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10 minutes ago, Joshua said:

achterklap

I don't think I've ever heard of that word before.

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2 minutes ago, 宇崎ちゃん said:

I don't think I've ever heard of that word before.

a previous South African translation uses "laster" which is a perfectly fine Dutch translation. However in The Netherlands "achterklap" is much more often used in this specific combination...

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1 minute ago, Joshua said:

a previous South African translation uses "laster" which is a perfectly fine Dutch translation. However in The Netherlands "achterklap" is much more often used in this specific combination...

I used to live in the Netherlands for the first 26 years of my life, I really never heard of it before.
Maybe it's no longer used (colonial Dutch?) or just very recently added?

"Laster" is used in Netherlands Dutch too in more legal situations.
And the sentence we're translating is a legal term.

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3 minutes ago, 宇崎ちゃん said:

I used to live in the Netherlands for the first 26 years of my life, I really never heard of it before.
Maybe it's no longer used (colonial Dutch?) or just very recently added?

"Laster" is used in Netherlands Dutch too in more legal situations.
And the sentence we're translating is a legal term.

I was not aware of the legal context, I also saw someone mentioning a birthday present. Achterklap is a normal Dutch word but maybe a little bit outdated. It's closer to "gossip" but I thought it worth mentioning since they're normally used together, at least they were when I lived there which was eight years ago for 32 years...

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44 minutes ago, Joshua said:

I was not aware of the legal context, I also saw someone mentioning a birthday present. Achterklap is a normal Dutch word but maybe a little bit outdated. It's closer to "gossip" but I thought it worth mentioning since they're normally used together, at least they were when I lived there which was eight years ago for 32 years...

It's true that the original person mentioned they want to have it translated for a birthday.
However, "slander" in English is a legal term too.
Better yet, the Polish word pomówienia appears to be the orignal (non-translated) word.
I remember that "pomówienia" translates to Dutch as either "laster" or "smaad".
I'm a native speaker of both languages.

But I could give your the benefit of the doubt if you say that "achterklap" is a bit outdated.
Seems like you lived in the Netherlands for a longer time then the amount of time I'm alive altogether.

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On 11/29/2014 at 12:04 PM, kanna said:

Hello!

 

I need help; I wanted to translate sentence (if you can call it so) into different languages and later use it on a present for my friend's birthday. So, the question is: how would "lies and slander!" sound in your mother tongue/language you know? Thank you so much in advance!

 

 

Polish: Kłamstwa i pomówienia! (original)

 

English: Lies and slander!

German: Lügen und Verleumdungen!

 

Spanish: ¡Mentiras y falsedades!

Italian: Menzogne e diffamazioni!

Latin: Mendacia et crimina falsa!

Turkish: Yalanlar ve iftiralar!

Cayuga language: Sheyehsahdahnǫh!

 

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