Ik sla de presentatie op een usb-stick op, zodat ik die op elke werkplek kan openen.

Because two different things are going on:

1. opslaan is a separable verb meaning to save.

   • Infinitive: opslaan
   • Main clause: ik sla ... op

2. op een usb-stick is a prepositional phrase meaning onto/on a USB stick.

So the sentence contains:

• sla ... op = the split verb opslaan
• op een usb-stick = where the file is being saved

That gives:

• Ik sla de presentatie op = I save the presentation
• op een usb-stick = onto a USB stick

Put together: Ik sla de presentatie op een usb-stick op.

This can look strange to English speakers, but it is completely normal in Dutch.

Opslaan is a separable verb that usually means to save or to store.

In Dutch, many verbs have a fixed prefix that separates in main clauses.

Examples:

• Infinitive: opslaan
• Main clause: Ik sla het bestand op.
• With another verb: Ik wil het bestand opslaan.

So:

• Ik sla de presentatie op = main clause, so the verb splits
• ... wil de presentatie opslaan = infinitive, so it stays together

That is one of the most important patterns to notice in this sentence.

Because in a normal Dutch main clause, a conjugated separable verb usually splits:

• the conjugated part goes in the usual verb position
• the prefix goes near the end of the clause

So:

• Ik sla de presentatie op.
  • sla = conjugated verb
  • op = separable prefix

But in the infinitive, it stays together:

• Ik wil de presentatie opslaan.

This is a very common Dutch pattern:

• aandoen → Ik doe het licht aan
• meenemen → Ik neem mijn tas mee
• opbellen → Ik bel je op

Because Dutch often places other sentence elements between the two parts of a separable verb.

So all of these are possible types of structure:

• Ik sla de presentatie op.
• Ik sla de presentatie morgen op.
• Ik sla de presentatie op een usb-stick op.

The final op still belongs to the verb opslaan.
The phrase op een usb-stick is just inserted before that final particle.

This is very typical Dutch word order.

Yes. Dutch uses op in this kind of context where English often uses on or onto for storage media:

• op een usb-stick
• op mijn computer
• op de harde schijf

In idiomatic English, we often say on a USB stick too, so this part matches English fairly well.

Zodat means so that and introduces a subordinate clause expressing purpose or result.

Here:

• Ik sla de presentatie op een usb-stick op
• zodat ik die op elke werkplek kan openen

So the idea is: I save the presentation on a USB stick so that I can open it at any workstation.

A useful thing to remember:

• zodat introduces a clause where the verb goes to the end in Dutch word order.

Because zodat creates a subordinate clause, and Dutch subordinate clauses usually send the verbs to the end.

Compare:

Main clause:

• Ik kan die op elke werkplek openen.

Subordinate clause:

• zodat ik die op elke werkplek kan openen

At the end, you get:

• kan openen

This is normal Dutch word order:

• omdat ik die kan openen
• zodat ik die kan openen
• als ik die kan openen

English keeps a more straightforward order, but Dutch often pushes verbs to the end in subordinate clauses.

Because the clause contains:

• a modal verb: kan = can
• a main infinitive: openen = open

In Dutch subordinate clauses, these verbs usually come at the end together:

• zodat ik die ... kan openen

You will see this pattern very often:

• omdat ik dat niet kan begrijpen
• zodat we op tijd kunnen vertrekken
• als hij het bestand wil openen

Here die refers back to de presentatie.

Dutch often uses a demonstrative pronoun like die or dat to refer to a thing that was just mentioned, especially in speech and everyday writing. In many cases, this sounds more natural than a personal pronoun.

So:

• de presentatie → die
• het bestand → often dat

In this sentence:

• zodat ik die ... kan openen = so that I can open it

For English speakers, this can feel odd because die literally looks like that, but in Dutch it very often works like a natural way to say it when referring back to a previously mentioned noun.

Because presentatie is a de-word:

• de presentatie

When a demonstrative pronoun refers back to a de-word, Dutch normally uses die.

Compare:

• de presentatie → die
• het bestand → dat

So:

• Ik open de presentatie. Ik open die later opnieuw.
• Ik open het bestand. Ik open dat later opnieuw.

Sometimes yes, but die is very natural here.

For things, Dutch often prefers demonstrative pronouns:

• die
• dat

A learner may expect something more directly equivalent to English it, but Dutch often chooses these demonstrative forms instead.

So although other structures may exist in some contexts, die is an excellent and natural choice in this sentence.

Werkplek literally means work place/work spot, but in this context it means something like:

• workstation
• desk
• computer station
• sometimes more generally place where you work

In this sentence, because the point is opening the presentation somewhere else, werkplek most likely means a computer workstation or a place in an office where a computer is available.

Both elke and iedere can often mean every.

So:

• op elke werkplek
• op iedere werkplek

Both are possible in many contexts.

Here elke is very natural and common in everyday Dutch. For many learners, it is best to think of elke as the default word for every/each unless you later learn a more specific nuance.

Because elke already functions as a determiner.

You say:

• op elke werkplek = at every workstation

Not:

• op de elke werkplek

Compare:

• op de werkplek = at the workstation
• op een werkplek = at a workstation
• op elke werkplek = at every workstation

Only one determiner is used before the noun.

Dutch often uses hyphens in compounds involving abbreviations, letters, or elements that would otherwise be hard to read.

So usb-stick is standard and clear.

This is common in Dutch:

• tv-programma
• pc-scherm
• e-mailbericht

The hyphen helps readability.

Because openen is the normal everyday Dutch verb for opening a file, document, or presentation.

Examples:

• een bestand openen = open a file
• een document openen = open a document
• een presentatie openen = open a presentation

So this is straightforward and idiomatic Dutch.

Yes, and that is a very good way to learn it.

You can split it into these parts:

• Ik sla de presentatie ... op
• op een usb-stick
• zodat ik die ... kan openen
• op elke werkplek

So the structure is:

1. Ik sla de presentatie op
   = I save the presentation

2. op een usb-stick
   = onto a USB stick

3. zodat ik die kan openen
   = so that I can open it

4. op elke werkplek
   = at any/every workstation

This helps you see both the grammar and the meaning more clearly.

A simple breakdown is:

Main clause:

• Ik = subject
• sla = finite verb
• de presentatie = object
• op een usb-stick = prepositional phrase
• op = separable prefix

Subordinate clause introduced by zodat:

• zodat = so that
• ik = subject
• die = object pronoun
• op elke werkplek = prepositional phrase
• kan openen = verb cluster at the end

So the sentence follows two very common Dutch patterns at once:

1. separable verb in a main clause
2. verb-final order in a subordinate clause

Yes, because it shows several important things in one example:

• a separable verb: opslaan
• a prepositional phrase with op
• a subordinate clause introduced by zodat
• verb-final word order in that subordinate clause
• a common Dutch way to say it with die

So even though the sentence is not very long, it contains a lot of very typical Dutch grammar.