du.

English translation: du.

10:25 Jan 27, 2014
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Media / Multimedia
German term or phrase: du.
This appears at the start of a couple of newspaper articles followed by the place and date, e.g.

Article heading
Article subheading

du. Berlin, 31. Mai. In den Hallen von.....

Can anyone explain what it means? Thanks!
Abigail Weller
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:38
English translation:du.
Explanation:
Das ist das Kürzel des jeweiligen Autors. Also nicht übersetzen. Ich kenne allerdings aus dem Stand die entsprechende Konvention im Englischen nicht.
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Erik Freitag
Germany
Local time: 05:38
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du.


Explanation:
Das ist das Kürzel des jeweiligen Autors. Also nicht übersetzen. Ich kenne allerdings aus dem Stand die entsprechende Konvention im Englischen nicht.

Erik Freitag
Germany
Local time: 05:38
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agree  Usch Pilz: ja.
3 hrs
  -> Danke!

agree  Clive Phillips: I don't think we have a two-letter code in the UK for an article's author. Usually it's either the author's full name or nothing. Some articles, eg on BBC News website, are written by teams of journalists.
4 hrs
  -> Thanks - it's not necessarily a two-letter code in German, either.

agree  Lonnie Legg
5 hrs

agree  Thayenga: :)
22 hrs
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