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English term or phrase:	ff.
Spanish translation:	ss.
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21:01 Aug 30, 2011

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English term or phrase: ff.

Hola tengo dudas acerca del significado de la abreviación ff, el contexto es el siguiente: "The RP is no longer a prerequisite for a wider range of professional occupations (as described by Honey, 1989:12ff.)."
De antemano muchas gracias.

rositamartin

ss.

Explanation:
"ff" quiere decir "and following pages"; es decir, que se refiere a un pasaje sección de la publicación citada que empieza en la página 12. El equivalente en español es "ss." ("siguientes").

Ver, por ejemplo, http://publications.europa.eu/code/es/es-4100400es.htm

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y ss.

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ss.

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ss.

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y ss.

Explanation:
The abbreviation ff. is used in citation to refer to a section for which no final number can usefully be given. When used, ff. has no space between it and the preceding number and is followed by a period. If there is only a single section following, f. may be used instead.

More properly, it is still used, as originally, to refer to the next page or pages in a citation. As such, Hornblower 258f. would refer to pages 258–259 while 258ff. would refer to an undetermined number of pages following page 258.

In Spanish, the correct form is "y ss." ("y siguientes").

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Spanish term or phrase: y siguientes
English translation: ff. /et. seq.

"ff." is a common abbreviation taught at universities when instructing students in the citation of bibliographical resources and, as such, is as easily understood as "etc." Of course "ff." can mean several things in citation (such as "folios"). But when "ff." is preceded by a number, its standard meanis is "and the following (pages, sections, articles, etc)".

See 3 Ziskin, supra note 1, at 108 ff. for sample cross-examination questions. 3. See, e.g., 1 Ziskin, supra note 1, at Chs. 1, 3, 5 & 7. ...
www.uea.ac.uk/~wp276/lawyer.htm

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