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welcome=こんにちは?

Japanese translation: ようこそ


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English term or phrase:welcome=こんにちは?
Japanese translation:ようこそ
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02:23 Apr 15, 2009
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Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: welcome=こんにちは?
the source language was German und the text to be translated was “Guten Tag” (Welcome), which should be a welcome trailer for a congress. please let me know if the Japanese translation is "こんにちは"? Thanks a lot for your help!
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Local time: 09:17
ようこそ
Explanation:
Guten Tag would normally be translated as こんいちは, but in this case since it is a welcome banner, ようこそ which means "welcome" would be more appropriate.
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5 +2ようこそProTranslator
3こんにちは
r-mitchy


  

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ようこそ


Explanation:
Guten Tag would normally be translated as こんいちは, but in this case since it is a welcome banner, ようこそ which means "welcome" would be more appropriate.

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agree  Tina Wooden: If you want to be very formal, it should be, 「ようこそお越し下さいました」
16 hrs
agree  Yuko Osugi
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こんにちは


Explanation:
"welcome" has the meaning of greeting so that it could be translated as　こんにちは. But it depends on the following sentence. If this text is used for invitation or something, and in the case that you would like to translate "welcome", it could say ようこそ、こんにちは or みなさん、こんにちは, I suppose.

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Note added at 11時間 (2009-04-15 14:17:10 GMT)
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ご挨拶 might be suitable for these formal situations, including both meaning of Guten Tag and welcome.
Thank you for your advice, Yumico-san.

r-mitchy
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Local time: 10:17
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yumico Tanaka: Of course it depends on what kind of congress, but こんにちはsounds too colloqual.
2 hrs
  -> then it should be ご挨拶.Thank you.
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Changes made by editors
Apr 29, 2009 - Changes made by ProTranslator:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Apr 25, 2009 - Changes made by Yasutomo Kanazawa:
LevelPRO => Non-PRO


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