Rachel Fell Apr 19, 2019:

I found him in that link (and others) when I looked, in addition to salt...

Tony M Apr 19, 2019:

@ Phil Yes, Cl. is a standard abbrevaition here in France for 'Claude', just as 'C.' is for Charles and 'Ch.' for Christian / Christophe
We don't tend to use abbreviations for names any more in EN, though they were once quite common, cf. Geo. for George and (curiosly!) Jno. for John (or maybe Jonathan?) and of course Frk. (and variants) for Frederick.

The only one that always sticks in my mind is Geo. W. Rowney, the original name of the artists's materials manufacturer.

Simon Mac Apr 19, 2019:

@Phil Point taken - the main thing is the mystery is (hopefully) solved

Sue Davis (asker) Apr 19, 2019:

Wow what brilliant detective work! think that is right. Please post it as an answer. It is in Trados and they have split the names up

philgoddard Apr 19, 2019:

No, you shouldn't abbreviate it, because English readers won't know what it means.

Simon Mac Apr 19, 2019:

@Phil I'd wager a fair bit it was Claude as this is a common abbreviation for Claude, and Claude Le Louarn googles as a well known plastic surgeon which fits the context; however, I'd probably abbreviate it in the English translation too

philgoddard Apr 19, 2019:

Yes, it's Claude.

philgoddard Apr 19, 2019:

Well done, Simon That's the correct answer - we should have asked for the text that follows. Are you sure it's Claude?

Simon Mac Apr 19, 2019:

Not the end of the sentence but an abbreviation The website suggests this is just an abbreviation for Claude:

"L’apport de Cl. LE LOUARN est important ...."

philgoddard Apr 19, 2019:

What is the subject of the course?
Also, if you've cut and pasted the text, it looks like an uppercase I or a lowercase L, but it can't be a 1.

Sue Davis (asker) Apr 19, 2019:

Thanks Marco, I did but it just doesn't fit here

Marco Solinas Apr 19, 2019:

To Asker I suppose you have considered "chlorine" or "chlorides". See https://www.pharmacorama.com/pharmacologie/medicaments-eleme... and other similar sites.