veuillez agréer, maître, mes salutations distinguées
English translation: Yours faithfully
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| 22:58 Dec 2, 2004 |
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| 5 +1 | Yours faithfully |
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| 4 | with best regards |
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| 4 | Please accept my best regards, |
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| 4 | Yours sincerely |
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3 mins confidence: 
| veuillez agréer, maître, mes salutations distinguées with best regards Explanation: is one of the ways around this formula... |
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5 mins confidence:
| veuillez agréer, maître, mes salutations distinguées Please accept my best regards, Explanation: I have always translated this way. However, it is simply a choice of what sounds best to you. |
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4 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| veuillez agréer, maître, mes salutations distinguées Yours faithfully Explanation: In English we do not translate French letter endings. For a lawyer the correct term is : as above. Don't forget to sign your name after typing it. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 41 mins (2004-12-02 23:39:49 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Help! I can\'t find where to put it in the glossary. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 47 mins (2004-12-02 23:46:08 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- It\'s okay. I found it! |
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2 hrs confidence:
| veuillez agréer, maître, mes salutations distinguées Yours sincerely Explanation: If this is to a lawyer, then it is likely that it is to a named person as opposed to "Dear Sir or Madam", and so it should be "Yours sincerely" and not "Yours faithfully", shouldn't it? |
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