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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

c.a. & p.c.

English translation:

To the kind attention of & CC

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2021-08-27 18:54:17 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Aug 23, 2021 19:53
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Italian term

c.a. & p.c.

Non-PRO Italian to English Social Sciences General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
These terms appear at the top of a letter before the names of intended recipients.

alla c.a. signora ....
e p.c. signor ...

p.c. may stay for "per copia"

Is c.a. "copia autentica"?

Thanks in advance.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 To the kind attention of & CC
References
We've had both before, and more than once

Discussion

dandamesh Aug 23, 2021:
C.A. Cortese attenzione
http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~ngargano/corsi/corrisp/abbre...
https://www.iopc.it/come-scrivere-una-email-commerciale/
Simon Charass (asker) Aug 23, 2021:
Marco Yes Marco, they are as I wrote them, in lower case.
Marco Solinas Aug 23, 2021:
To Asker Are "a.c." and "p.c." all in lower case characters?
Simon Charass (asker) Aug 23, 2021:
Marco Grazie!
Marco Solinas Aug 23, 2021:
To Asker I think "p.c." means "per conoscenza". Not sure about "c.a." Are "c.a." and "p.c." all in lower case characters?

Proposed translations

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Selected

To the kind attention of & CC

They should stand for
cortese attenzione & per conoscenza

So in English the abbreviation would be CC for carbon copy or you could write: for information of...


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Note added at 47 mins (2021-08-23 20:41:32 GMT)
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However, I think the convention is to write C.A. in block capitals but I guess the writer may not conform.
Reference:

https://dizionario.internazionale.it/parola/per-conoscenza

https://www.wordreference.com/iten/per%20conoscenza

Peer comment(s):
agree BdiL
14 hrs
Thanks!
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Reference comments

8 hrs
Reference:

We've had both before, and more than once

Note from asker:
Thank you Barbara!
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree philgoddard
10 hrs
Thanks again
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