Help me translate a few words from dutch to english

Lil Margin · Post by **Lil Margin** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:21 pm

I am developing a game in dutch but i want to make a english version out of it, but i dont know how to spell some things in english, i tried the google translator but no result and i am hoping to get some help from some dutch users here(if there is any).

Here are the things i want to translate :

Omtrek sommen
oppervlakte sommen
om deze sommen te maken

Thanks in advanced.

kazymjir · Post by **kazymjir** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:29 pm

No results?

http://translate.google.com/#auto|en|Om ... te%20maken

Outline list
surface sums
these sums to

shadowslair · Post by **shadowslair** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:36 pm

Hmm... Google Translator recognizes these as being Netherlands` words, not Dutch. I get this, which seems ok to me:

Outline list
surface sums
these sums to

BUT I don`t really get how are you going to release a game in english, when you`re not that comfortable with it. Option is to creae it in your own language and find someone to translate it for you. I assume you have your game ready and this is the last thing you need to do?!

Jake-GR · Post by **Jake-GR** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:43 pm

translation can be tricky though, because most people try to go word-for-word and then you get the saying "lost in translation"
best way it to describe what the thing is and translate the meaning not the word.

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:45 pm

shadowslair wrote:Hmm... Google Translator recognizes these as being Netherlands` words, not Dutch.

Netherlands and Dutch are pretty the same...

Lil Margin · Post by **Lil Margin** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:18 pm

i can speak english well, its just that i dont know some words or how to translate some phrases.

Ok, can anyone translate this :

Je krijgt omtrek en oppervlakte sommen om te maken

Lil Margin · Post by **Lil Margin** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:56 pm

help?...bump?

randomMesh · Post by **randomMesh** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 6:11 pm

http://translation.babylon.com/dutch/to-english/ says:
»One gets circumference and area in order to make sums«

Strong99 · Post by **Strong99** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 6:31 pm

Je krijgt omtrek en oppervlakte sommen om te maken

I think it should be something like this though.

You will receive sums for the circumference/contour and the area too finish/make/complete

Brainsaw · Post by **Brainsaw** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:37 am

It's always great fun to have babelfish (http://de.babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_txt) translate things:

You get access and sommen surface to make

It's even more fun if you do a translation circle and see what comes out when you get back to the original language. This is what comes out after translating

dutch -> english -> french -> german -> english

They receive l' Entrance and sommen the surface, in order to make

Armen138 · Post by **Armen138** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:33 pm

Omtrek sommen
oppervlakte sommen
om deze sommen te maken

Ik denk dat je hier met 'sommen' reken oefeningen bedoelt, en die noemen ze in het engels graag 'problems', dus dan krijg je

circumference problems
surface problems / area problems
to solve these problems

Je krijgt omtrek en oppervlakte sommen om te maken

You'll get circumference and area problems to solve

Lil Margin · Post by **Lil Margin** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:16 pm

thank you very much Armen138,