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1. Ik zou graag willen dat het dashboard aangepaste weergaven opslaat.

   I would like the dashboard to save custom views.

   Ik zou

   I would

   graag

   gladly

   willen

   want

   dat

   that

   dashboard

   dashboard

   aangepaste

   custom

   weergaven

   views

   opslaat

   saves

   More detail

   Ik zou uses zou, the singular form of zullen with ik, to express a tentative or polite “would.” Together with graag willen, it forms the reusable Dutch pattern Ik zou graag willen ... = “I would like ...”. The ik form identifies the speaker; zou does not express past time here. graag means “gladly” or “with pleasure.” In zou graag willen, it helps produce the natural meaning “would like,” rather than simply “want.” Example: Ik drink graag thee. — “I like drinking tea.” willen is the infinitive “to want.” After zou, Dutch uses the infinitive: Ik zou willen ... — “I would want ...”; with graag, the natural meaning is “I would like ...”. Do not treat willen as the finite verb of the following clause. dat introduces the content of the wish: “that.” It is a conjunction here, not the demonstrative meaning “that [thing].” A useful pattern is Ik wil dat ... — “I want ...”; the clause after dat states what the speaker wants to happen. dashboard is a singular noun meaning “dashboard.” Dutch commonly uses this loanword with the neuter article het: het dashboard. The noun is the subject of the clause introduced by dat. aangepaste means “custom” or “customized” here. It is the -e form of the adjective aangepast, related to the verb aanpassen (“to adapt” or “to customize”). The adjective has -e before the plural noun weergaven; the adjective itself is not the plural marker. Example: aangepaste instellingen — “custom settings.” weergaven means “views.” Its singular base form is weergave (“view”), and weergaven is its plural form. In this sentence, it refers to views that the dashboard saves. Example: De app toont twee weergaven. — “The app shows two views.” opslaat means “saves” or “stores” here. Its infinitive is the separable verb opslaan (“to save”); in the present tense, the third-person singular form is opslaat. Because this verb is inside a dat-clause, its finite form appears at the end: dat het dashboard ... opslaat. Compare the independent-clause order Het dashboard slaat de weergaven op. — “The dashboard saves the views.” The sentence assembles as Ik zou graag willen (“I would like”) + dat (“that”) + het dashboard aangepaste weergaven opslaat (“the dashboard saves custom views”). The full meaning is: “I would like the dashboard to save custom views.”

2. Verschillende gebruikers hebben gevraagd om een manier om hun gebruikelijke instellingen te behouden.

   Several users have asked for a way to keep their usual setup.

   Verschillende

   several

   gebruikers

   users

   hebben gevraagd

   have asked

   een manier

   a way

   hun

   their

   gebruikelijke

   usual

   instellingen

   settings

   te behouden

   to keep

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   Verschillende means “several” here: it indicates multiple users without specifying an exact number. In other contexts, the same word can mean “different”; the surrounding meaning determines the reading. gebruikers is the plural of gebruiker, “user.” The ending -s marks the plural here. Example: één gebruiker means “one user,” while verschillende gebruikers means “several users.” hebben gevraagd is the perfect construction “have asked.” hebben is the present-tense plural form of hebben (“to have”) and functions here as the auxiliary; gevraagd is the past participle of vragen (“to ask”). In this construction, the auxiliary precedes the participle: gebruikers hebben gevraagd. een manier means “a way” or “a method.” manier is a common-gender noun, and its plural is manieren. The article een is indefinite; it does not by itself state a numerical count. Example: een manier means “a way,” while meerdere manieren means “several ways.” hun means “their” in this sentence and marks a third-person plural possessor. It does not change to agree with the possessed noun, so hun instellingen means “their settings,” with the plural shown by instellingen. gebruikelijke means “usual” or “customary” here. Its base form is gebruikelijk; before this plural noun, the attributive adjective has the -e form: gebruikelijke. It describes the settings as the ones normally used. instellingen is the plural of instelling, “setting” or “configuration.” In this sentence it refers to configuration choices. Example: een instelling means “a setting,” and meerdere instellingen means “several settings.” te behouden is the infinitive “to keep” or “to retain.” The second om in the sentence introduces the purpose phrase om hun gebruikelijke instellingen te behouden: “in order to keep their usual settings.” Dutch commonly places the infinitive after te at the end of this phrase. Putting the parts together, Verschillende gebruikers hebben gevraagd says that several users have made a request. om een manier identifies what they requested, and the following om ... te behouden phrase explains the purpose of that way: retaining their usual settings. The complete meaning is: “Several users have asked for a way to keep their usual settings.”

3. Telkens opnieuw filters instellen kost tijd tijdens wekelijkse evaluaties.

   Switching filters repeatedly wastes time during weekly reviews.

   Telkens opnieuw

   repeatedly

   filters

   filters

   instellen

   set up

   kost

   costs

   tijd

   time

   tijdens

   during

   wekelijkse

   weekly

   evaluaties

   reviews

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   Telkens opnieuw means doing something repeatedly: telkens is “each time,” and opnieuw is “again.” Together they form a useful adverbial pattern for repeated action. Example: Ze probeert het telkens opnieuw. — “She tries it again and again.” filters is the plural of filter, “filter.” Dutch plural nouns commonly add -s or -en; this word uses -s. In this sentence it refers to filters as selectable settings or criteria, consistent with the translation. instellen means “to set up” or “to configure.” It is an infinitive. In filters instellen, the noun comes before the infinitive, and the whole infinitive phrase acts as the subject: “setting up filters.” Example: Ik wil een nieuw filter instellen. — “I want to set up a new filter.” kost is the present-tense form of kosten, “to cost,” for a singular subject. Here the subject is the entire activity filters instellen, treated as one activity, so Dutch uses singular kost, not plural kosten. Example: Een extra controle kost tijd. — “An extra check takes time.” tijd means “time.” In this use it is an uncountable amount of time, not a numbered unit. The construction tijd kosten means “to take time” or literally “to cost time.” tijdens means “during” and introduces the period in which something happens. It is a preposition, followed here by the noun phrase wekelijkse evaluaties. wekelijkse means “weekly.” It is the adjective related to week and describes something that happens every week. The ending -e appears here because the adjective is before the plural noun evaluaties. Example: de wekelijkse vergadering — “the weekly meeting.” evaluaties is the plural of evaluatie, “evaluation” or “review.” Its plural is formed with -s. In this sentence, wekelijkse evaluaties means “weekly reviews.” Together, Telkens opnieuw filters instellen means “setting up filters repeatedly.” That entire activity is the subject of kost tijd: it “takes time.” Tijdens wekelijkse evaluaties specifies when this happens. The complete meaning is: “Switching filters repeatedly wastes time during weekly reviews.” The wording describes time being consumed; it does not assert a specific number of reviews or filter changes.

4. Opgeslagen weergaven zouden die routine sneller kunnen maken.

   Saved views could make that routine faster.

   Opgeslagen

   saved

   weergaven

   views

   zouden … kunnen

   could

   die

   that

   routine

   routine

   sneller

   faster

   maken

   make

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   Opgeslagen means “saved” here and describes weergaven. It is the past participle of opslaan (“to save”), used here attributively before the noun: opgeslagen weergaven = “saved views.” weergaven means “views.” It is the plural of weergave; the singular is een weergave, and the plural commonly ends in -en. zouden kunnen expresses a possible result: “could.” Zouden is the conditional form of zullen, while kunnen is the infinitive of kunnen (“can, be able to”). Together, they frame the action as a possibility rather than a certainty. In this sentence, the modal combination is followed by the infinitive maken. die means “that” and points to the specific routine identified in the fixed translation. As a demonstrative determiner, it stands before the noun it modifies: die routine = “that routine.” routine means “routine.” It is a noun referring here to the process of repeatedly setting filters, as supported by the preceding context. The plural is routines. sneller means “faster.” It is the comparative form of snel (“fast”): snel → sneller → het snelst (“fast” → “faster” → “the fastest”). Here it describes the resulting speed of the routine. maken means “make” and is the infinitive of maken. In the construction iets sneller maken, the object is made faster: literally, “make something faster.” The chunks combine as Opgeslagen weergaven (“saved views”) + zouden ... kunnen maken (“could make”) + die routine (“that routine”) + sneller (“faster”). Thus the complete utterance means: “Saved views could make that routine faster.” The infinitives kunnen and maken remain together at the end of the Dutch clause, with maken naming the main action.

5. Het zou handig zijn als weergaven met teamleden gedeeld konden worden.

   It would be useful if views could be shared with teammates.

   zou

   would

   handig

   useful; convenient

   weergaven

   views

   teamleden

   teammates

   gedeeld

   shared

   konden worden

   could be

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   zou is the singular form used with het in the conditional construction. Here it presents the situation as hypothetical: “would,” not simple past time. A reusable pattern is het zou ... zijn als ... — “it would be ... if ...”. handig means useful or convenient in this sentence. It is an adjective; its comparative is handiger (“more useful/convenient”) and its superlative is het handigst (“the most useful/convenient”). Example: Deze knop is handig. — “This button is useful.” weergaven means views here, such as displayed views in a system. It is the plural of the noun weergave; the singular is een weergave, and the plural form has -en. In the sentence, the views are the things that could be shared. teamleden means teammates or team members. It is the plural of teamlid; the plural changes the second part from lid to leden. Example: Ik werk met mijn teamleden. — “I work with my teammates.” gedeeld is the past participle of delen, “to share.” In this sentence it is part of a passive construction: the views receive the sharing action. The related active pattern is iemand deelt de weergaven — “someone shares the views”; the passive pattern is de weergaven worden gedeeld — “the views are shared.” konden worden combines the past-tense plural form konden of kunnen (“can, be able to”) with worden (“to become/be,” also used to form the passive). Together here they mean “could be.” The modal kunnen expresses possibility or ability, while worden gedeeld places the focus on the views being shared rather than on who shares them. The opening Het zou handig zijn means “It would be useful.” The following als introduces the condition, weergaven met teamleden identifies views shared with teammates, and gedeeld konden worden says that this sharing could take place. Together, the utterance means: “It would be useful if views could be shared with teammates.”

6. Bij het delen zijn toestemmingsregels nodig, dus zouden we dat apart kunnen behandelen.

   Sharing would need permission rules, so we could treat it separately.

   Bij het delen

   when sharing

   toestemmingsregels

   permission rules

   nodig

   needed

   zouden we

   we would

   dat

   that; it

   apart

   separately

   behandelen

   treat; handle

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   Bij het delen means “when sharing” here. delen is the infinitive “to share”; with het, it is used as a noun-like activity: het delen = “sharing.” The preposition bij can frame an activity or situation, so bij het delen is a reusable pattern for “when/during [an activity].” Example: Bij het koken luister ik naar muziek. — “When cooking, I listen to music.” toestemmingsregels means “permission rules.” It is a compound noun: toestemming means “permission” and regels is the plural of regel, “rule.” Dutch compounds are written as one word, and the final part supplies the noun’s plural form here. Example: We hebben duidelijke veiligheidsregels nodig. — “We need clear safety rules.” nodig means “needed” or “necessary” in this sentence. In the pattern iets is nodig, the subject is described as necessary; with a plural subject, Dutch uses zijn: Toestemmingsregels zijn nodig — “Permission rules are needed.” nodig itself does not show the subject’s number here. It can also occur in nodig hebben, “to need,” but that is a different construction: We hebben hulp nodig. — “We need help.” zouden we contains zouden, a form of zullen, with the first-person plural pronoun we. On its own, this part is roughly “we would”; together with the later kunnen, the pattern zouden we ... kunnen expresses “we could ...” in this statement. zouden helps frame the proposal as hypothetical or tentative, while kunnen expresses possibility. Example: We zouden morgen kunnen beginnen. — “We could start tomorrow.” dat is the demonstrative pronoun “that” or “it” in this sentence, functioning as the object of behandelen. Here dat is the singular neuter demonstrative form; the sentence and translation do not identify a more specific concrete referent. Example: Dat kunnen we later bespreken. — “We can discuss that later.” apart means “separately” or “apart.” Here it describes treating the matter separately from the main matter, rather than describing a separate person or object. Example: We bewaren deze documenten apart. — “We keep these documents separately.” behandelen is the infinitive “to treat” or “to handle.” In this context it means handling a matter, not physically treating a person. It follows the modal construction kunnen behandelen, where kunnen carries the modal meaning and behandelen remains in the infinitive. Example: We behandelen die vraag morgen. — “We will handle that question tomorrow.” Taken together, Bij het delen sets the situation: “when sharing.” toestemmingsregels is the plural subject, and zijn nodig says that permission rules are necessary. dus means “so,” linking that reason to the proposal. zouden we dat apart kunnen behandelen means “we could treat that separately.” The complete utterance therefore means: “Sharing would need permission rules, so we could treat it separately.”

7. Zelfs een persoonlijke versie zou het grootste deel van mijn probleem oplossen.

   Even a personal version would solve most of my problem.

   Zelfs

   even

   persoonlijke

   personal

   versie

   version

   zou

   would

   grootste

   largest

   deel

   part

   probleem

   problem

   oplossen

   solve

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   Zelfs means “even” and adds emphasis: the proposed personal version would be enough to produce the result. It does not mean “also” here. persoonlijke is the form of persoonlijk used before the noun versie. The -e ending is the attributive form required in this noun phrase; it is the adjective, not versie, that carries this ending. persoonlijk can mean “personal” or “personally related,” depending on context. Example: een persoonlijke keuze — “a personal choice.” versie means “version.” It is a common-gender de noun: de versie, een versie. In this sentence it is the subject of the proposed situation. The indefinite article does not by itself state a numerical count; the phrase presents a version as one possible option. zou is the singular past form of zullen, used here as the conditional “would.” With a singular subject such as een persoonlijke versie, it appears as zou; plural subjects use zouden. Dutch commonly uses zou together with an infinitive to express a hypothetical or proposed result: Dat zou helpen — “That would help.” grootste is the superlative form of groot (“large” or “big”): groot → groter (“larger”) → grootste (“largest”). It has the attributive -e ending before deel. Here grootste deel van means “most of” or literally “the largest part of,” rather than describing physical size. deel means “part” or “portion.” The pattern het grootste deel van + noun is a useful way to say “most of + noun”: het grootste deel van de dag — “most of the day.” probleem means “problem.” It is a het noun: het probleem, and after the possessive mijn the phrase is mijn probleem, “my problem.” The noun itself does not receive a visible plural or case ending here; problemen is the plural form. oplossen means “to solve” in this sentence. It is an infinitive following zou: zou ... oplossen — “would solve.” Oplossen is a separable verb: in a finite present-tense clause, the parts can separate, as in Zij lost het probleem op — “She solves the problem.” Its past participle is opgelost. Together, een persoonlijke versie is the subject, and zou ... oplossen presents its hypothetical result. het grootste deel van mijn probleem is the object: “most of my problem.” Zelfs emphasizes that even this option would suffice. The complete meaning is: “Even a personal version would solve most of my problem.”

8. Dan zou de eerste stap zich kunnen richten op opgeslagen weergaven voor persoonlijk gebruik.

   Then the first step could focus on private saved views.

   Dan

   then

   zou

   could; would

   eerste

   first

   stap

   step

   zich … kunnen … richten op

   could focus on

   opgeslagen

   saved

   weergaven

   views

   persoonlijk

   personal

   gebruik

   use

   More detail

   Dan means “then” here and places this proposed step after the preceding discussion. It can also introduce a consequence: “then …”. zou is the singular past form of zullen, but here it is used in a conditional modal construction, giving “could” or “would”. In zou ... kunnen richten, it presents the idea as a possibility rather than a firm statement. The infinitive kunnen combines with richten; Dutch places this infinitive group toward the end of the clause, with its complements following the lexical verb where required. eerste means “first”. It is the ordinal form related to één (“one”), but it is irregular rather than a regular form made by simply adding an ending. In de eerste stap, it describes the step’s position in an order. stap is a common noun meaning “step”. Its plural is stappen. The noun phrase de eerste stap therefore means “the first step”; de is the definite article used with this noun. zich kunnen richten op is a reusable construction meaning “can/could focus on” or “can/could be directed toward”. richten op takes the preposition op, and zich is the reflexive pronoun associated with the subject: the step is grammatically presented as directing itself toward something. The observed kunnen is the infinitive “can/be able to”; after conditional zou, it contributes the possibility meaning. Example: We kunnen ons richten op de hoofdzaak. — “We can focus on the main issue.” opgeslagen means “saved” here. It is the past participle of opslaan (“to save/store”), used adjectivally before weergaven. The participle describes the views as already stored; it is not the finite verb of the sentence. weergaven is the plural of weergave, meaning “view” in this interface or display-related sense. The singular is een weergave; the plural ending is -en. Together, opgeslagen weergaven means “saved views”. persoonlijk means “personal” here, referring to use intended for an individual rather than shared use. It is an adjective. In persoonlijk gebruik, it has no attributive -e because it stands before a singular neuter noun phrase with no article. With a definite article, the form is different: het persoonlijke gebruik (“the personal use”). This form should not be confused with persoonlijke, as in persoonlijke versie (“personal version”). gebruik is a noun meaning “use” here. The fixed phrase voor persoonlijk gebruik means “for personal use”. In that phrase, voor introduces the purpose or intended use, while gebruik names that purpose. Gebruik can also be a verb in other contexts, but it is a noun in this utterance. Taken together, Dan zou de eerste stap zich kunnen richten op opgeslagen weergaven voor persoonlijk gebruik says: “Then the first step could focus on private saved views.” The structure presents the first step as a possible focus, identifies the objects as saved views, and specifies that they are intended for personal use. The translation’s “private” conveys the intended individual-use meaning of voor persoonlijk gebruik.