Translation Dutch Dutroux-related the X-Files up to chapter 2. Download while you can. (pizzagate)

submitted ago by Socks_are_okay

Translation of the Dutch file up to chapter 2 - along with notes I made

Don't get me wrong, I entirely believe translating is needed at times. But the book is set up to be a huge mess (maybe it was translated to Dutch after having been written in French?) with a lot of missing notes, sources that cannot be retraced of the 'we had a phonecall'-variety, and some other things that seem odd. I don't know enough about the whole Dutroux case and all involved, but I do know that if the book is how I experienced the first chapter (and from some fast reading through it was), it is not worth my time since it seems a lot of the sources cannot be taken seriously.

https://files.catbox.moe/ibud7o.pdf

Anyway.. Here's the pdf with what I got so far.

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think- ago

I guess it was translated from a French original - they thank a translator in their preface:

'Special thanks to Olivier Taymans, who had been múch more than translator before this book, and who should deserve much more than this short sentence.'

Belgium has two official languages, French and Dutch, so it wouldn't be surprising if it had been written in French; and one of the authors is a native speaker of French.

Socks_are_okay ago

Yeah, but did not know if that person translated the book or just parts of it. Going through the paragraphs the writing all-together is a bit weird and sometimes when I thought a certain thing had been said, it turned out to go the other way. So didn't dare make much assuming about what had been translated by this person.

think- ago

Ok, thanks.