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"Je mag dan echter wel alles"

English translation: However, in that case anything goes.

14:50 Apr 16, 2007
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
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Dutch term or phrase: "Je mag dan echter wel alles"
As in:

"Noodenveloppen worden niet zo vaak getrokken. Dit is een zware procedure. Je mag dan echter wel alles."

A bit of a colloqulaism that I can't quite get my head around.
Brian Moses
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:14
English translation:However, in that case anything goes.
Explanation:
Without any more context (is this a game?) this would be my take.


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Note added at 1 hr (2007-04-16 16:22:16 GMT)
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Possibly, these 'emergency envelopes' hold special passwords and/or permissions to 'access all areas'. Nothing (no area) is off limits, would be an equally colloquial way of putting it. Or, more formal: one then has permission to do anything.
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Harry Borsje
Netherlands
Local time: 17:14
Grading comment
Many thanks for the suggestion. This bit makes some sense now.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2However, in that case anything goes.
Harry Borsje


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
However, in that case anything goes.


Explanation:
Without any more context (is this a game?) this would be my take.


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Note added at 1 hr (2007-04-16 16:22:16 GMT)
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Possibly, these 'emergency envelopes' hold special passwords and/or permissions to 'access all areas'. Nothing (no area) is off limits, would be an equally colloquial way of putting it. Or, more formal: one then has permission to do anything.


Harry Borsje
Netherlands
Local time: 17:14
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks for the suggestion. This bit makes some sense now.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Sorry about the lack of context. This is an analysis of the risks to a company's computer system. The sentences I have given are a little self-contained paragraph.

Asker: I think you have got it nicely - this seems to fit the context.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margreet Logmans (X)
3 hrs
agree  Els Spin: 'permission to do anything'. Access to the entire system and all its functions.
8 hrs
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