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AUG Augenambulanz

English translation: EYE Outpatient Eye Clinic

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German term or phrase:AUG Augenambulanz
English translation:EYE Outpatient Eye Clinic
Entered by: marisasc (X)

23:00 Aug 10, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
German term or phrase: AUG Augenambulanz
Do you have any suggestion for the above abbreviation and word? They're just under a telephone number.
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EYE Outpatient Eye Clinic
Explanation:
I would focus on the word "eye," since few people would look for ophthalmological...
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Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 15:20
Grading comment
thank you so much for the help.. something went wrong with my login, so I'm sorry for such a late answer
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2EYE Outpatient Eye Clinic
Trudy Peters
4 +1"Ophthalmologic Outpatient Department" or "Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology"
Patricia Daehler


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"Ophthalmologic Outpatient Department" or "Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology"


Explanation:
I would leave the AUG away. Since this is in a phone book they probably just have the first 3 letters of each entry for quick reference. Unless you want to do the same in English and write "OPH Ophthalmologic Outpatient Department".

Patricia Daehler
United States
Local time: 15:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 491

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julia Lipeles
2 mins
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
EYE Outpatient Eye Clinic


Explanation:
I would focus on the word "eye," since few people would look for ophthalmological...

Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 15:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 147
Grading comment
thank you so much for the help.. something went wrong with my login, so I'm sorry for such a late answer

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: Good idea.
5 hrs

agree  TonyTK: Although the Ophth-word might keep away the riff-raff.
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