Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

pers. Mitt.

English translation:

personal communication

Added to glossary by Edith Kelly
Jun 5, 2015 11:34
8 yrs ago
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German term

pers. Mitt.

Non-PRO German to English Other Agriculture Pest control
This occurs several times in the text, I guess it means "persönliche Mitteilung" but I'm not sure. Can anyone confirm or has anyone a better idea?

Thanks in advance.

This is one of the paras where it occurs:

Nach Bekanntwerden des Auftretens
von CVd IV in Slowenien [1] wurde bereits
2013 mit Untersuchungen auf dieses Viroid
begonnen. Dabei wurden zunächst nur
Hopfen getestet, die nachweislich mit Biokompost
und möglicherweise darin enthaltenen
Zitrusresten gedüngt worden waren,
da mit CVd IV infizierte Zitrusfrüchte [4] als
Quelle für CVd-IV-Infektionen in Slowenien
gelten (Radišek, "pers. Mitt.").
Proposed translations (English)
3 +7 personal communication
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Proposed translations

+7
6 mins
Selected

personal communication

Yes, the abbreviation means "persönliche Mitteilung".
Peer comment(s):

agree Ines R.
36 mins
agree John Speese : Likewise agree, persoenliche Mitteilung/personal communication. It appears often in research papers like these, in which every statement must be documented either by a literature citation or a personal communication from a fellow researcher.
1 hr
agree Coqueiro
1 hr
agree Anne Schulz
3 hrs
agree Armorel Young
6 hrs
agree EK Yokohama
8 hrs
agree Alan Johnson : I've also had personal or private correspondence in some journals I read.
1 day 1 hr
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