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Dutch term or phrase:	d.t.v.
English translation:	c/o
Entered by:	Adam Dean

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08:34 Sep 1, 2010

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Dutch term or phrase: d.t.v.

Taken from the address section of a letter:

t.a.v. dhr. XYZ
d.t.v. Britse Ministerie van Justitie

Thanks!

Adam Dean KudoZ activity Questions: 122 (3 open) (1 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 6
Local time: 07:51

c/o

Explanation:
I'm not sure about the correct English translation, but the abbreviation stands for "door tussenkomst van".

See also: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/3643255.html

And: http://tinyurl.com/2w4zgpl

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-09-01 09:39:01 GMT)
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oops - that first link is incorrect; should have been:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/3643255

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-09-01 09:43:02 GMT)
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Artikel 8 Adressering van dienststukken aan de bewindslieden

1. De adressering van dienststukken aan de bewindslieden geschiedt als volgt:

1. dienststukken met onderwerpen die liggen op het terrein van de minister:
aan: de minister de staatssecretaris d.t.v. de secretaris-generaal
2. dienststukken met onderwerpen die liggen op het terrein van de staatssecretaris:
(zie mededeling voor diensthoofden nr. A/234, d.d. 4 augustus 1998) aan: de staatssecretaris de minister d.t.v. de secretaris-generaal

2. De adressering van dienststukken van een bewindspersoon aan functionarissen binnen het ministerie geschiedt als volgt:

aan: de betrokken functionaris
d.t.v. de secretaris-generaal
i.a.a. de andere bewindspersoon

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Ron Willems

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Thansk!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

c/o

Ron Willems

Summary of reference entries provided

p.a. is c/o.

writeaway

Discussion entries: 2

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44 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

c/o

Ron Willems
Specializes in field
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Dutch
PRO pts in category: 20

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Thansk!

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agree

Chris Hopley: "care of" seems like a good translation here

7 mins

-> thanks Chris.

neutral

writeaway: then what is p.a.?? /in my ref (below), p/a and d.t.v. are used in the same address

17 mins

-> "p/a" refers to an address, "d.t.v." refers to a person (see my second note above). "care of" or "by way of" seems appropriate for "d.t.v."; perhaps English needs a better, more specific translation for "p/a" ;-)

agree

Stuart Robertson: door tedoen van. @writeaway: the EN convention requires only c/o, since it is obvious that the recipient (c/o) would be based at the address that follows. IMO, c/o covers the meaning of both p.a. and d.t.v., but it would be unnecessary to write it twice

1 day16 mins

-> thanks Stuart.

Reference comments

1 hr

Reference: p.a. is c/o.

Reference information:
imo, d.t.v. could simply mean "from" or "from the offices of"

OdC Universiteitsdienst
d.t.v. R. Vidal-Brown
p/a Faculteit EWI
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:XQkYJGS...

writeaway
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English
PRO pts in category: 56

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