Traducerea - Africani-Engleză - Daar is voorsorgmaatreels wat gevolg moet word.

Hello Lein

I've set a poll

Bises
Tantine

There are precautions that have to be followed. = THESE are precautions that MUST be followed.

I'm fine with replacing 'have to be' by 'must be'. Why do you prefer 'must'?

I'm not sure about 'these are' though. I think in Afrikaans, 'daar is' is generally being used for the Dutch 'er is' or 'er zijn' -> there is, there are. Or am I mistaken?
See for example this text about Afrikaans
http://www.let.uu.nl/nederlands/nlren/literatuurgeschiedenisZuidAfrika/begin.html

Hi Lein, Hi AspieBrain

For me "must" and "have to" have the same function here and are interchangeable.

As for "these" or "there", in my humble opinion, if it was "these" the phrase would need to say:

"these are the precautions that have to be followed", since I find that the absence of article in case of the use of "these" makes the phrase extremely vernacular and informal.

What do you think?

Bises
Tantine

I would stick with 'there' I think, unless AspieBrain can convince me I misunderstood the Afrikaans 'daar' (which is of course entirely possible!)
I've changed 'have to' to 'must' - I don't mind so whatever makes others (AspieBrain) happy