Dutch term
hard aanpakken
It’s true children are punished for the sins of their fathers, but Liverpool has been tackled the last twenty-five years
I used tackled but someone told me you can't use it in this context only in e.g. to tackle criminality. What verb should I use?
| 3 +3 | severely penalized |
Suzan Hamer
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| 4 +1 | bear the brunt heavily/severely |
Jack den Haan
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| 3 +1 | suffer |
Johan Venter
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| 4 | put great effort into, work hard |
Chris Hopley
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| 3 | to give tough treatment |
Josephine Isaacs (X)
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Sep 26, 2010 00:55: writeaway changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "History" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
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Proposed translations
Netherlands
Fussy editing for fussy people.
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: English, Dutch to English
severely penalized
Het mag dan waar zijn dat de kinderen gestraft worden voor de zonden van hun vaders, maar Liverpool is de laatste vijfentwintig jaar toch wel heel zwaar aangepakt.
It may be true that children are punished for the sins of their fathers, but for the past twenty-five years, Liverpool has been severely punished.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-09-25 15:50:41 GMT)
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OOOps! Sorry. I meant to say "....Liverpool has been severely penalized."
Czech Republic
suffer
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Tina Vonhof (X)
: Good option.
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Thank you
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Netherlands
Qualified engineer, translator & teacher
Native in: Dutch 
, English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: Dutch to English, English to Dutch
bear the brunt heavily/severely
Oxford Dictionary of English
brunt /brʌnt/
► noun (the brunt) the worst part or chief impact of a specified action: education will bear the brunt of the cuts.
ORIGIN
late Middle English (denoting a blow or an attack, also the force or shock of something): of unknown origin.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/bear the brunt of
bear the brunt of something
to get the greater amount or larger part of something bad Ordinary citizens will bear the brunt of higher taxes. The oldest parts of the town bore the brunt of the missile attacks.
It may be true that children are punished for the sins of their fathers, but for the past twenty-five years, Liverpool has borne the brunt (rather) heavily.
to give tough treatment
but over the last twenty-five years Liverpool has indeed been given very tough treatment
Netherlands
Dutch & German to English
Native in: English (Variants: US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, British, UK, Irish)
Works in: German to English, Dutch to English, Flemish to English, and 1 more.
put great effort into, work hard
While it's true that children are punished for the sins of their fathers, Liverpool has been transformed in the last twenty-five years.
I have interpreted a little here: the transformation is the result of 'hard aanpakken'. A more literal translation would be:
While it's true that children are punished for the sins of their fathers, a great effort/a lot of hard work has been put into Liverpool in the last twenty-five years.
The broader context of your text should tell you whether this interpretation is correct or not.
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