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Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

bijkomen van gewicht

English translation:

gaining weight

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2020-02-03 09:54:31 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Jan 31, 2020 08:07
4 yrs ago
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Dutch term

bijkomen van gewicht

Non-PRO Dutch to English Social Sciences General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters HR context
Wij hebben een externe diëtiste die 6 keer maand langskomt om medewerkers te ondersteunen bij het afvallen of bij het op een gezonde manier bijkomen van gewicht.

Type of document: induction for new staff in a company

Not sure if "bijkomen van gewicht" means gaining weight or stabilising weight?

Merci!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 gaining weight
4 prendre du poids
4 gain de poids
Change log

Jan 31, 2020 10:15: writeaway changed "Language pair" from "Dutch to French" to "Dutch to English"

Jan 31, 2020 10:16: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "HR context"

Discussion

writeaway Jan 31, 2020:
ok -thanks for reply your choice of answer has made it clear. So it's a NL-EN question
writeaway Jan 31, 2020:
Confusion You have posted a Dutch-French translation but the question is asked in English. So is it a Dutch-FR or Dutch-EN question?

Proposed translations

+3
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gaining weight

taken from link below:
Als het gaat over het mensen hun gewicht, zijn er drie soorten meningen. Er zijn mensen die tevreden zijn over hun gewicht, mensen die willen afvallen en tenslotte mensen die willen bijkomen.
Reference:

https://dietistpieter.be/2018/07/21/gewicht-bijkomen/

Peer comment(s):
agree philippe vandevivere
10 mins
agree Kitty Brussaard
2 hrs
agree Tina Vonhof (X)
6 hrs
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22 mins

prendre du poids

en français
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24 mins

gain de poids

Pour les personnes trop maigres : gain de poids
Pour les personnes trop enrobées : perte de poids

In case you need the translation in French as indicated in the question ;-)
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