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1. De exportfunctie werkt niet zodra ik gefilterde resultaten toevoeg.

   The export feature fails whenever I include filtered results.

   exportfunctie

   export feature

   werkt niet

   doesn't work

   zodra

   whenever

   gefilterde

   filtered

   resultaten

   results

   toevoeg

   include

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   exportfunctie is a compound noun: export + functie, meaning a feature for exporting. Dutch compounds are written as one word. In this sentence, De marks it as a definite, already identifiable feature. werkt niet uses werken (“to work” or “to function”) in the present tense. werkt is the third-person singular form, agreeing with de exportfunctie; niet negates it. Example: De knop werkt niet. — “The button does not work.” zodra introduces the condition or time at which the problem occurs. It can often be translated as “as soon as”; here, because the statement describes a recurring trigger, “whenever” fits the intended meaning. Example: Zodra ik start, verschijnt er een foutmelding. — “As soon as I start, an error message appears.” gefilterde describes resultaten: these are results that have been filtered. It comes from filteren; the related participial form is gefilterd, and before a noun it has the attributive ending -e here: gefilterde resultaten. Example: Ik bekijk de gefilterde lijst. — “I am viewing the filtered list.” resultaten is the plural of resultaat, “result.” The plural ending is -en. Example: De resultaten zijn duidelijk. — “The results are clear.” toevoeg comes from the separable verb toevoegen, “to add” or, in this context, “to include.” In a main clause, the parts separate: Ik voeg resultaten toe. — “I add results.” In this subordinate clause, the finite verb is placed at the end and appears together as toevoeg: zodra ik gefilterde resultaten toevoeg — “whenever I include filtered results.” The form toevoeg is first-person singular present, matching ik. Together, De exportfunctie werkt niet says that the export feature fails. zodra ik gefilterde resultaten toevoeg specifies the recurring condition: this happens whenever the speaker includes filtered results. The complete meaning is: “The export feature fails whenever I include filtered results.”

2. Dat klinkt reproduceerbaar, waardoor het oplossen van het probleem veel gemakkelijker wordt.

   That sounds reproducible, which makes troubleshooting much easier.

   Dat

   That

   klinkt

   sounds

   reproduceerbaar

   reproducible

   waardoor

   which makes / thereby

   oplossen

   solving

   probleem

   problem

   veel

   much

   gemakkelijker

   easier

   wordt

   becomes

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   Dat means “that” here and points to the preceding idea as a whole: the described behavior is reproducible. As a demonstrative pronoun, it is neuter singular; its grammatical form does not by itself identify a particular noun. klinkt is the present-tense form of klinken (“to sound”) for a third-person singular subject. Dutch uses it to describe how something seems or sounds, not necessarily how it objectively is. For example: Dat klinkt goed. — “That sounds good.” reproduceerbaar is an adjective meaning “reproducible”: something can be produced or obtained again under comparable conditions. The ending does not change in this sentence because the adjective follows the linking verb klinkt; attributive forms can behave differently, as in een reproduceerbare test (“a reproducible test”). waardoor introduces a consequence connected to the preceding statement. In this sentence it means “which makes” or “thereby making,” referring to the fact that the situation is reproducible. It commonly links a preceding event or fact to its result. oplossen is the infinitive “to solve.” In het oplossen van het probleem, the infinitive is used as a noun-like activity: “solving the problem.” The pattern het + infinitive + van + noun is a useful way to name an activity involving something. Van links that activity to het probleem. probleem means “problem.” Its usual singular article is het: het probleem; its plural is problemen: de problemen. In this sentence, het probleem is the thing being solved. veel means “much” here. It intensifies the comparative adjective gemakkelijker, so veel gemakkelijker means “much easier,” not a stated numerical amount. gemakkelijker is the comparative form of gemakkelijk (“easy” or “easy to do”). The basic comparison is gemakkelijk → gemakkelijker → het gemakkelijkst: “easy” → “easier” → “easiest.” Here it describes the activity of solving the problem, rather than changing the noun probleem. wordt is the present-tense third-person singular form of worden. With an adjective, worden means “become,” so gemakkelijker wordt means “becomes easier.” It is not the passive use of worden here, because gemakkelijker describes a change of state. Together, het oplossen van het probleem is “solving the problem,” and veel gemakkelijker wordt says that this activity becomes much easier. The full structure is Dat klinkt reproduceerbaar, waardoor ...: “That sounds reproducible, which makes ...” The complete utterance therefore means: “That sounds reproducible, which makes troubleshooting much easier.”

3. Ik heb het getest met ongefilterde gegevens en het exporteren werkte normaal.

   I tested it with unfiltered data, and export worked normally.

   Ik heb

   I have

   getest

   tested

   met

   with

   ongefilterde

   unfiltered

   gegevens

   data

   het exporteren

   exporting

   werkte

   worked

   normaal

   normally

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   Ik heb is the first-person singular present form of hebben, used here as the auxiliary in the Dutch perfect. The reusable pattern is ik heb + past participle: “I have … / I …ed.” The following object pronoun het means “it”; its specific referent is not identified in the supplied sentence. getest is the past participle of testen (“to test”). With hebben, it forms the perfect: heb getest = “have tested” or, in this English translation, “tested.” A useful pattern is hebben + past participle for a completed event connected to the present or viewed as a completed fact. met introduces what was used or involved: “with.” In met ongefilterde gegevens, it links the testing to the data used for the test. Example: Ik werk met nieuwe gegevens. — “I work with new data.” ongefilterde means “unfiltered” here. Its base adjective is ongefilterd; the -e form appears before the plural noun gegevens. The prefix on- creates a negative meaning in this adjective: gefilterd means “filtered,” while ongefilterd means “unfiltered.” gegevens means “data” here. It is the plural of gegeven in the meaning “piece of information/data point,” although gegevens is commonly used collectively for data. Example: De gegevens zijn compleet. — “The data are complete.” het exporteren is a nominalized infinitive: exporteren means “to export,” and het exporteren means “exporting” or “the export process.” Dutch uses het with this kind of infinitive used as a noun. Example: Het exporteren duurt lang. — “Exporting takes a long time.” werkte is the simple past form of werken (“to work”). Here it is third-person singular because the subject is het exporteren: het exporteren werkte = “exporting worked.” The same past form can be used with hij, zij, or a singular noun; the subject identifies who or what worked. normaal modifies werkte and means “normally” or “in the normal way” here. Dutch often uses this form adverbially without an added ending. Compare the adjective use in een normale werking (“normal operation”) with the adverbial use here. Together, Ik heb het getest says “I tested it,” with the perfect construction heb + getest. met ongefilterde gegevens specifies that the test used unfiltered data. het exporteren werkte normaal says that exporting worked normally. The complete meaning is therefore: “I tested it with unfiltered data, and export worked normally.”

4. Dan kan de filterlogica mogelijk problemen veroorzaken in de exportmodule.

   Then the filter logic may be interacting with the export module.

   Dan

   Then

   kan

   may

   filterlogica

   filter logic

   mogelijk

   possibly

   problemen

   problems

   veroorzaken

   cause

   exportmodule

   export module

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   Dan means “then” here, linking this statement to what has just been established. In other contexts it can refer to a time or consequence, as in Dan ga ik naar huis. — “Then I’ll go home.” kan is the present-tense form of kunnen used with the third-person singular subject de filterlogica. Here it expresses possibility: the filter logic may cause problems. kunnen can also express ability, as in Ik kan helpen. — “I can help.” With a following infinitive, the modal verb is followed by that verb in its infinitive form. filterlogica is a compound noun meaning “filter logic”: filter specifies the function and logica is the main noun. Dutch compounds are written as one word here. The article de marks this noun as a common-gender noun; it does not itself identify a numerical quantity. mogelijk means “possibly” and makes the possibility expressed by kan more explicit. It is an adverb, so it does not change form to agree with filterlogica or any other noun. Example: Dat is mogelijk. — “That is possible.” problemen means “problems” in this sentence. Its singular base form is probleem; problemen is the plural form. Example: We hebben een probleem. — “We have a problem.” veroorzaken means “to cause” here. It is the infinitive of veroorzaken, following the modal kan; the subject of this verb is still de filterlogica. The form does not become a finite form after kan. Example: De wijziging kan vertraging veroorzaken. — “The change may cause a delay.” exportmodule means “export module”. It is another compound noun, with module as the main noun and export specifying its function. The phrase in de exportmodule places the possible problems in or in relation to that module; the preposition in is followed here by the definite article de. The sentence begins with Dan, followed by the finite modal kan. Dutch places the subject de filterlogica after that verb because the initial element occupies the first position: Dan kan de filterlogica .... The modal construction kan ... veroorzaken means “may cause,” while mogelijk reinforces the uncertainty. Together, de filterlogica mogelijk problemen veroorzaken in de exportmodule says that the filter logic may cause problems in the export module. In the supplied translation, this is rendered as the filter logic possibly interacting with the export module.

5. Ik kan een voorbeeldbestand zonder gevoelige informatie sturen.

   I can send a sample file without sensitive information.

   Ik kan

   I can

   voorbeeldbestand

   sample file

   zonder

   without

   gevoelige

   sensitive

   informatie

   information

   sturen

   send

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   Ik kan expresses “I can”: ik is the first-person singular subject, and kan is the present-tense form of kunnen for ik. Here it expresses ability or possibility. The modal is followed by an infinitive, which appears at the end of this sentence. Compare Ik kan helpen (“I can help”) with Ik moet helpen (“I must help”); moet is from moeten, not a form of kunnen. voorbeeldbestand means “sample file” in this sentence. It is a Dutch compound: voorbeeld specifies the type of bestand. The compound is singular here; a plural example is voorbeeldbestanden (“sample files”). Dutch compounds are written as one word, so do not treat the space-separated English phrase as evidence that the Dutch expression must also have a space. zonder means “without” and introduces what is absent or excluded. It is a preposition and can be reused with a noun phrase, as in zonder suiker (“without sugar”). The word itself does not assert a quantity; the following phrase identifies what is absent. gevoelige means “sensitive” here, specifically describing informatie. Its base form is the adjective gevoelig. The -e form is used before this noun phrase: gevoelige informatie. For comparison, gevoeliger means “more sensitive” and het gevoeligst means “the most sensitive” in a suitable context. These are forms of the adjective, not of the noun informatie. informatie means “information”. It is a mass-like noun in this use, referring to information generally rather than to a separately counted item. The combination gevoelige informatie means “sensitive information”; the adjective comes before the noun and takes the form shown here. sturen means “to send” in this sentence. It is the infinitive of sturen, used after the modal kan. The form stays sturen rather than carrying the subject ending itself: Ik kan sturen means “I can send”. In another context, sturen can also mean “to steer” or “to direct”, but “to send” is the meaning supported here. Together, Ik kan + een voorbeeldbestand + zonder gevoelige informatie + sturen gives “I can send a sample file without sensitive information.” een introduces the sample file without independently stating a numerical count. The phrase zonder gevoelige informatie specifies that the sample file does not contain sensitive information, and the infinitive sturen completes the modal construction. The sentence is a neutral, reusable way to state that the speaker can send such a file.

6. Daarmee kunnen we het probleem veilig isoleren.

   That would help us isolate the issue safely.

   Daarmee

   with that; by that means

   kunnen we

   we can

   probleem

   problem; issue

   veilig

   safely

   isoleren

   isolate

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   Daarmee means “with that” or “by that means.” It is a demonstrative adverb referring to an understood means in the situation; the fixed sentence does not identify that referent more specifically. The related form daarvoor means “for that,” so it should not replace daarmee when the meaning is a means or method. kunnen we combines kunnen (“can; be able to”) with we (“we”). Kunnen is the modal verb and we is its subject. Dutch places the infinitive later in this sentence: We kunnen het probleem isoleren means “We can isolate the issue.” Here kunnen is the present-tense modal form; the English wording “would help” conveys the sentence’s intended enabling effect, not a separate Dutch conditional form. probleem is the noun “problem” or, here, “issue.” It is a neuter noun, so the definite phrase is het probleem. Its plural is problemen, as in de problemen (“the problems”). The definite article presents the issue as identifiable in the context; it does not by itself state how many issues there are. veilig means “safely” here because it specifies the manner of isolating. The same form can also be the adjective “safe,” as in een veilige methode (“a safe method”). In that example, the adjective has -e; here the adverbial form is veilig. isoleren is the infinitive “to isolate.” It can follow a modal such as kunnen: We kunnen het bestand isoleren means “We can isolate the file.” The related noun isolatie means “isolation,” but it is not the form used here. Together, Daarmee kunnen we het probleem veilig isoleren means “With that, we can isolate the problem safely.” In the fixed translation’s intended wording, this is “That would help us isolate the issue safely.” The sentence presents an understood means as enabling we to isolate the identifiable issue, with veilig describing how that action is carried out.

7. Bevestig alstublieft of de logbestanden privégegevens bevatten.

   Please confirm whether logs include any private content.

   Bevestig

   confirm

   alstublieft

   please

   of

   whether

   logbestanden

   log files

   privégegevens

   private data

   bevatten

   contain

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   Bevestig is the imperative of bevestigen (“to confirm”). The imperative addresses the listener directly and normally has no expressed subject: Bevestig dat. — “Confirm that.” The sentence uses the polite request word alstublieft immediately after it; together, Bevestig alstublieft means “Please confirm.” alstublieft is a fixed polite form used to make a request. It can also be used when offering or handing something to someone, but here it marks a courteous request. of introduces an indirect yes-or-no question. In this sentence it means “whether,” not the alternative meaning “or.” A reusable pattern is Bevestig of ... — “Confirm whether ...”. logbestanden means “log files.” It is the plural of logbestand: bestand means “file,” and logbestand is the compound “log file.” The ending -en marks the plural here. The definite article de before it refers to the log files as an identified category, without specifying how many. privégegevens means “private data.” It is a plural compound: privé describes the data, and gegevens is the plural of gegeven (“piece of data” or “datum”). Example: Bewaar geen privégegevens. — “Do not store private data.” bevatten means “contain” in this sentence. It is the present-tense form used with the plural subject de logbestanden; with a singular subject, the related form is bevat: Het bestand bevat privégegevens. — “The file contains private data.” In the subordinate clause introduced by of, the finite verb comes at the end, which is why bevatten follows privégegevens. Here bevatten has the same spelling as the infinitive “to contain.” Together, Bevestig alstublieft makes a polite request, and of de logbestanden privégegevens bevatten is the yes-or-no question to be confirmed. The whole utterance therefore means: “Please confirm whether the log files contain private data,” matching the supplied translation’s intended meaning of whether the logs include private content.

8. Ik zal dat controleren voordat ik om de logbestanden vraag.

   I will verify that before requesting the logs.

   Ik zal

   I will

   dat

   that

   controleren

   check; verify

   voordat

   before

   om

   for

   logbestanden

   log files

   vraag

   ask; request

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   Ik zal combines the subject pronoun ik (“I”) with zal, the first-person singular present form of zullen. In this sentence, zal marks a future action; the lexical verb remains in the infinitive later in the clause. Compare ik zal komen (“I will come”) with present ik kom (“I come / I am coming”). dat is a demonstrative pronoun meaning “that” here. This form is used for a singular neuter (het) referent, but the fixed sentence does not identify exactly what “that” refers to. Its form therefore supplies grammatical information without establishing a specific referent. controleren is the infinitive “to check” or “to verify.” After zal, Dutch places this infinitive at the end of the main clause: Ik zal dat controleren means “I will verify that.” The related noun is controle, but it is not the form used here. voordat is the conjunction “before.” It introduces the later subordinate clause that gives the time relation. In that clause, Dutch places the finite verb at the end: voordat ik ... vraag (“before I ask ...”). om belongs here to the construction om iets vragen, meaning “to ask for something.” Its meaning is completed by the requested thing and the verb vraag; by itself, om does not express a numeric quantity. logbestanden is the plural noun “log files.” It is a compound of log and bestand (“file”); the plural ending is -en, so singular logbestand becomes plural logbestanden. Here it appears with de as the definite plural noun phrase de logbestanden (“the log files”). vraag is the first-person singular present form of vragen, “to ask” or “to request.” The subject ik is expressed earlier in the subordinate clause: ik vraag = “I ask.” In om de logbestanden vraag, de is the definite article introducing the plural noun phrase. Together, Ik zal dat controleren means “I will verify that.” The clause voordat ik om de logbestanden vraag means “before I request the logs.” The complete utterance is therefore: “I will verify that before requesting the logs.”