Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 2, 2016 09:54
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English term
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Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Russian to English
CIVILITY
English
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Contact form field
The contact form fields:
CONTACT
CIVILITY
NAME
SURNAME
EMAIL ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER
… and so on …
I am translating this into Russian and found in an online En-Ru dictionary an entry explaining CIVILITY as GENDER, which would fit well into the form. Then I looked up En-En definition dictionaries and found that none of them has such explanation of CIVILITY, they only give the common meaning of the word like being civilized and behaving so.
The question is: can actually CIVILITY mean GENDER, at least in a contact form?
Thanks a lot!
CONTACT
CIVILITY
NAME
SURNAME
EMAIL ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER
… and so on …
I am translating this into Russian and found in an online En-Ru dictionary an entry explaining CIVILITY as GENDER, which would fit well into the form. Then I looked up En-En definition dictionaries and found that none of them has such explanation of CIVILITY, they only give the common meaning of the word like being civilized and behaving so.
The question is: can actually CIVILITY mean GENDER, at least in a contact form?
Thanks a lot!
Responses
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Mark Nathan
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I think this refers to your title: Mrs, Mr, Ms, Doctor, Lord etc
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-03-02 10:56:51 GMT)
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Quite common in France (civilité).
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-03-02 10:56:51 GMT)
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Quite common in France (civilité).
Peer comment(s):
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Cilian O'Tuama
: would make sense, form of address
6 mins
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Tony M
: Yes, that's exactly what it is! /Thanks, Mark, I'll accept Lord, Master, Supreme Ruler, etc., but no longer a moderator, I'm relieved to say ;-)
17 mins
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thank you Lord, Master and Moderator of Kudoz questions
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B D Finch
37 mins
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Charles Davis
39 mins
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Yvonne Gallagher
: I must confess to never seeing this on a form in English but it must be this
46 mins
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Steffen Walter
1 hr
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
: Leanr something new everyday.
1 hr
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Daryo
: what else?
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AllegroTrans
: must be, albeit I never heard or seen this term used in GB
14 hrs
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Katherine Rutter
1 day 8 hrs
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crossroad
3 days 3 hrs
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acetran
4 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks a lot Mark and many thanks to all participants of the discussion."
Discussion
"Nom : Prénom : Civilité (Madame, Mademoiselle ou Monsieur) : Nom jeune fille : Date naissance"
http://www.tennisstgenis.fr/documents/Fiche_inscription_2014...
Here's an English form on a French website:
"Civility Mr Mrs
Surname
Forename
Company
Phone [...]"
http://www.duiglobal.com/contact.php?lang=en_US.utf8
'civility' means 'politeness' — so this is asking what form of address should be used (in order to address you politely); in that sense, it indirectly betrays your gender, if you choose Mr (a man) or Ms (a woman).
What is it exactly you are translating? This might help in finding the best solution. Sounds like it was translated into English from another language.