How do I translate correctly into Flemish?

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I'm a Icelander having a major problem with translating stuff into Flemish (Belgian Dutch). There are no good translators out there for translating into this type of Dutch. It has to be Flemish regular Dutch is not going to work. Please help someone.
Preferably a Belgian.
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What language are you writing in? If english, then finding someone fluent in both is going to get a lot easier. I'm guessing the percentage of people fluent in both Icelandic and Flemish is rather small.

What are you looking to translate? Is it minor parts of your writing? Or is it larger ones? Or perhaps the entire work? xD

If you only need small parts translated, then I might try my luck at Reddit /translator, as you'd be surprised at the quality of your answers if you give it some time and get lucky. Though of course, if you don't know the language, and the common translate engines won't help you much, then you can't be sure of the quality of what you're getting.

It'd be awesome if someone on the site would be able to help you, yet I'm picturing the chances of it to be low, as it's such a small, specific dialect.
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Thanks for the help. I only need small parts of the book translated like certain phrases.
I'm writing in English.
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Why do you want certain parts translated?
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I need certain parts translated because, in the last part of the book the characters are in Belgium. The main character has an ability that makes them speak any language just by hearing a word or seeing a word in that language. He hears someone speaking in Flemish. He starts to speak to the Belgians in Flemish.
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Why are you opting for translating, instead of using a tag to show what language the character is speaking?
A writer is a world trapped in a person— Victor Hugo

Ink is blood. Paper is bandages. The wounded press books to their heart to know they're not alone.



I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good... then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor - such is my idea of happiness.
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