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23:51 Nov 24, 2009

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Business/Commerce (general)

Spanish term or phrase: Senores

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me the best way to translate the first senores at the top of a business letter as follows:

Senores
Name of company
Place sent from
Atencion: name

Estimados senores:
....

Would Senores be Sirs?
Thank you so much!

(Please excuse the lack of a tilde on the "n" but I have not been able to figure out how to put it in here.)

Patsy Weist

Patsy Weist KudoZ activity Questions: 100 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 2
Local time: 03:43

English translation:[See my suggestion]

Explanation:
It used to be Messrs, but this is (a) outdated and (b) sexist. I'd leave it out.

Selected response from:

philgoddard
Local time: 02:43

Grading comment

Thanks, Phil.
I think this is the best course of action.
Thank you to everyone!
PW
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

[See my suggestion]

philgoddard

4 +3

Jeff Whittaker

Gentlemen

Henry Hinds

Sirs

Esperanza González

To whom it may concern

Veronica Barzelatto

Messrs.

Benoit Deeg

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

[See my suggestion]

Explanation:
It used to be Messrs, but this is (a) outdated and (b) sexist. I'd leave it out.

philgoddard
Local time: 02:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 121

Grading comment

Thanks, Phil.
I think this is the best course of action.
Thank you to everyone!
PW

5 mins confidence:

To whom it may concern

Explanation:
It is better in English, I think, when not addressing a specific person. You could say Sirs as you thought also. It is a matter of choice.

Veronica Barzelatto
United States
Local time: 00:43
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

4 mins confidence:

Messrs.

Explanation:
That's technically the plural of Mr., so it would be the direct translation. I have not seen many headers laid out the way yours is, so I cannot think of anything else at the moment. Hope that helps.

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Note added at 5 mins (2009-11-24 23:56:29 GMT)
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Phil is faster once again :) Leaving it out would work as well.

Benoit Deeg
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

to

Explanation:
Sometimes, I will just replace it with the word "to"
Example:

To:
Widgets Incorporated

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Note added at 23 mins (2009-11-25 00:14:17 GMT)
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You can, of course, leave it out, but I find this solution easier because some (monolingual) editors/clients will question why you left this word out.

Jeff Whittaker
United States
Local time: 03:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

2 hrs confidence:

Sirs

Explanation:
A long time ago we used to write "Dear Sirs" when we didn't know the person but after the first contact we used something like this:

Mr. Peter Smith
Export Manager
TAKA SERVICES INC.
Hope Park, NY 1101
U.S.A.

Dear Mr. Smith, etc.

Esperanza González
Local time: 02:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

2 hrs confidence:

Gentlemen

Explanation:
Another often used possibility.

Henry Hinds
Local time: 01:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 1164

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