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Guten Tag

German translation: Grüß Gott

11:00 Jan 9, 2010
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: Guten Tag
We are working on a project where a character is visiting many different countries in the world. We're introducing the countries with a short line of copy starting with an official greeting of the country - i.e. for France, he'll say "Bonjour I'm in France..."

We are trying to find a generic greeting for Austria that is authentic but this seems to be quite open to debate. So we would like the greeting we've found confirmed accurate or if there is a better suggestions.
Melissa Angus
German translation:Grüß Gott
Explanation:
"Grüß Gott" would be a good alternative to "Guten Tag" to give the translation a more Austrian flavor
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bp-translations
Austria
Local time: 10:27
Grading comment
thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +13Grüß Gott
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +13
guten tag
Grüß Gott


Explanation:
"Grüß Gott" would be a good alternative to "Guten Tag" to give the translation a more Austrian flavor

bp-translations
Austria
Local time: 10:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Monika Elisabeth Sieger: Absolutely!
3 mins
  -> Danke, Sivara!
agree  Anja C.: oder "Servus", wenn's etwas ungezwungener sein darf
3 mins
  -> Stimmt, "Servus" passt auch gut. :)
agree  Nicole Schnell: Mit Anja
5 mins
  -> Danke, Nicole!
agree  Doris Roldán: Auf alle Fälle!
9 mins
  -> Danke, Doris!
agree  Edith Kelly
28 mins
  -> Danke, Edith!
agree  erika rubinstein
41 mins
  -> Danke, Erika!
agree  pme
50 mins
  -> Danke, pme!
agree  Markus Hoedl: landläufig als "'sgott!" zu hören ;-) Grüße in die verschneite Heimat aus der Sonne!
1 hr
  -> Danke, Markus, und schöne Grüße in die Sonne! :)
agree  Rolf Keiser
2 hrs
  -> Danke, Goldcoaster!
agree  Kevser Oezcan: Servus
2 hrs
  -> Danke, Kevser!
agree  Franziska Witschel
4 hrs
  -> Danke, Franziska!
agree  British Diana
4 hrs
  -> Danke, Diana!
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
6 hrs
  -> Danke, Sibsab!
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