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assunto de momento

English translation: Yours faithfully

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Portuguese term or phrase:Sem outro assunto de momento, subscrevemo-nos com elevada estima e consideração.
English translation:Yours faithfully
Entered by: Isabel Peck

12:48 Oct 15, 2004
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Petroleum Eng/Sci
Portuguese term or phrase: assunto de momento
I just can't seem to word this sentence correctly in English...

"Sem outro assunto de momento, subscrevemo-nos com elevada estima e consideração."
Fergal Tierney
Local time: 11:07
Yours faithfully
Explanation:
This is a very formal Portuguese form of signing off a letter. The formality is quite inappropriate in English, in which it is perfectly normal and adequate to say "Yours faithfully" if the letter is addressed to "Dear Sir", or "Yours sincerely" if it is addressed to a named person.
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Isabel Peck
Portugal
Local time: 11:07
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4Sincerely Yours
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
5 +3Yours faithfully
Isabel Peck
5 +1With nothing further at the moment, we sign off with the highest esteem and consideration
airmailrpl
5Having covered all the points at hand, I do hereby close. Yours sincerely/faithfully,...
Paul Dixon


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Yours faithfully


Explanation:
This is a very formal Portuguese form of signing off a letter. The formality is quite inappropriate in English, in which it is perfectly normal and adequate to say "Yours faithfully" if the letter is addressed to "Dear Sir", or "Yours sincerely" if it is addressed to a named person.

Isabel Peck
Portugal
Local time: 11:07
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cristina Pereira: Right!
54 mins
agree  Claudia Andrade
3 hrs
agree  Cristina Santos
9 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Sincerely Yours


Explanation:
is enough...for a letter...

BUT if you insist...

There being no other matter to discuss, we, express our highest regards and consideration to you,
XXX signature



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Note added at 10 mins (2004-10-15 12:58:32 GMT)
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Note added at 11 mins (2004-10-15 12:59:31 GMT)
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In TODAY\"S WORLD, Sincerely or sincerely yours is ENOUGH....In the US, faithfully is no longer used in any kind of business context!!!

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Clauwolf: really?
4 mins
agree  Cristina Pereira: Enough is enough
53 mins
agree  Ana Rita Santiago
6 hrs
agree  Luciana k. Schreibber (X): Sincerely yours is the most appropriate form to end up a letter, because we need to be objective in the business world. That formal sentence is not even anymore used in Portuguese.
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
With nothing further at the moment, we sign off with the highest esteem and consideration


Explanation:
Sem outro assunto de momento, subscrevemo-nos com elevada estima e consideração."

With nothing further at the moment, we sign off with the highest esteem and consideration

That is the translation - not that anyone would use it in closing a correspondence in English.

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 07:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  António Ribeiro: Correcto. Esta é a resposta à pergunta feita.
10 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Having covered all the points at hand, I do hereby close. Yours sincerely/faithfully,...


Explanation:
"assunto de momento" would be an issue to be discussed at the present moment. "Sem outro assunto no momento" means that all the proposed points have been covered.

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Note added at 5 hrs 15 mins (2004-10-15 18:04:25 GMT)
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Yours sincerely is used after a name, and Yours faithfully is used after a title. So we have:

Dear Fiona/Ms Taylor/Mr and Mrs Smith .... Yours sincerely
Dear Sir/Madam/Sir or Madam/Sirs ...... Yours faithfully

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 07:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
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