French term
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21 yrs as a Translator/Editor from FR>EN
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English
Imbs
Would anyone please be kind enough to help me with a meaning for the apparent abbreviation 'Imbs'?
| 4 +4 | Paul IMBS |
Catharine Cellier-Smart
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| 4 +1 | (Paul) Imbs (proper name) |
Melissa McMahon
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Nov 27, 2012 08:24: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "Names (personal, company)"
Non-PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
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Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, Creoles & Pidgins (French-based Other) to English, English
Paul IMBS
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Note added at 10 mins (2012-11-27 07:08:28 GMT)
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The person who wrote your text seems to have mixed two or three titles as there's no one book but with that exact title, but there is:
"L'emploi des temps verbaux en français moderne; essai de grammaire descriptive." (1960)
"Les propositions temporelles en ancien français la determination du moment. Contribution à l'étude du temps grammatical français. " (1956)
"Les propositions temporelles en ancien francais." (1956)
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Melissa McMahon
: jinx!
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writeaway
: sigh, isn't the www a great place to look things up
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Philippa Smith
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philgoddard
: I can't believe it was quicker to post a question than to Google it.
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(Paul) Imbs (proper name)
Cf. list of books at http://tinyurl.com/c6js92h
Cf. Wiki: "Selon les termes de Paul Imbs, le procès est envisagé sous l'angle de son déroulement interne, au contraire du temps, qui donne une indication sur le procès d'un point de vue extérieur à ce dernier..."
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect
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writeaway
: a tad slower but just as good. at least we now see it's apparently not an abbreviation.....
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