Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term
Double au Dr. XX
Double au Dr. XX, Centre Hospitalier de Sens, 1 Avenue Pierre de Coubertin 89108 SENS Cedex.
My question is about "double au" - could this mean a copy to be sent to this other doctor?
Thanks so much!
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Tony M
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Aug 23, 2013 06:02: Tony M changed "Field" from "Medical" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Medical: Cardiology" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Aug 23, 2013 08:39: Tony M changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Aug 23, 2013 09:25: Emanuela Galdelli changed "Term asked" from "Double au Dr. OUDAINIA MORDAD" to "Double au Dr. XX"
Aug 23, 2013 15:06: Alejandro Cavalitto changed "Term Context" from "This is the final sentence in a medical letter, in which one doctor is describing the disease/treatment of a patient referred to him. the entire sentence reads as follows: Double au Dr. OUDAINIA MORDAD, Centre Hospitalier de Sens, 1 Avenue Pierre de Coubertin 89108 SENS Cedex. My question is about \"double au\" - could this mean a copy to be sent to this other doctor? Thanks so much!" to "This is the final sentence in a medical letter, in which one doctor is describing the disease/treatment of a patient referred to him. the entire sentence reads as follows: Double au Dr. XX, Centre Hospitalier de Sens, 1 Avenue Pierre de Coubertin 89108 SENS Cedex. My question is about \"double au\" - could this mean a copy to be sent to this other doctor? Thanks so much!"
Sep 6, 2013 07:02: Tony M Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): Nikki Scott-Despaigne, B D Finch, Tony M
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Proposed translations
Copy to Dr. XX
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Note added at 12 mins (2013-08-23 06:03:55 GMT)
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body — please excuse inadvertent double :-)
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Dominique Stiver
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Merci, Dominique !
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Gil Michel
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Thanks, Gil!
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JaneD
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Thanks, Jane!
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writeaway
: as they say in Italy and Spain: cc (supposed to be a play on words, with si si, meaning yes yes. oh well). @AT: cc is just English, used by everyone, even Yanks.
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Thanks, W/A! / Oh sorry, your joke went way over my head. Doh!
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AllegroTrans
: or cc - we say that in UK, not sure about US
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Thanks, C! / Yes, as I said, C. — though we probably wouldn't say that in the body of the letter, just in the bottom l-h corner.
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Jean-Claude Gouin
: In French, we should write Dr and not Dr. ... Of course, your English is perfect ...
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Merci, J-C ! In fact, in EN too, if an abbreviation ends with the normal last letter of the word, no point is needed; but I do see this all the time in FR.
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KMPrice
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Thanks, Karen!
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Allen Harris
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Thanks, Allen!
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