gl.

English translation: old

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Danish term or phrase:gl.
English translation:old
Entered by: Timothy Strauss

19:19 Aug 31, 2010
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law: Contract(s)
Danish term or phrase: gl.
Context: "nyt indeks - okt. 2010 gl. indeks - okt. 2009".

"Compared to" or "as against", perhaps?

Abbreviations generally are the bane of translators' lives.
Timothy Strauss
Local time: 10:27
old
Explanation:
as opposed to 'new'
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Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 10:27
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Thanks again, Diarmuid!
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Diarmuid Kennan


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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
old


Explanation:
as opposed to 'new'

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 10:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 82
Grading comment
Thanks again, Diarmuid!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Ek: I don't have a Danish reference source for this one right now, but the context and a Norwegian reference tell me that Diarmuid has resolved the gl. issue of abbreviations here. :-)
9 mins

agree  Nikolaj Widenmann: Yes, nyt vs gammelt indeks.
13 mins

agree  Christian Schoenberg
24 mins

agree  rajagopalan sampatkumar
1 hr

agree  Jeppe Fischer
18 hrs

agree  Charlesp
2 days 10 hrs
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