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et al

English translation: et al

04:51 Aug 22, 2007
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general)
Portuguese term or phrase: et al
When "et al" is used in Portuguese texts, usually before a date..what does it mean..e.g. Johnson et al. (2006)
Bill77
United States
Local time: 21:15
English translation:et al
Explanation:
In English we say "et al" too. It means "and others" or an alternative is "and company" or "and co."

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Note added at 13 mins (2007-08-22 05:05:23 GMT)
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Sorry - forgot to add - I don't believe it's related to the date. The full stop (period) indicates this. We would need to see the context to be sure, but I think it's just the year that Johnson & Co. did whatever is mentioned in the text
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irishpolyglot
Ireland
Local time: 05:15
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
et al


Explanation:
In English we say "et al" too. It means "and others" or an alternative is "and company" or "and co."

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Note added at 13 mins (2007-08-22 05:05:23 GMT)
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Sorry - forgot to add - I don't believe it's related to the date. The full stop (period) indicates this. We would need to see the context to be sure, but I think it's just the year that Johnson & Co. did whatever is mentioned in the text

irishpolyglot
Ireland
Local time: 05:15
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  veratek: that it's et al - explanation is wrong though
25 mins
  -> yes, I see the flaw in the explanation now, thanks!
agree  TrueBaller: That's right: "et al" meaning "and others" or "and elsewhere" depending on the context. Here is a reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/et al
35 mins
  -> thanks :)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: The period after "al." is a an abbreviation for "alia."
1 hr
  -> whoops! I missed that, thanks!! ;)
agree  Humberto Ribas
2 hrs
  -> Thansk!! :)
agree  Cristina Santos
5 hrs
  -> Thank you! :)
agree  rhandler
7 hrs
  -> Thank you! :)
agree  Vania Correia
8 hrs
  -> Thank you! ;)
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
explanation


Explanation:
this is a form of citing publications in an academic text, Latin abbrev:

Johnson et al. (2006)

means that if you look up in the bibliography "Johnson," you will find there is more than one author for this publication - 2006 is the year of the publication

et al

adverb
1. and others ('et al.' is used as an abbreviation of 'et alii' (masculine plural) or 'et aliae' (feminine plural) or 'et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people); "the data reported by Smith et al." [syn: et al.]
2. and elsewhere (used when referring to other occurrences in a text) [syn: et al.]

the reason they list the year is that a text may mention more than one publication by the same author, so you can sort out which one the citation refers to



veratek
Brazil
Local time: 01:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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