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Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

bestekboek

English translation:

specifications

Added to glossary by Jack Vanderstel (X)
Sep 17, 2017 07:42
6 yrs ago
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Dutch term

bestekboek

Dutch to English Other Food & Drink Espresso bars
...dus maken hand- en bestekboeken deel uit van de scholing.

I've encountered the term in the field of construction, but I really have no clue here aside from it being related to silverware/cutlery.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 specifications
3 scrapbook
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Discussion

Jack Vanderstel (X) (asker) Sep 19, 2017:
Thank you all for your input. I discussed it with the editor of the project and we decided to go for manual considering the educational context. In general, specifications seems to be the most popular choice.
philgoddard Sep 17, 2017:
Jack Could we have the first half of the sentence, please.
Textpertise Sep 17, 2017:
Dictionary definition The dictionary definition is scrapbook. So making handbooks and scrapbooks would be part of the training course. Does thar fit your context? (Not necessarily to do with cutlery),

Proposed translations

+2
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specifications

It makes more sense for it to mean the normal construction site used word because of handboeken: handbooks/manuals and specifications.

Good luck!
Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard
4 hrs
Thank you!
agree Greg Irving (X)
22 hrs
Thank you!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you all for your input"
1 hr

scrapbook

Dictionary definition. Handbooks could contain formal procedures for preparing certain foods and drinks, health and safety information and the like. Scrapbooks could contain recipes, photographs and menus collected in the course of the studies, maybe even evidence of the student's own efforts in preparing certain items.
Peer comment(s):
neutral philgoddard : I can't find any dictionary that says this, but I'm open to persuasion...
2 hrs
You may be right. All authoritative dictionaries give the construction meaning. Both the ProDict and AllDict series of dictionaries who make apps for Android define it as scrapbook. I concede they may not be very authoritative but seem OK on the whole.
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