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Wir sind gerne für Sie da!

English translation: we\'re happy to serve you


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German term or phrase:Wir sind gerne für Sie da!
English translation:we\'re happy to serve you
Entered by: Katy62
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17:11 Mar 2, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
German term or phrase: Wir sind gerne für Sie da!
Final slide from a powerpoint presentation of a big tour operator hoping to attract more partners.

"We're are your service" or "we're here to serve you" scheint mir einfach zu "unterwürfig"...
Hat velleicht jemand einen besseren Vorschlag?
Britisch-Englisch
Katy62
Local time: 18:48
we're happy to serve you
Explanation:


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Note added at 4 мин (2011-03-02 17:15:31 GMT)
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or "we're at your service"
Selected response from:

Alexander Ryshow
Belarus
Local time: 19:48
Grading comment
Danke
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +11We're happy to helpphilgoddard
5 +1We're at your service!
Bronwen Davies
4 +2We're here for you/On tour for you
Ramey Rieger
4 +1We aim to please and are happy to be there for you!
AlbatrossTransl
4Just contact us any time you like
British Diana
3the one-stop-shop for all your travel needs
Raghunathan
3It's our pleasure to serve you
Thayenga
3we're happy to serve you
Alexander Ryshow


Discussion entries: 1





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"Wir sind gerne für Sie da!"
We aim to please and are happy to be there for you!


Explanation:
You are right in wanting to express a motivating, happy "Punch-line". So here is my suggestion.
Best regards,
Susanna

AlbatrossTransl
Local time: 12:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jon Brase: I'd just say "we're happy to be there for you" to make it a bit less wordy.
1 hr
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
"Wir sind gerne für Sie da!"
we're happy to serve you


Explanation:


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Note added at 4 мин (2011-03-02 17:15:31 GMT)
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or "we're at your service"

Alexander Ryshow
Belarus
Local time: 19:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
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Danke
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
"Wir sind gerne für Sie da!"
We're happy to help


Explanation:
Or "call us if you need us".
Or "Want to know more? Give us a call"



philgoddard
Local time: 11:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: or to assist
16 mins
agree  Ingeborg Gowans
20 mins
agree  Lynda Hepburn
21 mins
agree  ElliCom: but I would add the you ..we're happy to help you
55 mins
agree  George Ernst: I agree, it should probably be "we're happy to help you"
1 hr
agree  Alison MacG: I might be tempted to change the tense - We'll be happy to help (you). More ideas here too: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/business_commerc...
1 hr
  -> I wish I'd known we'd had the question before - thanks.
agree  Jeux de Mots: Agree with Alison
3 hrs
agree  Horst Huber: Happy definitely conveys "gern". "Help" or "serve" -- which would more directly convey that we are ready and helpful?
4 hrs
agree  Textklick: With Alison. Positive thinking (and not 'unterwürfig').
5 hrs
agree  Rose Newell: I think the "you" is implicit in English, as can sometimes be the case in some marketing translations.
7 hrs
agree  Nicola Wood: Agree with Rose, the you is implicit and unnecessary - as per your original suggestion
14 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
"Wir sind gerne für Sie da!"
We're here for you/On tour for you


Explanation:
my take, although today's not a peak day

Good luck!

Ramey Rieger
Local time: 18:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters: We're here for you! Lots of ghits for this + tour operator
37 mins
  -> thanks Trudy!
agree  Claire Cox
1 day5 hrs
  -> Thank-you Claire, you're a brave woman!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
We're at your service!


Explanation:
This expresses that 'they are there for you' in a commonly used idiomatic way. Also punchy.

Bronwen Davies
Local time: 17:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  milinad
10 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Just contact us any time you like


Explanation:
Straightforward and not servile

British Diana
Germany
Local time: 18:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
It's our pleasure to serve you


Explanation:
Another variant.

Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 18:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the one-stop-shop for all your travel needs


Explanation:
Here we are, the one-stop-shop for all your travel needs

I don't think, it's a bad idea to use this as the last slide.

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Note added at 2 days9 hrs (2011-03-05 03:00:52 GMT)
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Somewhat different from the other answers in the sense that the focus is not on on the service such as "we are at your disposal..... at your service...... all times, etc. which I thought was implied. What I wanted to highlight was that - you need not have to look out anywhere else, just drop in and we will ensure that you get what you wanted....


    Reference: http://www.yatra.com/yatra-lounges.html
Raghunathan
Local time: 22:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Changes made by editors
Mar 2, 2011 - Changes made by Ingo Dierkschnieder:
Term asked\"Wir sind gerne für Sie da!\" => Wir sind gerne für Sie da!


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