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stofvod

Engels translation: dust rag

TREFWOORD VOOR WOORDENLIJST (AFGELEID VAN VRAAG HIERONDER)
Nederlands term of zin:stofvod
Engels vertaling:dust rag
Ingevuld door: burak sengir

14:33 Apr 29, 2011
Nederlands naar Engels vertalingen [Niet-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poëzie en literatuur
Nederlands term of zin: stofvod
En mossieu colson beziet hem met ogen die hem de kop zouden kunnen inslaan: bessie smith was een negerin wier ziel heen en weer werd geschud gelijk een stofvod tussen de katoenplantages en de gasovens der amerikaanse voorsteden, terwijl die ziel eigenlijk had moeten openblommen gelijk een wilde plant in haar eigen land:afrika
burak sengir
Turkije
Local time: 01:15
dust rag
Uitleg:
If Tina Vonhof still wants to make an entry with the same, she is welcome to it, as it was her idea really.

I cannot agree with 'duster' for the following reasons:

The passage is taken from De Kapellekensbaan by Louis Paul Boon. I have read this writer extensively and he is an author and person who reacted against any unfairness whatsoever in society. Therefore, the negro woman who is compared to a 'stofvod' here is an image which is offensive. If anything she should be called a rag, both because of her colour (sorry, I do not want to be offensive here) and because of the ideas that the word 'rag' recalls as a piece of filth. A duster is much too clean for the anti-colonialism the passage evokes.
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Kirsten Bodart
Verenigd Koninkrijk
Local time: 00:15
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thank you Kirsten!
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3 +2dust rag
Lianne van de Ven
4 +1dust rag
Kirsten Bodart
4Duster
Dave Greatrix


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3 min   vertrouwen: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Duster


Uitleg:
That's what it is.

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Note added at 26 mins (2011-04-29 14:59:50 GMT)
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Amazing what you can do with "dusters"....

http://blog.shoplet.com/office-supplies/repurposed-yellow-du...

Dave Greatrix
Verenigd Koninkrijk
Local time: 23:15
Werkzaam in dit vakgebied
Moedertaal: Engels

Commentaar van collega's op dit antwoord (en reacties van beantwoorder)
eens  Tina Vonhof (X): or dust rag.
9 min
oneens  Kirsten Bodart: The point is that it may not be clear to the reader in the stricktest sense of the word that it is actually a rag/cloth the woman is compared to. In a literary context it may be significant that it is a cloth/rag. That is my point.
16 min
  -> and there's me thinking that I knew what an English duster is..........
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51 min   vertrouwen: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 eens / oneens (netto): +2
dust rag


Uitleg:
I would prefer dust rag (or maybe rag) in this context.
Rag = vod.
A 'vod' is associated with poverty in Dutch, something that is not worth much.
http://www.encyclo.nl/begrip/VODDEN

Lianne van de Ven
Verenigde Staten
Local time: 18:15
Moedertaal: Nederlands
PRO-punten in categorie: 8

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eens  Ymkje Kuipers
8 min
  -> Thanks
eens  W Schouten
3 uren
  -> Thanks
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1 uur   vertrouwen: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 eens / oneens (netto): +1
dust rag


Uitleg:
If Tina Vonhof still wants to make an entry with the same, she is welcome to it, as it was her idea really.

I cannot agree with 'duster' for the following reasons:

The passage is taken from De Kapellekensbaan by Louis Paul Boon. I have read this writer extensively and he is an author and person who reacted against any unfairness whatsoever in society. Therefore, the negro woman who is compared to a 'stofvod' here is an image which is offensive. If anything she should be called a rag, both because of her colour (sorry, I do not want to be offensive here) and because of the ideas that the word 'rag' recalls as a piece of filth. A duster is much too clean for the anti-colonialism the passage evokes.

Kirsten Bodart
Verenigd Koninkrijk
Local time: 00:15
Gespecialiseerd in dit vakgebied
Moedertaal: Nederlands, Engels
Grading comment
thank you Kirsten!

Commentaar van collega's op dit antwoord (en reacties van beantwoorder)
eens  Lianne van de Ven: Very good comment, Kirsten!
5 uren
  -> Thanks!
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