Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Sep 3, 2002 14:12
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German term
o.V.
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Literaturverzeichnis:
1. o.V. (= ohne Verfasser)
2. Miller et al ....
What's the English abbreviation?
1. o.V. (= ohne Verfasser)
2. Miller et al ....
What's the English abbreviation?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | anon. |
Matthew Schlecht
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| 4 +1 | author unknown |
Richard George Elliott
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| 3 +1 | anon. |
jerrie
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| 4 | w.a. = without author |
swisstell
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| 3 +1 | no author |
Elisabeth Ghysels
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Proposed translations
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2 mins
Matthew Schlecht
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Expert Tech Translator/20 Yrs Researcher
Native in: English
Works in: Japanese to English, German to English, French to English, and 1 more.
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anon.
abbreviation for anonymous, when the author isn't known
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Comment: "o.V. - ohne Verfasser.
This seems to be quite a standard abbrev. in German, found it even in Duden Wörterbuch der Abkürzungen.
Thanks to everyone who had a go. I've decided to use
'authorship undetermined', no abbreviation.
1 point to Auto_Tiger for being the first.
Should anyone still have a better idea, please let me know.
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3 mins
5 mins
w.a. = without author
I am not at all sure about whether this abbreviation is used but it seems these days everything is being abbreviated to the stage where things become unreadable.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Armorel Young
: w.a. wouldn't be generally understood, whereas anon. would be
54 mins
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| agree |
Craig Hills
16 hrs
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9 mins
no author
cannot find any sign of an abbreviation used.
(by the way, alternative:
http://www.reisegeschichte.de/lesen/antiquartab.htm :
o. V.= ohne Verlagsangabe = no publisher = sans éditeur.
Greetings,
Nikolaus
(by the way, alternative:
http://www.reisegeschichte.de/lesen/antiquartab.htm :
o. V.= ohne Verlagsangabe = no publisher = sans éditeur.
Greetings,
Nikolaus
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Steffen Walter
: "no author" without abbreviation; if no author is known, there is also the alternative to only cite book title, publisher, year of publication etc.
21 mins
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danke
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+1
3 hrs
Richard George Elliott
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Art, music, literature
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, German to English
author unknown
I've also seen this expression used occasionally (unabbreviated). I think it can cover situations where multiple uncredited authors are involved, not only cases of genuine mystery!
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Note added at 2002-09-03 18:18:48 (GMT)
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\"no known author\" another possibility
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Note added at 2002-09-03 18:18:48 (GMT)
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\"no known author\" another possibility
Discussion
authorship undetermined ?