Thread:Lady Lostris/@comment-2146847-20150609134319/@comment-3026053-20150609233454

In case you were wondering what he said:

"The problem is instantly clear that it is a translation from English, and that since it was still clearly readable as such in the result, it wasn't Dutch. The sentence, "Wanneer hij voor het eerst verscheen in de serie, (de aflevering, New Order) was hij een eenzaat." should have started with "toen" for example. I thought about adapting it, but there were more of this kind of stupid translations, and besides that, I strongly wondered what the relevance of the entire piece was, so I didn't bother en undid this entire bad translation."

His explanation that the sentence should have started with "toen" is wrong. It could've started like that, but it is in no way an obligation. The only reason I can think of why he would say that is that it is perhaps more widespread to use "toen" over "wanneer" in Dutch, whereas I'm from Northern Belgium and thus speak Flemish. It's a similar language, but it's like American and British English (respectively, our language is prettier ;-)). Anyway, there is definitely nothing "stupid" and "bad" about that translation as he claims there to be, but hey, if he wants to be that kind of arrogant administrator, then he can be my guest. I'm not going to waste my time helping people like him. Sorry for the trouble it cost you, though I stay 100% with my statement that the translation was correct language-wise.