
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:ITSYuLFS6nEJ:www.guyana...
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:1GRnp8PLmxsJ:www.chipub...
This will include a street party for over 1000 home front and service veterans
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:jnt1oE10LWsJ:www.gnn.go...
Ehud Olmert failed to create a supportive rear guard for his party which is identified with the right. A large number of the residents of the local neighborhoods who tend to vote for the right abstained from voting and a not negligible part voted for the Shas party.
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:mju_P_YUSNUJ:www.fips.o...
On Saturday March 24, an opposition member on the Elections Commission, Mr. Haslyn Parris, who publicly declared that the results of the elections were accurate and could stand all scrutiny, was badly beaten up by his own party supporters at his party headquarters in Georgetown.
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:ITSYuLFS6nEJ:www.guyana...
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writeaway
: nice list of terms but none fit this particular context
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