English to afrikaans meaning of

flemish

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "Vlaams" verwys na iets of iemand wat afkomstig is van of geassosieer word met Vlaandere, 'n streek in die noorde van België. Dit kan ook verwys na die Vlaamse taal, wat 'n variant is van Nederlands wat in Vlaandere en dele van Nederland gepraat word. Daarbenewens kan "Vlaams" verwys na 'n spesifieke styl van skilderkuns wat gedurende die Renaissance-tydperk prominent in Vlaandere was.

Sentence Examples

  1. Still it seems to me that translation from one language into another, if it be not from the queens of languages, the Greek and the Latin, is like looking at Flemish tapestries on the wrong side for though the figures are visible, they are full of threads that make them indistinct, and they do not show with the smoothness and brightness of the right side and translation from easy languages argues neither ingenuity nor command of words, any more than transcribing or copying out one document from another.
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