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use meat-ball gauge

Dutch translation: gehaktballenmunitie gebruiken

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English term or phrase:use meat-ball gauge
Dutch translation:gehaktballenmunitie gebruiken

20:18 Jun 15, 2011
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Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino / Android application
English term or phrase: use meat-ball gauge
It's a translation for a game (android application), it's a very short translation of how the game is working. The following sentence is stated in the part where the keys are explained used in the game:

'left soft key' = use meat-ball gauge

another sentence is:
When eliminating animals you can get meat-ball gauge. If continuous eliminations achieved you can get more meat-ball gauge.

The game itself is a kind of '4 op een rij'. You need to have 4 of the same animals on top of each other. In order to achieve this you have to eliminate other animals that are preventing you to have 4 of the same on top of each other.
Esther Willaert
Netherlands
Local time: 00:30
gehaktballenmunitie gebruiken
Explanation:
Een van de betekenissen van 'gauge' is kaliber, van munitie. Ik denk dat het hier gaat om munitie van het kaliber 'gehaktbal'.
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Berna Bleeke (X)
Local time: 00:30
Grading comment
thanks a lot for all the suggestions, it was a big help!
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Summary of answers provided
4gehaktballenmunitie gebruiken
Berna Bleeke (X)
2 +1gebruik gehaktballengeweer
Mirjam van Splunder
1 +1gebruik gehaktbal meter
Rosaria Solange Alves Mendonca


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
gebruik gehaktbal meter


Explanation:
The general definition for "gauge" has to do with measuring, measurement, standars sizes .

So if it has to do with measurng you could try the literal translation in dutch " meter"


Rosaria Solange Alves Mendonca
Local time: 00:30
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kate Hudson (X): It is probably a power-up gauge that you can use in the game to get yourself out of problematic situations.
1 hr
neutral  Jan Willem van Dormolen (X): Agree with the translation, but you really should spell it correctly: gehaktbalmeter
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
gebruik gehaktballengeweer


Explanation:
According to The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English a gauge is a shotgun, so if there are real meatballs in the game, 'use meatball gauge' would be something like 'gebruik gehaktballengeweer'.

As I do not know whether there are real meatballs in the game, I also looked up the slang meaning of 'meatball'. This is 'afweervuur' or 'oriëntatielamp' (see taalvlinder.com), and 'a colored light that serves as a visual aid in an optical landing system for an airplane landing on an aircraft carrier' according to The Routledge.

I hope this will be of some help.


    Reference: http://www.taalvlinder.com/pages/lijsten/luchtalg.htm#m
Mirjam van Splunder
Netherlands
Local time: 00:30
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rosaria Solange Alves Mendonca: Not bad! Works better than my translation!
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
gehaktballenmunitie gebruiken


Explanation:
Een van de betekenissen van 'gauge' is kaliber, van munitie. Ik denk dat het hier gaat om munitie van het kaliber 'gehaktbal'.

Berna Bleeke (X)
Local time: 00:30
Native speaker of: Dutch
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thanks a lot for all the suggestions, it was a big help!
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