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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

k.a.

English translation:

No answer

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-11-08 16:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Nov 4, 2011 19:23
13 yrs ago
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German term

k.a.

German to English Marketing General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters abbreviation
I am working on a marketing survery for a computer/ computer services organization.
"k.a." appears in the column for answers - several times.
I do not know what this could stand for.
Any suggestions?
Thank you.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 No answer
Change log

Nov 5, 2011 13:12: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Telecom(munications)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "abbreviation"

Discussion

writeaway Nov 5, 2011:
return the favour? I often have to struggle between keine Angabe or keine Ahnung for k.A. in survey answers. Perhaps it would be fairest to use n.c. for the English and let them figure out if it means no comment or no clue.......
British Diana Nov 5, 2011:
N/A not applicable ? This used to be a possibility you could tick on official forms.
British Diana Nov 5, 2011:
Keine Ahnung is said so often by gormless youths in TV interviews, it's becoming quite a cliche.
Steffen Walter Nov 4, 2011:
@ Phil I was rather joking about it but there's definitely a grain of truth in it :-)

On a related note, we've had this before:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/854923
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/683423
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/2508916
philgoddard Nov 4, 2011:
Actually Steffen's answer is very likely - people often put this as an answer in surveys.
philgoddard Nov 4, 2011:
It might be the first time somebody got KudoZ points for saying "don't know"!
Steffen Walter Nov 4, 2011:
Agree with Phil... ... and "k.a." (or "k.A.") might even be interpreted as "keine Ahnung" ;-)
Coqueiro Nov 4, 2011:
@ Phil don't know seems to be a perfect answer here ;-)
philgoddard Nov 4, 2011:
Or keine Antwort. If it's something the respondents have written in themselves, the nearest equivalent would be "don't know".
Coqueiro Nov 4, 2011:
perhaps k.A. - keine Angaben

Proposed translations

+1
2 hrs
Selected

No answer

k.a. stands for Keine Angabe meaning No answer.
Reference:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/KA

Peer comment(s):
agree Steffen Walter : or even for "keine Antwort"
12 hrs
neutral writeaway : as already suggested (among others) in the D box
14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "You are probably right; but it puzzles me that both letters are lower key letters. Thank you."
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