Dear Adviser

Swedish translation: kära/bästa

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English term or phrase:	Dear Adviser
Swedish translation:	kära/bästa
Entered by:	Cristian Iscrulescu

14:05 Apr 8, 2007

English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Correspondence

English term or phrase: Dear Adviser

Used as a form of address in a letter. Actually it’s a question on stylistics rather than translation. If the adviser’s gender is not specified, which is the more appropriate form of the Swedish adjective, something like ‘kära [rådgivare]’, or ‘käre’? Thank you.

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Local time: 07:09

kära/bästa

Explanation:
Suffixet -a används vid obestämt kön på objektet (dvs. fungerar för båda könen.)

Käre/bäste när det avgjort syftar på maskulint objekt.

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Note added at 22 hrs (2007-04-09 12:33:13 GMT)
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Googla på "käre kund" och "kära kund" t.ex. , så ser du användningen av respektive variant.

Selected response from:

Mårten Sandberg
Local time: 16:09

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Bäste/Käre [rådgivare]

Katarina Andersson

3 +1

kära/bästa

Mårten Sandberg

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peer agreement (net): +1

dear adviser

kära/bästa

Mårten Sandberg
Local time: 16:09
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 200

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Thanks a lot!

59 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

dear adviser Bäste/Käre [rådgivare]

Explanation:
Actually I think the masculine form is still generally used when you don't know the gender of the person, so 'Käre' or 'Bäste' rådgivare would probably be best.

Katarina.

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2007-04-09 15:41:47 GMT) Post-grading
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Håller nog inte riktigt med svaret om 'kära', 'bästa' här. Enligt svenska skrivregler, kan man använda a-form eller e-form när uttrycket syftar allmänt på person utan att ange om det syftar på man eller kvinna. Och vid stående uttryck får det oftast e-form om det inte entydigt anges att det hänsyftar på ett feminint substantiv/beteckning etc.

Därför kan man ju använda både och egentligen.

Katarina Andersson
Local time: 16:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Swedish

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