German term
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Grüsse
A client of mine wishes to distinguish between :
"Herzliche Weihnachtsgrüße sendet dir Martin ..."(post with a more private nature)
and
"Weihnachtliche Grüße aus Düsseldorf, Frau Schmitz...." (more formal)
Would the first be "Heartfelt Christmas Greetings"
and the second "Season's Greetings"?
I am not into this stuff these days, BTW UK English is wanted! And is my propsed capitalisation correct?
| 4 +13 | Greetings, Stephen! (see below) |
Lancashireman
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| 3 +1 | s. Unten |
Languageman
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| 4 | Martin wishes you a very happy Christmas |
Anna Blackab (X)
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Oct 30, 2005 13:31: IanW (X) changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
PRO (3): Lancashireman, Languageman, Brie Vernier
Non-PRO (1): Ted Wozniak
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Proposed translations
Greetings, Stephen! (see below)
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Martin
Formal:
Season’s Greetings from Düsseldorf
Probably best not to name any religious festivity in business correspondence because ‘this may cause offence to persons of different faiths or none’!
‘Hearfelt’ should be reserved for illness and bereavement. You could use ‘sincere’ for ‘herzlich’.
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Note added at 30 mins (2005-10-30 13:15:10 GMT)
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‘Hearfelt’ >‘Heartfelt’
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Note added at 10 hrs 6 mins (2005-10-30 22:50:38 GMT)
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Heartfelt commiserations, Stephen. Your query has been downgraded to ‘non-pro’. Presumably the two peers behind this move underestimated the native-speaker sensitivities and socio-cultural background required to formulate an answer.
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Meturgan
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Frosty
: Absolutely!
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IanW (X)
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michael10705 (X)
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Anna Blackab (X)
: This is better than my version - and the capitals seem right too.
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lindaellen (X)
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Erik Macki
3 hrs
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Sigrid Thorbjørnsrud
3 hrs
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Ken Cox
: Fine for NA as well
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Trudy Peters
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Ingrid Blank
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Nicole Schnell
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Francis Lee (X)
: Ach ... "memories" of John/Johann Heartfield/Herzfeld
1 day 57 mins
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s. Unten
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Erik Macki
: Yes, heartfelt is not "colocated" with greetings in English. Warmest would be much better.
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