Brillman
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Need help translating dutch....
Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 5:49 AM
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Received a letter from the Dutch Railway today and am not totally sure i have interpreted the contents correctly as my skills in the dutch langauge are pretty much non-existant, rather than phone them i was wondering if any of you Dutch people, i.e. Multi-panel or ABC, might be willing to do a quick translation? 
Tot mijn spijt moet ik u het volgende meedelen, (think i´ve got that line nailed)
Het door u omschreven verloren (lost) voorwerp (schouder(band)tas) is niet bij het Centraal Bureau Gevonden Voorwerpen afgelverd. (has not been returned?)
Ik vind het jammer dat ik u deze keer niet kan helpen. (i regret to inform that we can´t help you in this matter?)
Yeah, lost all my important documents in Amsterdam C. about a month ago, i was lucky to be able to get home! But i received excellent help from a dutch policeman at the Schipol airport police station so as to not miss my flight but i can tell you it´s a scary thing to travel without any form of identification!!    
I´ve learned a from a bad mistake, don´t keep everything in one place. Funny thing is i have no memory of where i lost it or misplaced it but have more or less guessed as to where i had it last.
I was hoping this letter would have some positive news? But i don´t think it has?
Thanks for your help.
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A Bit Crusher
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RE: Need help translating dutch....
Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 7:53 AM
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Hi Brillman, you're translation is correct, so don't expect your belongings being returned to you...
Sorry.... 
Tot mijn spijt moet ik u het volgende meedelen means something like:
We regret to say
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A Bit Crusher
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RE: Need help translating dutch....
Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 7:55 AM
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BTW....I think it's kinda weird the Dutch Railways didn't send you something in English....
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Brillman
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RE: Need help translating dutch....
Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 9:45 AM
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Thanks ABC, yeah i was a bit surprised actually, hehe...
I suppose the moral of this tale is we can either learn from other people´s mistakes or our own?
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Kylo
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RE: Need help translating dutch....
Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 11:25 AM
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Bummer man. Hope for a good samaritan out there somewhere.
"Energizer bunny arrested- charged with battery."
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Brillman
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RE: Need help translating dutch....
Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 1:27 PM
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Kylo wrote: Bummer man. Hope for a good samaritan out there somewhere.
Bummer is right!!  Rather an understatement i would say as it was a real shock upon realizing that my passport, id, all manner of papers, VISA card, bus cards, wallet, etc (no money in it luckily but i would rather have lost money than my passport!) and other personal stuff had just gone. So major bummer and i am still nowhere nearer to getting a new passport, it seems it will take me a couple of months at least, because no form of identification left!?
Anyway don´t wanna bore y'all, you deal with whatever hits you and life goes on...
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louwhoz
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RE: Need help translating dutch....
Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 2:09 PM
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Having spent all those years working in 'Government Identificaiton Hell' (aka: DMV) I heard a lot of sad stories about lost passports, drivers licenses and identification cards. In cases like yours you do hope for a 'good Samaritan' to come forward, and maybe one still will. It happens... ...sometimes.
Regardless, it will work out. Really. It might take a couple of months, some money, some headaches, but it will work out. 
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Multi-Panel
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RE: Need help translating dutch....
Monday, May 21, 2007 at 12:18 PM
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ah too bad man
must've been a mistake the letter being in dutch.. i mean it's probably a standard letter, for which they have an english and a dutch version.. 
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Brillman
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RE: Need help translating dutch....
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 7:19 AM
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Multi-Panel wrote:ah too bad man
Thanks Lou & Ludo for your kind concern
I am no nearer to sorting this out as a matter of fact as i am still waiting for a birth certificate that i applied for over 3 weeks ago and when that comes i can then apply for a new passport, which will probably take another 2-3 months!
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Subtronik
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RE: Need help translating dutch....
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 7:29 PM
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I'm guessing you were either really wasted and lost all your belongings or got robbed somewhere in good ol' Amsterdam?
Better luck next time.
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Brillman
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RE: Need help translating dutch....
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 10:25 PM
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Subtronik wrote:I'm guessing you were either really wasted and lost all your belongings or got robbed somewhere in good ol' Amsterdam?
Well, actually no because it was around 8 in the morning! 
Mostly stressed and running around in the station trying to get a ticket machine to work so we could get the train that left for the airport within minutes, my girlfriend noticed that i didn´t have my bag with me when got off the train at the Schipol airport. Either put it down somewhere or it was stolen? I was apparently too stressed to notice.
It´s no world catatastrophe, i´ll work it out but at the time it was a real shock.
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