Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
pers. medd
English translation:
pers. comm.
Added to glossary by
Helen Johnson
Sep 10, 2011 20:44
12 yrs ago
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pers. medd
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If someone's name is given followed by "pers. medd" in brackets (quite a few instances can be seen on Google), what does this mean please? The Google translation given is what looks like personal messages, which makes no sense of course.
TIA
TIA
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | pers. comm. |
Tania McConaghy
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| 3 | personal message(s) |
Tim Kynerd
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Proposed translations
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Tania McConaghy
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Sweden
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pers. comm.
A common term for this in English is personal communication, to indicate the source of information ie that it was communicated directly from the person cited
see further explanation in sample sentence 2
see further explanation in sample sentence 2
Example sentence:
(B Daly 1994, pers. comm., 7 Aug.) Note that the initial(s) precede the surname. Details of a personal communication do not usually need to be included in the ...
pers comm. = personal communication (unpublished information communicated to the author verbally)
Peer comment(s):
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Tim Kynerd
: I'm going to agree with this now that I've seen Helen's full sentence. :)
11 mins
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| agree |
Anna Herbst
: Used in the Harvard referencing system - www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/pdf/harvard.pdf
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| agree |
Linda Larsson (X)
: Yes, instead of citing a publication, this is a personal communication.
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| agree |
Sven Petersson
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Comment: "Thank you - I obviously had no idea."
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Tim Kynerd
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Sweden
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personal message(s)
I don't know that I've ever encountered this, but I would certainly interpret it as "personligt meddelande/personliga meddelanden". I don't know why you think that doesn't make sense, unless there's context that makes it not make sense. :)
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