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cf

English translation: See

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French term or phrase:cf
English translation:See
Entered by: pascie

23:39 Apr 14, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Computers: Systems, Networks
French term or phrase: cf
An acronym. (cf. cours prochain)
TaraSalman (X)
Local time: 00:20
see
Explanation:
Stands for See
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pascie
Local time: 01:20
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ok
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6compare
Bourth (X)
5 +4see
pascie
5 +3see
Hacene


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
see


Explanation:
Stands for See

pascie
Local time: 01:20
Specializes in field
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
ok

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hacene: great minds ...
0 min
agree  WebTC
13 mins
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
53 mins
agree  S_G_C
11 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
see


Explanation:
simply: (see next lesson)

Hacene
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  WebTC
12 mins
  -> Dank U Well
agree  Tom Bishop
23 mins
  -> cheers Tom
agree  sarahl (X)
26 mins
  -> cheers Sarah
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
compare


Explanation:
It's an abbreviation of the Latin "confer", and we say "cf." in English too. It DOES mean "see" (cf. above), but only in respect of comparison (I've used "cf" here to draw your attention to the difference between what I say and what others have said, so you can compare our viewpoints). You would not say "Details can be found in the tables (Cf. page 8)", for instance. Not unless the information on page8 is somehow different to the information in the table referred to. If the table referred to is on page 8, you'd say "See page 8".

Bourth (X)
Local time: 07:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
42 mins
agree  Charlie Bavington: since 'cf' is quite common on Fr but less so in Eng, I'm in the habit of putting "see also" - kinda covers most possibilities :-)
54 mins
  -> Prob. best, indeed. It's frightening when people (translators) with arts degrees don't know things like this though...
agree  Simon Charass: Is always better with an explanation.
54 mins
agree  David Sirett: Except that in French it does often seem to be misused in situations where the author clearly means "refer to", with no notion of comparison.
7 hrs
  -> Bloody frogs!
agree  LJC (X): and it is not an acronym, it is an abbreviation
8 hrs
  -> Is not an abbreviation (e.g. "cont.") either, but a contraction (e.g. "cont'd") ;-).
agree  cmwilliams (X)
10 hrs
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