Does a ‘hole in the wall’ serve food or money?
- By Koop Tissingh
(BrE) hole in the wall = geldautomaat, flappentap (AmE) hole […]
Why does an American “administrator” earn so much more than a British one?
- By Koop Tissingh
(AmE) administrator = hoofd, leidinggevende, bestuurder, directeur van een (semi-)overheidsinstelling […]
(AmE) jail , prison and lockup are no synonyms
- By Koop Tissingh
In Amerika zijn jail , prison en lockup geen synoniemen […]
Is the American blackbird a ‘merel’?
- By Koop Tissingh
(BrE) blackbird = merel (a solitary bird, all black) (AmE) […]
(AmE) transcript = leerdossier
- By Koop Tissingh
(AmE/CanE) transcript = study file = (EurE) transcript of records […]
“Staatssecretaris” is not a ” Secretary of State’
- By Koop Tissingh
staatssecretaris = deputy minister / junior minister The best translation […]