Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

AW

English translation:

RE (in German)

Added to glossary by Joseph Duncan
Mar 29, 2008 19:26
16 yrs ago
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German term

AW

German to English Other Computers (general) email
This goes in the subject line, similar to RE: for reply/respond, and TR: for forwarded. I'm just not sure what it means.

Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 RE (in German)
Change log

Mar 30, 2008 00:49: Joachim Sieg (X) changed "Language pair" from "French to English" to "German to English"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)

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Proposed translations

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RE (in German)

This always appears in the subject line when I get email replies from German/Austrian clients. Does this help?
Note from asker:
Yes it does. It being German would explain why I didn't recognize it in French!
Peer comment(s):

agree LP Schumacher : http://german.about.com/library/definitions/bldef07b_0508.ht...
1 day 10 hrs
Thanks liesl
agree David Parry
2 days 14 hrs
Thanks, David
agree Richard Bartholomew : I've always assumed that AW stands for "Antwort".
3 days 20 hrs
Aaaahh, of course, I always wondered what it stood for. Thanks for the link Liesl!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you for the help!"
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