Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
@
English answer:
also known as / alias
Added to glossary by
Taghreed Mahmoud
Jun 19, 2012 09:13
11 yrs ago
English term
Egypt
My Passion: Legal Language
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, English
@
English
Other
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
use of symbol
Dear Colleagues,
What does the symbol @ "at" mean when it comes in the following context?
WONG KONG CHIT @ WONG KONG KEN
The above context appears in a marriage registry extract as a name of a witness.
Thanks million times in advance
What does the symbol @ "at" mean when it comes in the following context?
WONG KONG CHIT @ WONG KONG KEN
The above context appears in a marriage registry extract as a name of a witness.
Thanks million times in advance
Responses
| 3 +2 | also known as / alias |
Charles Davis
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Change log
Jun 19, 2012 09:32: writeaway changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Law: Contract(s)" to "Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "use of symbol"
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also known as / alias
This is based on the following comment in the Wikipedia page on the at sign (@):
"Other uses and meanings
[...]
As an abbreviation for alias in articles about missing persons, obituaries, brief reports - for instance: "John Smith @ Jean Smyth" (a possible abbreviation of aka)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sign
Unfortunately, no authority is cited to support this, but it fits perfectly in this context: both in the source text cited and the other Malay text cited by writeaway, "@" is used between what seem to be two alternative forms of a name.
"Other uses and meanings
[...]
As an abbreviation for alias in articles about missing persons, obituaries, brief reports - for instance: "John Smith @ Jean Smyth" (a possible abbreviation of aka)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sign
Unfortunately, no authority is cited to support this, but it fits perfectly in this context: both in the source text cited and the other Malay text cited by writeaway, "@" is used between what seem to be two alternative forms of a name.
Note from asker:
| Thanks alot Mr. Charles. Excellent this is the correct meaning |
| I posted the same question to the Chinese forum and one colleague said the same.. Thanks |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Phong Le
33 mins
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Thanks, Phong Le!
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| agree |
Ashutosh Mitra
: Alias....right choice.
4 hrs
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Thank you, Ashutosh!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks so much"
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