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GB / 2

English translation: page 1 / 2 / 3

07:11 Dec 24, 2005
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
English term or phrase: GB / 2
It appears at the bottom of every page, eg. GB 2,GB/3, GB/4, etc. The company is from Danmark, though the document is in English. I think most probably it means page.
Jianming Sun
Local time: 23:10
Selected answer:page 1 / 2 / 3
Explanation:
I think you are right, it means page, the GB could be a file name, it could be country designation (GB) or the name of the document. You would want to ask what exactly it means.
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Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 17:10
Grading comment
Thank you both for kind help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +2English page no.
Dave Calderhead
3 +2page 1 / 2 / 3
Edith Kelly


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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
gb / 2
page 1 / 2 / 3


Explanation:
I think you are right, it means page, the GB could be a file name, it could be country designation (GB) or the name of the document. You would want to ask what exactly it means.

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 17:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you both for kind help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter
3 hrs
agree  Romanian Translator (X)
1 day 45 mins
neutral  Mike Delta: I think that it is more likely to be a marketing area, ie Great Britain. There is then the potential for AM 1, AM 2, etc, in an apparently similar but markedly different language.
24 days
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
gb / 2
English page no.


Explanation:
To identify the pages in the English version of the document -
There are probably other versions of the document in other languagese where the language is also identified by the international car nationality or other identifiers used.
e.g. French version = F / 1, F / 2, F / 3, etc.

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 17:10
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  pidzej: good try!
1 hr
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
2 days 32 mins
neutral  Mike Delta: I think that it is more likely to be a marketing area, ie Great Britain. There is then the potential for AM 1, AM 2, etc, in an apparently similar but markedly different language.
24 days
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