Anony Mous (X) May 15, 2017:

Volgens mij vraagt men hier niet om een vertaling maar een woorddefinitie.

De definitie van "Voorzieningscapaciteit" in deze context houdt in de "ruimte" die men heeft voor de opvang van X aantal asielzoekers.

Michael Beijer May 12, 2017:

"number of" vs "amount of" since the src txt =

"de voorzieningencapaciteit van bestaande locaties"

translating it as

(A) "the number of available facilities" (or even "the available facilities")

would imply that the "locatie" had, e.g., THREE facilities. that is, a facility for cooking (cooking facilities), for parking (parking facilities), and maybe recreational facilities. and that this had been reduced to TWO facilities

however, translating it as

(B) "amount of facilities" would mean less or more facilities in general

I think (B) is what is meant in the src text. The src says:

"Handhaaf het beleid om bij een afname van het aantal asielzoekers af te schalen door de bezettingsgraad en de voorzieningencapaciteit van bestaande locaties te verlagen,"

So if the number of asielzoekers is reduced, and consequently "de voorzieningencapaciteit" is lowered, (A) would imply getting rid of, say, the cooking facilities, which is probably not what is meant here. (B) however, might just mean scaling back the size of the kitchen, or shrinking the workforce, etc.

Michael Beijer May 11, 2017:

hmm I wonder if they mean:
bezettingsgraad: how many asylum seekers are there (i.e., the occupancy rate, or capacity of the place)
voorzieningencapaciteit: the amount of facilities these asylum seekers have at their disposal

as it says "voorzieningencapaciteit "