decipherment

dɪˈsaɪfərmənt
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Translation of decipherment from English into Dutch

Noun

1.

decoding

Rare
act of decoding something difficult to read or understand
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ontcijfering fdecodering
  • The decipherment of the ancient script took years.De ontcijfering van het oude schrift duurde jaren.
2.

linguistics

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the analysis of ancient languages or texts
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ontcijfering f
  • The decipherment of the Rosetta Stone was groundbreaking.De ontcijfering van de Steen van Rosetta was baanbrekend.
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Synonyms and analogies of decipherment in English

Examples of decipherment in a sentence

  • Her decipherment of the clues led to the treasure.
  • Decipherment of ancient scripts is a complex task.
  • His work in the decipherment of old manuscripts is renowned.

Translations of "decipherment" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
ontcijferingnf.

There is nothing to see except the social decipherment of language and forms.

Er is niets te zien dan de sociale ontcijfering van taal en vormen.

The decipherment of these two scripts enabled these civilizations to speak to us again directly.

Door de ontcijfering van deze twee schriften kunnen deze beschavingen weer rechtstreeks tot ons spreken.

ontcijferen

And maybe one day I'll go into the decipherment of the Old Testament, where it tells you that basically.

We zijn geen mensen en misschien, op een dag, ga ik in op het ontcijferen van het Oude Testament waarin je dat feitelijk wordt verteld.

Champollion, as an adult... had worked out a brilliant decipherment of the hieroglyphics.

Champollion had in z'n volwassen leven de hiërogliefen al briljant ontcijferd.

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decipherment: Examples and translations in context

The torn condition of many folios, and the ghostly traces of the text overlaid by the later one, made the decipherment extremely difficult.

De toestand van de vele gescheurde bladen, en de schimmige letters onder de latere tekst maakten de ontcijfering extreem moeilijk.

Champollion, as an adult had worked out a brilliant decipherment of the hieroglyphics.

Champollion had in z'n volwassen leven de hiërogliefen al briljant ontcijferd.

Ventris's initial theory was that Etruscan and Linear B were related and that this might provide a key to decipherment.

Ventris ontwikkelde aanvankelijk de theorie dat het Etruskisch en het "Minoïsch" verwant waren, en dat deze verwantschap wel eens de sleutel tot de ontcijfering kon bieden.

The story of the decipherment is really the story of Jean-Francois Champollion of France because, although many others attempted to unravel hieroglyphics, it was only he who had the proper strategy for learning to translate the texts.

Het verhaal van de ontcijfering is werkelijk het verhaal van Jean-Francois Champollion van Frankrijk omdat, hoewel vele anderen probeerden om hieroglyphics te ontrafelen, het slechts hij was die de juiste strategie had om te leren om de teksten te vertalen.

Brugsch's services to Egyptology are most important, particularly in the decipherment of Demotic and the making of a vast Hieroglyphic-Demotic dictionary (1867-1882).

De belangrijkste bijdragen van Brugsch voor de egyptologie zijn het ontcijferen van het demotisch schrift en het maken van een hiëroglyfisch-demotisch woordenboek (1867-1882).

The French expedition discovered what was thought to be the key to the decipherment of hieroglyphic text, the Rosetta Stone.

De Franse expeditie ontdekte wat om de sleutel werd verondersteld te zijn aan de ontcijfering van hieroglyphic teksten, de Steen Rosetta.

This is a rough description but the Adkins' book gives the full story of the decipherment of hieroglyphics by Jean-Francois Champollion in the context of his life.

Dit is een ruwe beschrijving maar het boek van Adkins geeft het volledige verhaal van de ontcijfering van hieroglyphics door Jean-Francois Champollion in de context van zijn leven.

He helped publish Liu E's Tieyun Canggui (鐵雲藏龜), the first collection of oracle bones, and Sun Yirang's Qiwen Juli (契文舉例), the first work of decipherment of the oracle bone script.

Hij hielp bij de publicatie van Tieyun Canggui (鐵雲藏龜) door Liu E, de eerste verzameling orakelbotten, en Qiwen Juli (契文舉例) van Sun Yirang, het eerste werk waarin het orakelbotschrift werd ontcijferd.

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