I am trying to reserve travel on a belgian site, which normally should work in french and dutch, but now only the dutch part works. I would need translations for the following:

Dhr.
Mw.
Mej.
Voorvoegsel
Achternaam

EDIT: and another question is hongaar dutch for hungarian?

[ 06-04-2004, 05:05 AM: Message edited by: dplax ]

Dhr.is the abbrevation for Sir
Mw. is the abbrevation for Madam
Mej. is the abbrevation for Miss
Voorvoegsel is something typically Dutch, you only use it when have a name like "Pieter de Graaf"; the "voorvoegsel" is the word "de". Don't bother with it, they'll understand.
Achternaam is surname

EDIT: And yes, "Hongaar" is Dutch for someone from Hungaria, i.e. a Hungarian.

[ 06-02-2004, 03:45 PM: Message edited by: Link ]

Thanks! I still might need some help later though.

[ 06-02-2004, 03:47 PM: Message edited by: dplax ]

- Mr.
- Mrs.
- Miss
- prefix
- surname

and for your last question, yes it means hungarian.

edit: too late LOL

[ 06-02-2004, 03:50 PM: Message edited by: philip ]

Probably couldn't find the translation for "voorvoegsel" as well, could ya, Philip? [img]smile.gif[/img]

So it's not prefix?

Yes it is - you were correct, don't worry. [img]smile.gif[/img]
I don't know - obviously Link thought that if he didn't know it, no one would... tsk. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Next time just PM me when you need to know something about the Dutch language. I'll help you out properly.


:D

Some new questions as last night I couldn't finish my reservation. And johnny although your offer is tempting I must decline. I just feel something could go wrong with the translation. :D

What does this mean?

Om uw reservering te kunnen voltooien, verzoeken wij u om de gegevens van passagier(s) en daarna de gegevens van de hoofdboeker in te vullen.
Let op: de bevestiging van uw reservering wordt na voltooiing verstuurd naar het e-mailadres dat u invult bij de gegevens van de hoofdboeker!

EDIT:
And another one: Plaats


EDIT2: Got a reply from johnny in a pm.

[ 06-04-2004, 04:15 AM: Message edited by: dplax ]

I know this must be getting boring, but this is the last one:

Hartelijk dank voor uw reservering bij Eurolines België. Ter bevestiging vindt u hieronder de details van uw reservering. Uw betaling wordt door Bibit Payment Service geincasseerd. Wij verzoeken u het reserveringsnummer te gebruiken in uw eventuele toekomstige correspondentie met ons. Voor meer informatie over deze boeking of eventuele wijzigingen kunt u telefonisch contact opnemen met onze reserveringsafdeling op: 02-274.13.50 of e-mailen naar info@eurolines.be (alleen tijdens kantooruren). Alleen in zeer urgente gevallen verzoeken wij u contact op te nemen met ons noodnummer: 02/201.03.09 (dagelijks 05.45 - 23.30). U ontvangt direct na het maken van de een reservering een bevestiging per E-mail. Indien u vertrekt vanaf één van onze eigen kantoren en dit tijdens de openingsuren, dan kan u minimum 30 min. voor vertrek uw ticket bekomen in ons kantoor. In andere gevallen zal uw ticket klaar liggen op de bus. Meer informatie over onze Belgische opstapplaatsen en nuttige reizigersinformatie vindt u op www.eurolines.be . Wij wensen u een goede reis!

Uw reserveringsnummer ontvangt u via de e-mail.

In short, without all the frilly bits ;) :

Thanks for your reservation; the details of your reservation are below; your payment will be cashed by Bibit; please use your reservation number in any future correspondence; for more info please call (022741350) or mail us (info@eruolines.be) (during office hours only); only in extremely urgent cases you may reach us through 022010309 (daily from 05:45 am - 11:30 pm); you will receive an email notification immediately after your booking; in case you will be travelling directly from one of our offices, during opening hours, you may pick up your ticket at our office thirty minutes before departure. In all other cases your ticket will be ready for you in the bus. For more info visit website, thanks and have a good trip. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Thanks everyone for your help. Next time I'll try to travel from a country of which I know the language. Or let's just hope the language I know works. :D

Before you do anything, let me just put a life-depending issue here:

'Een biertje, alstublieft' = may I have a beer please?

VERY important!

I wouldn't have gone to Holland without knowing that vital piece of information. :D

Although I think that a combination of "a beer please" and "ein Beer bitte" would have probably also worked.