Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
cordialement
English translation:
Best regards
Added to glossary by
Mariana Moreira
May 17, 2005 09:19
19 yrs ago
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French term
cordialement
Non-PRO
French to English
Other
Other
at the end of an email.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +13 | Best regards |
Mariana Moreira
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| 3 +3 | sincerely, yours |
Yunara
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| 5 | yours sincerely/yours faithfully (depends) |
Elisabete Cunha
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| 3 | cordially |
DocteurPC
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Change log
May 17, 2005 09:20: Florence Bremond changed "Term asked" from "cordiallement" to "cordialement"
May 17, 2005 09:20: Florence Bremond changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French to English"
Proposed translations
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1 min
Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Portugal
Specializes in field
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Native in: Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
Selected
Best regards
One of the most used formulas:)
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Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+3
12 mins
sincerely, yours
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Peer comment(s):
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Can Altinbay
: This works, too.
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thanks
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tatyana000
: or just sincerely
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thanks
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RHELLER
: I use just sincerely
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thanks
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Elisabete Cunha
Portugal
Portugal
Works in field
Portugal
Breaking language barriers
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
yours sincerely/yours faithfully (depends)
If the letter is addressed to someone (ex: Dear Mr. Thompson), you sign "Yours sincerely".
If you don't know the name of the addressee (ex: Dear Sir/Madam), you sign "Yours faithfully".
If you don't know the name of the addressee (ex: Dear Sir/Madam), you sign "Yours faithfully".
Reference:
http://www.speakspeak.com/html/d2h_resources_correspondencia_comercial_ingles_es.htm#closing
Peer comment(s):
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Charlie Bavington
: emails tend to be less formal - your suggestion is usually the equivalent to all that "veuillez accepter l'expression des mes sentiments..." nonesense :-) Generally, it's not a rule, though..... :-)
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I didn't realise it was an email. I was thinking of a letter. And I don't think that being formal is "nonesense", depends on the context.
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