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turlelut

English translation: turlelut

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Dutch term or phrase:turlelut
English translation:turlelut
Entered by: Lianne van de Ven

22:39 Jan 25, 2011
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / radio frequency something or other in 'de kapellekensbaan'
Dutch term or phrase: turlelut
"...en nu moet ge weten dat mijn jefdebureau en ik goede vrienden waren al van binst de oorlog, toen hij samen met ons, bij ons, naar de engelse post kwam luisteren... ge herinnert u nog wel, op 1500 meter, turlelut turlelut...
burak sengir
Türkiye
Local time: 04:21
turlelut
Explanation:
leave untranslated:
http://books.google.com/books?id=TvSsjDK0kScC&pg=PA59&lpg=PA...

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Note added at 15 mins (2011-01-25 22:55:08 GMT)
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ps: I think it is used to indicate a certain channel/broadcast sound before the actual broadcast would come on (probably for people to find the right channel)
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Lianne van de Ven
United States
Local time: 21:21
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3turlelut
Lianne van de Ven
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turlelut
Richard Sanders

  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
turlelut


Explanation:
leave untranslated:
http://books.google.com/books?id=TvSsjDK0kScC&pg=PA59&lpg=PA...

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Note added at 15 mins (2011-01-25 22:55:08 GMT)
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ps: I think it is used to indicate a certain channel/broadcast sound before the actual broadcast would come on (probably for people to find the right channel)

Lianne van de Ven
United States
Local time: 21:21
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: I get the impression that the translator of your reference didn't know what it meant. I don't think you can leave it untranslated - it just looks odd.
6 mins
  -> That's why I am explaining in my note what it means. I am misunderstanding your comment. I do think the translator in the google book knew what this was about.
agree  Barend van Zadelhoff: lijkt mij ook, Boon stond bekend om zijn eigenzinnig taalgebruik en dit is denk ik een zelfverzonnen, en karakteristiek!, woord om een klankreeks weer te geven, daarnaast in het in de Franse vertaling ook niet vertaald, zag ik, en Boon was Vlaams.
6 mins
  -> Agree, het zelfverzonnen woord moet het geluid uitdrukken.
agree  Richard Sanders: agree
1 hr
agree  Mirjam Bonne-Nollen
10 hrs
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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: turlelut

Reference information:
I noticed this reference to Boon's characteristic use of the Flemish language: voorts werden uit respect voor Boons aversie van homogeen taalgebruik onder andere de volgende inconsequenties gehandhaafd: ‘belgie, knieen, geeischt, geinterviewd’ tegenover ‘belgië, opgeëischt, knieën, italië, sympathieën’, ‘turlelut’ versus ‘turletut’, ‘litteraire prijs’ tegenover ‘literatuur’, ‘luie hoek’ tegenover ‘luien hoek’. This then led me to Turleltut, which was apparently a 1977 French TV show.


    Reference: http://www.lpbooncentrum.be/verzameldwerk/verantwoordingmko....
    Reference: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374299/
Richard Sanders
United States
Native speaker of: English
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