Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
Samen de voedselschaarste te lijf
English translation:
Tackling the food shortage(s) together
Added to glossary by
jarry (X)
Dec 1, 2008 02:41
15 yrs ago
Dutch term
Russian Federation
Accessible round the clock
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
Samen de voedselschaarste te lijf
Dutch to English
Social Sciences
Agriculture
Please, prompt, what is best way to translate this title of article about struggle against world starvation.
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Proposed translations
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Dec 1, 2008 07:41: writeaway changed "Field" from "Marketing" to "Social Sciences"
Dec 1, 2008 18:50: jarry (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/88643">Alexander Taguiltsev's</a> old entry - "Samen de voedselschaarste te lijf"" to ""Tackling the food shortage(s) together""
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Tackling the food shortage(s) together
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Comment: "Thanks, Jarry!"
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3 mins
Lianne van de Ven
United States
United States
Native in Dutch
United States
Experienced, reliable, detail-oriented
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English
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20
Fight together against food shortage
te lijf gaan = fight (attack)
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Tina Vonhof (X)
: Or, as Alexander himself suggests, against starvation.
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Thanks. Just wanted to suggest the alliteration
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3 hrs
Fight together against shortage of food
voedsel schaarste is shortage of food whilst hongersnood is starvation
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7 hrs
Jennifer Barnett
France
France
Native in English
France
Cultural heritage, visual arts, food
Native in: English
Works in: Dutch to English, English
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4
Fighting food shortage together
As it is a title, I would make it short and punchy like this.
10 hrs
Kitty Brussaard
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in Dutch
Netherlands
Business Language Solutions
Native in: Dutch (Variant: Netherlands)
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, Dutch
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6
Joining forces to fight food shortage(s)
This translation can be used if you want to emphasize that various parties are (or: should be) joining forces in the fight against food shortage(s).
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