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pers. medd

English translation: pers. comm.


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Swedish term or phrase:pers. medd
English translation:pers. comm.
Entered by: Helen Johnson
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20:44 Sep 10, 2011
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Other / abbreviation
Swedish term or phrase: pers. medd
If someone's name is given followed by "pers. medd" in brackets (quite a few instances can be seen on Google), what does this mean please? The Google translation given is what looks like personal messages, which makes no sense of course.
TIA
Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:18
pers. comm.
Explanation:
A common term for this in English is personal communication, to indicate the source of information ie that it was communicated directly from the person cited
see further explanation in sample sentence 2
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Tania Samuelsson
Sweden
Local time: 05:18
Grading comment
Thank you - I obviously had no idea.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4pers. comm.
Tania Samuelsson
3personal message(s)Tim Kynerd


Discussion entries: 2





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
personal message(s)


Explanation:
I don't know that I've ever encountered this, but I would certainly interpret it as "personligt meddelande/personliga meddelanden". I don't know why you think that doesn't make sense, unless there's context that makes it not make sense. :)

Tim Kynerd
Local time: 23:18
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
pers. comm.


Explanation:
A common term for this in English is personal communication, to indicate the source of information ie that it was communicated directly from the person cited
see further explanation in sample sentence 2

Example sentence(s):
  • (B Daly 1994, pers. comm., 7 Aug.) Note that the initial(s) precede the surname. Details of a personal communication do not usually need to be included in the ...
  • pers comm. = personal communication (unpublished information communicated to the author verbally)
Tania Samuelsson
Sweden
Local time: 05:18
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you - I obviously had no idea.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tim Kynerd: I'm going to agree with this now that I've seen Helen's full sentence. :)
11 mins
agree  Anna Herbst: Used in the Harvard referencing system - www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/pdf/harvard.pdf
7 hrs
agree  Linda Lindstrom: Yes, instead of citing a publication, this is a personal communication.
7 hrs
agree  Sven Petersson
16 hrs
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