Dutch term
"I was surprised by the speed & quality"
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English, Dutch to English, and 3 more.
Wel bijvoorbeeld zo
In een vermakelijke cartoon uit 1948, heeft Reinhardt deze modernistische kijk op de kunstgeschiedenis gevisualiseerd. How to look at modern art in America, luidt de titel van het werkje. Wel bijvoorbeeld zo. Stel je een boom voor, waarvan de wortels terugreiken tot in de Europese schilderkunst van het midden van de Negentiende Eeuw: Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh. Uit deze vruchtbare ondergrond groeide de moderne kunst... Boven het gebladerte schijnt te zon. Er zweeft zelfs een engel. Maar één van de takken is zwaar en staat op het punt af te breken. ‘Wie niet veel van kunst afweet, zal hier veel van zijn gading vinden,’ heeft de kunstenaar in het tekstje rechtsboven geschreven: naakten, illustraties, landschapjes en stillevens. Zelf heeft de modernist Reinhardt er duidelijk weinig mee op. Niet zonder reden heeft hij onder de afbrekende tak een kerkhof getekend. Want zo gaat dat met takken die afbreken: ze zijn gedoemd te vergaan.
Non-PRO (1): writeaway
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Proposed translations
United States
Experienced, reliable, detail-oriented
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English
Well, for example this way.
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sindy cremer
: well, like this for example
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Katja van Hellemond
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fhzwiers
: It's a bit long-winded
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I responded mostly to the asker not understanding the construction. You have an excellent proposal for translation.
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writeaway
: very literal, not very flowing
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Semafoor
: Second that, writeaway!
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Kitty Brussaard
: With your explanation. Perhaps one should go for a less literal translation like 'Well, try the following' or 'Well, how about this?'.
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United Kingdom
Highest WWA rating in Europe for NL-EN
Native in: English
Works in: Dutch to English, Hebrew to English
Take this for example.
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Tina Vonhof (X)
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Well, for instance:
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-11-13 19:26:38 GMT)
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Simply "For instance:" may be even more flowing in the sentence.
France
Cultural heritage, visual arts, food
Native in: English
Works in: Dutch to English, English
And it goes like this.
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Chris Hopley
: My reading, too.
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fhzwiers
: Great, good choice
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Ken Cox
: IMO the author understood the title of the cartoon as a question (or at least treated it as a question), and the phrase simply introduces the answer -- or rather, the description of the cartoon.
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A possible approach could be like this:
Well, for instance by [verb]
This would also avoid the use of two colons in one sentence. :-)
Discussion