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Vis

English translation: typo for CIS

11:47 Oct 21, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: Vis
A chart showing new product line (Exoforce) sales in different parts of the world. I have problems deciphering some of the acronyms/abbreviations.

Jp
Nor/Blx
Rus/***Vis***
EM/Asia
EUC
Fra/Ibe
Italy
Can
Us/Mx
UK
Total

NB! Most markets launched Exoforce in January – R/V & AEM launch in May/June
Joanna Borowska
Poland
Local time: 11:08
Selected answer:typo for CIS
Explanation:
I think this might be a typo for CIS or Commonweath of Independent States. V is next to C in the keyboard!
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Ian Davies
Australia
Local time: 19:08
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +6typo for CIS
Ian Davies


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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
vis
typo for CIS


Explanation:
I think this might be a typo for CIS or Commonweath of Independent States. V is next to C in the keyboard!

Ian Davies
Australia
Local time: 19:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kirill Semenov: CIS or NIS (newly Independent States), my first thought, also. Not all NIS are member of CIS, but it's logical to put them along with Russia, anyway
2 mins
neutral  Ken Cox: A typo seems unlikely, but maybe Vis is an untranslated Danish abbreviation (the Danish equivalent of 'commonwealth' could well begin with a V)
32 mins
agree  Mark Nathan
47 mins
agree  Norbert Hermann
3 hrs
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
4 hrs
agree  Rafal Korycinski: Maybe not typo, but Danish for CIS, but certainly this is CIS.
20 hrs
agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐: Deliberate typho?! i.e. (only) Virtually Independent States (as Russia still has very big influence over them.... :) Just joking!
1 day 3 hrs
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