Oct 8, 2011 15:59
13 yrs ago
English term
Spain
BA in Translation, ATA, DipTransIoLET
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, German to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish
Hello! This is AcmeCompany!
Non-PRO
English to Swedish
Other
Advertising / Public Relations
Greeting
Dear colleagues,
I am preparing a little presentation for a Swedish company we might start working for (or so I hope). The presentation will take place in English, but in the introduction of my team I would like to include a quick greeting in Swedish.
Since I cannot claim that I speak a work of Swedish unfortunately, I thought I'd ask for your help here. How would you say this, for instance in the first slide of a presentation:
Hello! This is AcmeCompany!
Thank you very much for any suggestions!
Best,
Tomás
I am preparing a little presentation for a Swedish company we might start working for (or so I hope). The presentation will take place in English, but in the introduction of my team I would like to include a quick greeting in Swedish.
Since I cannot claim that I speak a work of Swedish unfortunately, I thought I'd ask for your help here. How would you say this, for instance in the first slide of a presentation:
Hello! This is AcmeCompany!
Thank you very much for any suggestions!
Best,
Tomás
Proposed translations
(Swedish)
| 4 +1 | Hej! Det här är Acme Company |
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Hej! Det här är Acme Company
This is a word-by-word translation. There are several alternatives. If you meet the Swedes in you own office, you could use the equivalent to Welcome! - which would be Välkomna (for two Swedes or more) / Välkommen (for one single Swede).
I hope you manage to put the diacritics over the a's, otherwise you'd better stick to English.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-10-08 18:16:10 GMT)
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If you are visiting them in their office, I figure you already say "Hello" when they open the door, or at some early instance, in any case sometime before opening the presentation. I would skip the "hello", I think. If you keep it, it looks like you want to treat the (new?) customer as an old friend. The "hello" would be more adequate in your own office, since you would be the dueño de la casa, free to do as you choose.
I hope you manage to put the diacritics over the a's, otherwise you'd better stick to English.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-10-08 18:16:10 GMT)
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If you are visiting them in their office, I figure you already say "Hello" when they open the door, or at some early instance, in any case sometime before opening the presentation. I would skip the "hello", I think. If you keep it, it looks like you want to treat the (new?) customer as an old friend. The "hello" would be more adequate in your own office, since you would be the dueño de la casa, free to do as you choose.
Note from asker:
| Hi Lars-Erik! Thanks a lot! Actually I am visiting them in their office. Does this change your answer at all? |
| Oh my! I see that this is more complicated than I had expected. I should have known, for in Spanish things are also rather tricky if you want to hit the nail with these things. Indeed I have decided to keep the presentation in English. Thank you so much anyway! |
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