Saya yang menurut perintah

English translation: Yours faithfully

03:05 Aug 25, 2009
Malay to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Malay term or phrase: Saya yang menurut perintah
A government official ends his letter "Saya yang menurut perintah" just above his signature and title.
Richard L. Weiss
United States
Local time: 18:39
English translation:Yours faithfully
Explanation:
It's just that.
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Ramona Ali
Local time: 06:39
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4 +2Yours faithfully
Ramona Ali
5I remain your obedient servant
saifulbajoe


  

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Yours faithfully


Explanation:
It's just that.

Ramona Ali
Local time: 06:39
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Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay
PRO pts in category: 28
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Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  melayujati: Formal signoff.
1 hr

agree  Naim Jalil
4 hrs

agree  Noorsalhanim Che Jamel
1 day 1 hr

disagree  saifulbajoe: I have proof of "I remain your obedient servant" in old government letters.
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637 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
I remain your obedient servant


Explanation:
During the colonial days in Malaysia, all government letters ended in "I remain your obedient servant" . That changed to Saya yang menurut perintah when Malay became the official language.

saifulbajoe
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