Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

taboedoorbrekend

English translation:

taboo breaking

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Dec 8, 2010 08:05
13 yrs ago
Dutch term

taboedoorbrekend

Dutch to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
In the context: "XXX heeft verschillende groepen gemobiliseerd heeft en daarmee kleinschalige taboedoorbrekende
op dit terrein heeft georganiseerd."
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 taboo breaking

Discussion

Tina Vonhof (X) Dec 8, 2010:
Indeed, the word order is wrong and there seems to be a word missing after 'taboedoorbrekende' - maybe 'projecten' or 'activiteiten'.
Josephine Isaacs (X) Dec 8, 2010:
See Van Dale : taboe doorbreken = break a taboe.
So, taboedoorbrekend = taboe-breaking
Jack den Haan Dec 8, 2010:
Een nogal rare brontekst hoor -- drie keer 'heeft', tweede deel klopt helemaal niet. Staat het er echt zo?

Proposed translations

+1
16 mins
Selected

taboo breaking

See refs:

Saying the unsayable

.. Yesterday, with the world still reeling from the thud of Paxman's taboo breaking, Lionel Shriver Lionel Shriver (born Margaret Ann Shriver, May 18 1957) is a journalist and author. She was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, into a deeply religious family - her father is a Presbyterian minister.
..... Click the link for more information. was on Woman's Hour Woman's Hour is a magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.

Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by Alan Ivimey the programme was first broadcast on 7 October 1946 on the BBC's Light Programme (now called Radio 2). , discussing feminist fiction, and whether it can change your life. "Listen," she said, explorative and slightly exasperated, "well, someone's got to say it ..." Ooh, what's this, I thought. She's going to break a taboo.

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Saying the unsayable-a01611629...

15 Taboo-Breaking TV Moments

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20054888,00.html

http://www.google.com/search?q=taboo breaking&ie=utf-8&oe=ut...
Peer comment(s):

agree Kitty Brussaard : Preferably spelled as 'taboo-breaking' if used as an adjective.
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