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Italy
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Clarification request(s) and response
Oliver Walter: 19:20 Dec 3, 2006: Re: "many years' experience". I would happily put this in my CV. The alternative I might consider is to state the number of years. For me, "many" means at least 10, "several" would be 5 to 12, "a few" would be 3 to 8 (approximately).
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"multi-year experience in construction and production of technological devices for different industrial sectors and using (exploiting) high-quality"
"MNB Systems Inc.-Company with multi-year experience providing ...""...
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"It can be a multi-year experience. Students can join as Freshmen and participate for. four or more years with increasing levels of responsibility in each ...'
'Experienced, talented Senior Nurse Manager with multi year experience"
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"multi-year experience in construction and production of technological devices for different industrial sectors and using (exploiting) high-quality"
"MNB Systems Inc.-Company with multi-year experience providing ...""...
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"It can be a multi-year experience. Students can join as Freshmen and participate for. four or more years with increasing levels of responsibility in each ...'
'Experienced, talented Senior Nurse Manager with multi year experience"
Ada Works in field Native speaker of: Romanian PRO pts in category: 7
Note from asker to answerer
plus many thanks, this option sounds to me like "more than one" but "note necessarily many"
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"Consolidated experience" doesn't include the element of time. In a C.V., too, the word "consolidated" might have negative connotations of solidity and unadventurousness.
Neil Crockford United Kingdom Local time: 14:27 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: would consolidated experience sound funny or wrong to you?
TIA
Asker: it is correct and natural indeed, but does it suit CVs? please let me know
momo
Asker: thanks for the explanation of "consolidate"
Asker: so "multi-year" would be better, wouldn't it? It gives the idea of plurality but does not specify the quantity (I can't ring the client and ask him). What do you suggest? Thanks for your patience
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +1
