Glossary entry

Danish term or phrase:

pga.

English translation:

because of

Added to glossary by vrede (X)
Jan 29, 2006 02:25
18 yrs ago
Danish term

pga.

Danish to English Medical Medical: Instruments
Batchen kan ikke anvendes pga. 00S resultat.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +4 because of
5 +1 på grund af
4 +2 due to

Proposed translations

+4
20 mins
Selected

because of

x
Reference:

ordbogen.com

Peer comment(s):

agree Christine Andersen : some purists object to 'due to' - although it is widely used and not directly wrong. 'Because' sounds best to me.
5 hrs
Mange tak!
agree Sven Petersson
7 hrs
Tak Sven!
agree Helen Johnson : or if you don't like 'due to', use 'owing to', i.e. not necessarily a direct result of
9 hrs
Thank you!
agree Charlesp
9 hrs
Thank you!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you."
+1
3 mins

på grund af

Common abbreviation

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-01-29 02:31:33 GMT)
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Ref: http://www.lvu.dk/sw3784.asp
Peer comment(s):

agree Christian Schoenberg : Even though Fowler would shudder at such compound prepositions, 'owing to' or 'due to' would probably do, too :-).
7 mins
But of course, I forgot to give the English counterpart. Sorry!
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+2
6 mins

due to

this is the translation for pga (på grund af)
Peer comment(s):

agree Christian Schoenberg : Quite so! :-)
5 mins
Thanks Christian, yes I would think asker would want the translation
agree Charlesp
9 hrs
Thankyou charles
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