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Me alegro por haber recibido

English translation: I was pleased to receive your answer/reply

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Spanish term or phrase:Me alegro por haber recibido
English translation:I was pleased to receive your answer/reply
Entered by: Sarah Brenchley

10:58 Jul 10, 2001
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Spanish term or phrase: Me alegro por haber recibido
Me alegro po haber recibido su respuesta
Gisele
I was pleased to receive your answer/reply
Explanation:
pleased = glad / happy etc.
Alternatively: Thanks for writing back.
Hope it helps.
Best wishes,
Sarah.
Selected response from:

Sarah Brenchley
Local time: 21:05
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Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
na +5I was pleased to receive your answer/reply
Sarah Brenchley
naI'm happy to have received your response.
Parrot
naI am delighted to have received your reply
Sean Lyle
naI'm glad I've received your reply (or answer)
Alejandra Paz
naI was pleased to hear ...
Denali
na -2I am glad for having received
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti


  

Answers


2 mins peer agreement (net): -2
I am glad for having received


Explanation:
Traducción exacta y básica...

Suerte! Flavio


    Student of Translation (UJI)
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
Switzerland
Local time: 21:05
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 72

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X): stilted
3 hrs
  -> who knows if she's addressing to her University professor and needs to write something pretty "stilted"...De gustibus!
disagree  Sarah Brenchley: I'm sorry but "for having" is still incorrect
4 hrs
  -> You mean "for" + "ing" form? That's how I learnt it...I am going to kill my high school teacher! :)
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4 mins
I'm happy to have received your response.


Explanation:
...

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 21:05
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 7645
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9 mins
I am delighted to have received your reply


Explanation:
or, less enthusiastically, "Thank you for your reply"

.. an there you are...

Sean Lyle
Local time: 21:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 63
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35 mins peer agreement (net): +5
I was pleased to receive your answer/reply


Explanation:
pleased = glad / happy etc.
Alternatively: Thanks for writing back.
Hope it helps.
Best wishes,
Sarah.

Sarah Brenchley
Local time: 21:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 104
Grading comment
Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Anderson: This sounds the most natural & is very common in formal responses.
52 mins
  -> Thanks Robert.
agree  DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X): Perfectly rendered!
2 hrs
  -> Thanks dick :-)))))
agree  Patricia McGrory (X)
2 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Sean Lyle: I like it, but it all depends on the register you are trying to reproduce
2 hrs
  -> Thanks - the first would be OK for any register, the second only for informal
agree  bea0: Sin duda.
8 hrs
  -> Thanks Bea
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1 hr
I'm glad I've received your reply (or answer)


Explanation:
Other possibilities are:
- I'm pleased I've received your reply.
- I'm glad you answered me.





    Exp.
Alejandra Paz
Argentina
Local time: 16:05
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22 hrs
I was pleased to hear ...


Explanation:
Business letter formality. We have to be careful to not translate literally
Use it all the time to thank someone for responding/answering...


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Denali
Local time: 15:05
Native speaker of: French
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