Die antireflekslaag help deurdat die beeld duideliker lyk.

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often writes compound nouns as a single word.

So antireflekslaag is built from parts like:

• anti- = anti-
• refleks = reflection / reflex
• laag = layer / coating

Together, it means an anti-reflection coating/layer.

English often separates these more than Afrikaans does, but in Afrikaans one-word compounds are very normal.

Die is the definite article, so it means the.

In this sentence:

• Die antireflekslaag = The anti-reflection coating
• die beeld = the image

A useful thing to know is that Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns

So unlike some other languages, you do not have to learn different forms for the based on gender.

Deurdat introduces the way or mechanism by which something happens. In English, it can often be translated as:

• by
• by the fact that
• through the fact that
• sometimes because

In this sentence, it explains how the coating helps:

• Die antireflekslaag help deurdat ...
• The anti-reflection coating helps by ...

So the idea is that it helps because / by making it so that the image looks clearer.

Because deurdat introduces a subordinate clause, and in Afrikaans subordinate clauses usually send the conjugated verb to the end.

So:

• main clause: Die antireflekslaag help
• subordinate clause: deurdat die beeld duideliker lyk

That final lyk is normal Afrikaans word order after conjunctions like:

• dat
• omdat
• terwyl
• as
• deurdat

This is one of the biggest word-order differences English speakers notice.

Beeld usually means image, picture, or sometimes visual image depending on context.

Here, die beeld most naturally means the image.
In a technical context, it could refer to:

• the image on a screen
• the visual picture seen through lenses
• the image quality produced by an optical surface

So it is a flexible word, much like English image.

Duideliker is the comparative form of duidelik.

• duidelik = clear
• duideliker = clearer

Afrikaans often forms comparatives by adding -er, just like English often does:

• groot → groter = big → bigger
• klein → kleiner = small → smaller
• duidelik → duideliker = clear → clearer

So die beeld duideliker lyk means the image looks clearer.

Lyk means look, seem, or appear, depending on context.

In this sentence, it means looks:

• die beeld lyk duideliker = the image looks clearer

Be careful not to confuse this with English like.
Afrikaans lyk is a verb about appearance, not preference.

Because lyk is not being used as an infinitive here. It is a normal finite verb inside the subordinate clause.

The structure is:

• die beeld = subject
• duideliker = comparative adjective
• lyk = verb

So this part literally works like:

• the image looks clearer

It is not to look clearer; it is looks clearer.

Sometimes the meaning would be close, but they are not exactly the same.

• omdat = because
• deurdat = by / through the fact that, often focusing on the mechanism or means

In your sentence, deurdat is a good choice because it explains how the coating helps:

• it helps by making the image look clearer

If you used omdat, the sentence would sound more like a straight reason:

• it helps because the image looks clearer

That is similar, but deurdat better highlights the process or way it helps.

Yes, very similarly.

• Die antireflekslaag help = The anti-reflection coating helps

Then the sentence explains in what way it helps:

• deurdat die beeld duideliker lyk

So the full idea is:

• The anti-reflection coating helps by making the image look clearer

This is a very natural Afrikaans way to explain the effect of something.

Afrikaans verbs do not usually change according to the subject in the present tense the way English verbs do.

English:

• I help
• he helps

Afrikaans:

• ek help
• hy help
• die antireflekslaag help

So help stays help regardless of the subject.

This is one reason many learners find Afrikaans verb conjugation simpler than English.

A fairly literal breakdown is:

• Die antireflekslaag = the anti-reflection coating
• help = helps
• deurdat = by / through the fact that
• die beeld = the image
• duideliker = clearer
• lyk = looks

So the sentence is roughly:

• The anti-reflection coating helps by the fact that the image looks clearer.

That is a bit stiff in English, but it shows the Afrikaans structure well. More natural English would be:

• The anti-reflection coating helps by making the image look clearer.