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zedenverval

English translation: loss of moral values

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Dutch term or phrase:zedenverval
English translation:loss of moral values
Entered by: burak sengir

14:00 Sep 23, 2010
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History / ancient Rome
Dutch term or phrase: zedenverval
...De historicus Marcellinus beschouwde het enthousiasme waarmee de stedelijke bevolking zich overgaf aan het vermaak als een uiting van het zedenverval van zijn tijd.

...Het zedenverval is van dien aard dat ze zich op de langverwachte dag al voor de dageraad haasten naar het Circus alsof de race erom gaat de aanhangers van de concurrerende partijen te snel af te zijn.
burak sengir
Türkiye
Local time: 14:11
loss of moral values
Explanation:
Or "deterioration of moral values" if you like a more formal option.

HTH!

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Note added at 1 day6 hrs (2010-09-24 20:18:23 GMT) Post-grading
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Interesting that you ended up picking this option. Thanks!
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Esther van der Wal
Netherlands
Local time: 13:11
Grading comment
thank you, much appreciated.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7moral decline
Michael Beijer
4 +2moral decay
Erik Boers
3loss of moral values
Esther van der Wal


Discussion entries: 1





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
moral decay


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_of_the_Roman_Empire


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Note added at 15 mins (2010-09-23 14:15:51 GMT)
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Another reference:
Moral decay was evident as depicted in its literature, amusements, and lifestyles that often portrayed gratuitous sex and violence.
http://www.angelfire.com/darkside/sjhscult/notes/unit1/fall_...


Erik Boers
Belgium
Local time: 13:11
Native speaker of: Dutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or decline, as your first reference suggests.
7 hrs
agree  Kitty Brussaard
1 day 46 mins
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
moral decline


Explanation:
Perhaps "decline" would fit slightly better in the above context.

Example sentence(s):
  • The primary reason for Rome's fall was moral decline.
  • I believe that we can analyze the effects of this moral decline by focusing on these three failures of the societies.

    Reference: http://www.studyworld.com/newsite/reportessay/science/Social...
    Reference: http://www.directessays.com/viewpaper/15266.html
Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ron Willems
1 min
agree  Barend van Zadelhoff: especially in the first example sentence imo
6 mins
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
5 hrs
agree  Verginia Ophof
6 hrs
agree  Dennis Seine
7 hrs
agree  Halyna Smakal
13 hrs
neutral  Erik Boers: What difference (if any) do you see between decay and decline?
15 hrs
  -> That is very hard to say. They seem to be synonymous, and yet sometimes one seems to fit better than the other in a particular context. I personally would use "decline" more for a Nation or an Empire, and "decay" on a smaller scale, and more as a verb.
agree  Kitty Brussaard
1 day 37 mins
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
loss of moral values


Explanation:
Or "deterioration of moral values" if you like a more formal option.

HTH!

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Note added at 1 day6 hrs (2010-09-24 20:18:23 GMT) Post-grading
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Interesting that you ended up picking this option. Thanks!

Esther van der Wal
Netherlands
Local time: 13:11
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you, much appreciated.
Notes to answerer
Asker: interesting? Well, "loss of..." has got me actually :)

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