Word
Het onbetrouwbare algoritme blijkt de weergaven te manipuleren.
Meaning
The unreliable algorithm turns out to manipulate the views.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Het onbetrouwbare algoritme blijkt de weergaven te manipuleren.
te
to (infinitive marker)
blijken
to turn out / to appear
het algoritme
the algorithm
onbetrouwbaar
unreliable
Questions & Answers about Het onbetrouwbare algoritme blijkt de weergaven te manipuleren.
How would this sentence look if we used a dat clause instead of the te + infinitive structure?
It would be: Het blijkt dat het onbetrouwbare algoritme de weergaven manipuleert. The sentence we have here uses a technique called subject raising. It pulls the subject of the dat-clause (het onbetrouwbare algoritme) into the main clause and turns the active verb into a te + infinitive phrase (te manipuleren).
Why is blijkt translated as "turns out" rather than "seems"?
The verb blijken means "to turn out" or "to be proven." It implies there is actual evidence or a concrete result. If you wanted to say the algorithm "seems" or "appears" to do this based on an impression or rumor, you would use lijkt or schijnt instead.
Why does de weergaven come before te manipuleren?
In a Dutch te + infinitive construction, the verb phrase (te manipuleren) is pushed to the very end of the sentence. Because de weergaven (the views) is the direct object of that action, it is placed before the infinitive phrase.
I know weergave as "representation" or "display." Is "views" a common translation?