Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren - What is the English translation? English translators help English translators with the translation of Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren

Conges terminology question

190 months ago

kldata47 (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren
Context:	Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren: Dear Sir or Madam
Keywords:	Bewerbung

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190 months ago

wrote:

Ladies and Gentlemen

My comment:

Simply !!!

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190 months ago

wrote:

Dear Sir or Madam, // Ladies and Gentlemen:

My comment:

Dear Sir or Madam, {gender unknown (esp. in British English)}

Ladies and Gentlemen: {gender unknown (esp. in American English)}

(Pl also note the difference in punctuation.)

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190 months ago

wrote:

this is unquestionably the right translation

190 months ago

wrote:

Dear Sir or Madam, // Ladies and Gentlemen:

My comment:

Dear Sir or Madam, {gender unknown (esp. in British English)}

Ladies and Gentlemen: {gender unknown (esp. in American English)}

(Pl also note the difference in punctuation.)

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190 months ago

Bettina Ostermann wrote:

Dear Madam or Sir

My comment:

I know that "dear Sir or Madam" is the official term, but I've also read this salutation. It may sound a bit more polite - ladies first...;-))

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190 months ago

Uta Haubold wrote:

Dear Ladies and gentlemen

My comment:

I'd only use this term

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190 months ago

Uta Haubold wrote:

Dear Sir or Madam

My comment:

I agree with the first answerer, this is the commonly used solution.

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190 months ago

overnitetranslations wrote:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

My comment:

That's how we'd do it in the U.S.

My references:

Common sense.

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190 months ago

wrote:

I agree

190 months ago

wrote:

I agree

190 months ago

Nicola Devlin wrote:

Dear Sirs/Mesdames

My comment:

That is exactly how it is always translated

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190 months ago

Nicola Devlin wrote:

Dear Sir or Madam

My comment:

This is the official greeting nowadays. It used to be "Dear Sirs" and in the USA "Gentlemen", really a man's world. So "Dear Sir or Madam" is 100% correct.

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