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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

GBP est.

French translation:

Valeur approximative en livres sterling

Added to glossary by SME
Jul 9, 2008 12:30
15 yrs ago
English term

GBP

Non-PRO English to French Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters on-line sales
complete phrase: "GBP est."
I think this is a kind of price.
Proposed translations (French)
5 +1 Valeur approximative en livres sterling
4 +11 livres sterling
5 +1 English pound
4 Great Britain pound
4 pounds Sterling
Change log

Jul 9, 2008 12:45: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field (specific)" from "Tourism & Travel" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"

Jul 9, 2008 12:45: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Jul 9, 2008 13:28: SME changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/99096">emiledgar's</a> old entry - "GBP est."" to ""Valeur approximative en livres sterling""

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Ysabel812, writeaway, Stéphanie Soudais

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Discussion

Arnold T. Jul 9, 2008:
Absolutely !
Michael GREEN Jul 9, 2008:
Arnold : sorry to lose you ! I meant that SME's suggestions is indeed the best solution .... brevity is not always next to godliness :) or whatever ...
Arnold T. Jul 9, 2008:
You lost me on the way guys !
Michael GREEN Jul 9, 2008:
Well, there ya go : "verson allongée" (as Arnold007 calls it) gets the vote :)
emiledgar (asker) Jul 9, 2008:
Michael, in fact, the document is not in any way "a financial or similar document" and this term has very little in common with the rest of the document; in other words I had NO financial context to work from.
Michael GREEN Jul 9, 2008:
I take your point Arnold (Asker wanted to know what it means, no more!), but if the term was used in the source text, it must be a financial or similar document, in which case a French reader with a financial background will understand it,IMHO.
emiledgar (asker) Jul 9, 2008:
Arnold: no offense taken from your comments (accent on "your").
Arnold T. Jul 9, 2008:
Désolé si je vous ai froissé. J'ai dit "partout sur le web" comme référence ( assez pauvre, je l'admets ), pas comme jugement d'aucune sorte.
emiledgar (asker) Jul 9, 2008:
Arnold: I thought I made it clear I didn't know what it meant - si on ne sait pas ce que ça veut dire, on ne peut pas traduire!
Arnold T. Jul 9, 2008:
Quant à la formulation, je suis d'accord avec Michael : GBP ou Great Britain pound. Comme tous ne savent pas ce que signifie GBP, je préfère personnellement la "version allongée" ...
Arnold T. Jul 9, 2008:
Je ne crois pas qu'emilgar demandait la traduction de GBP !
Il demandait ce que c'était !
Michael GREEN Jul 9, 2008:
I apparently missed this question while it was open (what happened to the 24 hr rule ?) : GBP is the INTERNATIONAL code for pounds sterling, so you don't need to translate it : "GBP est" is perfectly acceptable in French (= GBP estimées).
kashew Jul 9, 2008:
Yep, it could have been Green Bay Packers!
David Hollywood Jul 9, 2008:
absolutely no doubt that they're talking about pounds Sterling :) (the UK currency)
emiledgar (asker) Jul 9, 2008:
Writeaway & co: there's no need to be vicious,;so I've never seen the term GBP before, so shoot me! Have a nice day.
emiledgar (asker) Jul 9, 2008:
So: pounds Sterling estimate?
John Peterson Jul 9, 2008:
It's just £ - GB Pounds/Sterling

Proposed translations

+1
21 mins
Selected

Valeur approximative en livres sterling

Je pense qu'il faut ajouter l'approximation a cause de "est"
Peer comment(s):
agree David Hollywood : parfait :)
28 mins
agree Myriam Dupouy
34 mins
disagree savaria (X) : nooo!!!absolutely not approximate!!!
4 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you for translating the entire phrase intelligently and w/o indulging in any snide comments"
4 mins

Great Britain pound

Partout sur le web !
Note from asker:
Maybe it's partout sur la Toile; but I've never seen it; Maybe I'm very sheltered.
Something went wrong...
3 mins

pounds Sterling

I would think

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Note added at 10 mins (2008-07-09 12:41:01 GMT)
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est = estimated (or maybe approx.)
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+1
5 mins

English pound

It is the official currency(money) of England and Great Britain.
ALSO CALLED POUND STERLING.
100%

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Note added at 7 perc (2008-07-09 12:38:05 GMT)
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est can come from the ancient Latin,and it means "is".

Just think of the ancient -I think Roman- saying << Navigare necesse est.>>

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Note added at 7 perc (2008-07-09 12:38:37 GMT)
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I am 100% sure.

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Note added at 8 perc (2008-07-09 12:39:16 GMT)
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est can be esimate yes!!!

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Note added at 8 perc (2008-07-09 12:39:26 GMT)
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estimate!

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Note added at 43 perc (2008-07-09 13:13:43 GMT)
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Well,also here the Wikipedia speaks about pound sterling,so there is absolutely no doubt that we are speaking about that:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sterling

Also in Italian it is called "sterlina",see http://www.wordreference.com/enit/pound meaning no.1
Reference:

http://www.dailyfx.com/opencms/currency-rooms/gbp-british-pound.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sterling

Peer comment(s):
agree David Hollywood
41 mins
thank you David
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+11
3 mins

livres sterling

What else?

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Note added at 19 mins (2008-07-09 12:49:44 GMT)
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Est. most probably means "estimated value" (currency fluctuation allowed for)

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-07-09 14:40:11 GMT) Post-grading
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...and the next one, pleeeeeease! I think asker will remember next time!
Peer comment(s):
agree Viviane ABREU DE MATOS
0 min
agree Jean-Louis S.
0 min
agree John Peterson
2 mins
agree Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
6 mins
agree Ilinca Florea
6 mins
agree FX Fraipont (X)
8 mins
agree writeaway : what else indeed. didn't even need a native French speaker to get this one. :-) /please excuse my 'viciousness'. :-)
16 mins
agree David Hollywood : and "est" most probably "estimated" as you say :)
37 mins
agree Laurent Cattin
38 mins
agree Tony M : Yes, readily findable from even the simplest Google search, for example. It's the official ISO abbreviation, isn't it, like USD?
49 mins
neutral Michael GREEN : Tony M is right - GBP is an ISO abbreviation : it doesn't need translation.
51 mins
agree savaria (X)
1 hr
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