Glossary entry

Danish term or phrase:

gl.

English translation:

old

Added to glossary by Timothy Strauss
Aug 31, 2010 19:19
13 yrs ago
Danish term

gl.

Danish to English Bus/Financial Law: Contract(s)
Context: "nyt indeks - okt. 2010 gl. indeks - okt. 2009".

"Compared to" or "as against", perhaps?

Abbreviations generally are the bane of translators' lives.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 old
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Charlesp

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Discussion

Nikolaj Widenmann Aug 31, 2010:
Gl = gammel Gl. is a fairly common abbreviation for "gammel". It is often found in addresses, i.e. "Gl. Kongevej", etc.

Proposed translations

+6
1 min
Selected

old

as opposed to 'new'
Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Ek : I don't have a Danish reference source for this one right now, but the context and a Norwegian reference tell me that Diarmuid has resolved the gl. issue of abbreviations here. :-)
9 mins
agree Nikolaj Widenmann : Yes, nyt vs gammelt indeks.
13 mins
agree Christian Schoenberg
24 mins
agree rajagopalan sampatkumar
1 hr
agree Jeppe Fischer
18 hrs
agree Charlesp
2 days 10 hrs
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks again, Diarmuid!"
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