..en geen stromend drinkwater.

English translation: no running potable water

21:01 Jan 25, 2005
Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
Anthropology
Dutch term or phrase: ..en geen stromend drinkwater.
..,verder is er een lichtmotor aanwezig en geen *stromend drinkwater*.
(Uit een beschrijving over de leefomstandigheden in een indianendorp)
Ik weet het: dat is ook in het Nederlands nogal zwak, maar toch: heeft iemand een idee?
shineda
Netherlands
Local time: 21:40
English translation:no running potable water
Explanation:
In Australia you wouldn't use drinking water. "Potable". Influence from the French? La Perousse is also part of Botany Bay.
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11thmuse
Local time: 05:40
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Thank you. I'll go for this one, because it's more commonly used
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3 +5and there is no running drinking water
Meturgan
4no running potable water
11thmuse


  

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no running potable water


Explanation:
In Australia you wouldn't use drinking water. "Potable". Influence from the French? La Perousse is also part of Botany Bay.

11thmuse
Local time: 05:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
Grading comment
Thank you. I'll go for this one, because it's more commonly used
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and there is no running drinking water


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Meturgan
Hungary
Local time: 21:40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Danielson: "potable water" if you want to sound scholarly
3 mins

agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
42 mins

agree  Deborah do Carmo
48 mins

agree  Evert DELOOF-SYS
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agree  Mirjam Bonne-Nollen
11 hrs
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