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& Co

English translation: and company, the likes of, and the like, et al

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German term or phrase:& Co
English translation:and company, the likes of, and the like, et al
Entered by: philgoddard

14:43 Dec 4, 2014
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: & Co
"Google & Co"............."Facebook, Twitter & Co" etc.

This is for a company that specializes in search engine optimization. My first impulse is to just drop off the "& Co" as an idiosyncrasy of German, especially as searches mostly turn up German websites, but I thought it prudent to check just in case "Co" is some internet entity I haven't heard of before. I have never heard of Google or Twitter referred to as "Google and Company" or "Twitter and Company" in English before, so if that's all it is, I think I would just leave it out. Any thoughts?
Barbara L Pavlik
United States
Local time: 18:12
thr likes of
Explanation:
You could also say "and company", "and others" or "and the like".
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philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3thr likes of
philgoddard
4and so on, and the like
susannecoax
3and similar
Nils Andersson
3et al.
Cilian O'Tuama


Discussion entries: 12





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
thr likes of


Explanation:
You could also say "and company", "and others" or "and the like".

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 35
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Martin, MA: I have mostly seen "and company"//No problem. Always best to focus on what's relevant.
34 mins
  -> Thanks for ignoring my slip of the fingers!
agree  oa_xxx (X)
6 hrs
agree  Lancashireman: Even dafter: "The facebooks and Twitters of this world..."
1 day 48 mins
  -> Good idea.
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
and so on, and the like


Explanation:
When we Germans list a few entities and then add "& Co" we mean "andd others like them", so "facebook, twitter & Co" would mean "facebook, twitter and other sociial media services like them", implying that the list is not limited to just those two. I might add "and other social media" or something along those lines.

susannecoax
Germany
Local time: 00:12
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
and similar


Explanation:
fits in the sentence

Nils Andersson
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
et al.


Explanation:
The Latin works in English and German.

= and others

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 00:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Nils Andersson: Et al usually means actual physical persons
6 hrs
  -> Excuse me, but that's nonsense. Persons or parties. Could equally well be a newspaper, dictionary publisher, car manufacturer, pop group...
agree  Lancashireman: But without the full stop. What is it about this site that induces contributors to place double quotes around everything and administer a terminal dot to all abbreviations?
23 hrs
  -> I'm normally very careful with apostrophes etc., and the full stop here is not unusual// Oxford lists it with terminal dot, MW does not.
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