Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
I Hope you have a nice weekend
Dutch translation:
Prettig weekend!
English term
I Hope you have a nice weekend
Hope you can help me with this personal translation to a dutch friend.
Thank you very much for your help
| 5 +10 | Prettig weekend! |
hilde schuermans
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| 5 +5 | ik wens je een heel goed weekend |
babeltango (X)
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| 3 +2 | Ik hoop dat je een fijn weekend hebt |
Henk Peelen
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| 4 +1 | Prettig weekend toegewenst. |
Jan Willem van Dormolen (X)
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Oct 25, 2008 07:35: Antoinette Verburg changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Oct 25, 2008 07:35: Antoinette Verburg changed "Field (specific)" from "Paper / Paper Manufacturing" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Non-PRO (2): Els Spin, Ron Willems
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Proposed translations
Belgium
maximum quality in a minumum time
Native in: Flemish 
, Dutch
Works in: English to Dutch, French to Dutch
Prettig weekend!
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Note added at 21 mins (2008-10-24 23:10:26 GMT)
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moreover you avoid the uncertainty of singular/plural... is the "you" only one person or a whole group of people?
ik wens je een heel goed weekend
| agree |
XX789 (X)
1 min
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| agree |
Will Matter
5 mins
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| agree |
Kate Hudson (X)
54 mins
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| agree |
Henk Peelen
6 hrs
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| agree |
Ron Willems
8 hrs
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Netherlands
Polytechnic school; Studio & memoQ
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: German to Dutch, English to Dutch
Ik hoop dat je een fijn weekend hebt
Three important factors
1) familiar or not
2) personal or official
3) singular or plural
1)
1a: familiar = je
1b: polite = u
2)
2a: prettig = nice
2b: fijn = fine, precious
2c: goed = good (somewhat "flat")
3)
3a: singular = je / u
3b: plural = jullie
My colleagues'answer "Prettig weekend" is alwys OK, but not really personal perhaps.
Maybe the autor knows the reader is busy or has problems and want to stress he really hopes the reader has at least a nice weekend or so. In such case my answer could be a good solution
familiar
Ik hoop dat je een fijn / prettig weekend hebt
polite
Ik hoop dat u een fijn / prettig weekend heeft
plural
Ik hoop dat jullie een fijn / prettig weekend hebben
Doesn't mean the answers of my two colleagues would be wrong!
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