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Ildiko Santana 
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MODERATOR | Douglas Adams | Aug 23, 2011 |
Giles Watson wrote:
I do rather like the full version that Douglas Adams quotes somewhere in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - "Have a nice day, enjoy your life, die happy and come back as something wonderful".
Not that I would use it in business correspondence, of course!
Giles
This is lovely, Giles! I might just start using it. Most of my clients are very personable and friendly, with a healthy sense of humor. They tell me about their lives often, even send me pictures of their weddings, new homes and new babies. When we wish each other a nice day, we mean it. I think we should close our emails to clients with the line,
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Have a nice day, everyone.
| | | | Nicole Schnell
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In memoriam | Thanks, Ildiko! :-) | Aug 23, 2011 |
Ildiko Weinberger wrote: When we wish each other a nice day, we mean it. I think we should close our emails to clients with the line, So long, and thanks for all the fish! Have a nice day, everyone.
Same here. There is hardly an email without "Please have a nice day / nice afternoon / great and sunny weekend / gorgeous day / lots of sunshine / nice evening", etc.
There is nothing phony about it.
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I believe that this is because the meerkat concerned is a non-native English speaker although he communicates well.
Goodbye indeed and thanks for all the fish and remember the translators' motto
DON'T PANIC
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Marina Steinbach
United States
Local time: 12:49
Member (2011)
English to German
TOPIC STARTER | So many answers! What's left to say? | Aug 24, 2011 |
Nighty night everyone!
| | | | S E (X)
Italy
Local time: 18:49
Italian to English
| Cheers and Best: common usage in US in certain professional circles | Aug 24, 2011 |
I can add that "Cheers" is one of the sign-offs of choice among graduate students, and in certain contexts, many professors, in the US, and specifically at my two post-graduate universities, the University of Chicago and Yale. This is admittedly a relatively international community, which might have something to do with it.
Over the course of eleven years and counting of exposure to "Cheers" as a sign-off at the end of emails announcing calls for papers, lectures, exhibition opening... See more I can add that "Cheers" is one of the sign-offs of choice among graduate students, and in certain contexts, many professors, in the US, and specifically at my two post-graduate universities, the University of Chicago and Yale. This is admittedly a relatively international community, which might have something to do with it.
Over the course of eleven years and counting of exposure to "Cheers" as a sign-off at the end of emails announcing calls for papers, lectures, exhibition openings, film screenings, and etc., I have interpreted it as a way of acknowledging and reinforcing the convival nature of the young scholarly community.
As for "Best", I found this to be the preferred sign-off for art museum professionals at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the University of Chicago's art museum, and the Yale art museums, a fairly broad sample section in the US. I see it as a way of making "Best Regards" more friendly, to acknowledge a serious and professional but also friendly and familiar relationship between sender and recipient.
Cheers!
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| | | | | Never heard "laters"? | Aug 24, 2011 |
Or, even better "laterz"? You have lived a sheltered life!
Jenny Forbes wrote:
I believe that (in British English, at any rate) "cheers" was originally what you said when you were drinking a drink someone had bought you (sometimes accompanied by clinking glasses) and hence became a way of saying "thanks". In London it can become "cheers, mate" - pronounced "cheese mite".
As for "bests" and "laters" for goodbye, best wishes or see you later - I haven't heard them yet and they sound ridiculous to me - but I'm very old-fashioned.
Am I right in thinking that simple "hasta" is used in Spain these days, instead of "hasta luego", etc.? If so, I suppose it's with the same idea of speed and brevity in mind.
Cheese mites,
Jenny
| | | | hazmatgerman (X)
Local time: 18:49
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say reading all this is fascinating.
Live long and prosper.
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Marina Steinbach
United States
Local time: 12:49
Member (2011)
English to German
TOPIC STARTER | Or perhaps I should say ... | Aug 27, 2011 |
Yasutomo Kanazawa wrote: Zum Wohl! at the end of your email.
... kampai!
I've just discovered that you're from Japan. How is the situation after the nuclear fuel meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi?
Greetings from Florida!
Marina
[Edited at 2011-08-27 14:01 GMT]
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Caro Giese wrote:
I quite frequently wish people a nice day. I wasn't aware that it can be annoying. And it's not even insincere. But well, I guess I'll stop it then.
I find it quite endearing, especially if a European non-native English speaker says it. This is after working for lots of Spanish agencies and interacting with lots of Spaniards where the most you get is a "vale".
| | | | Melanie Meyer
United States
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| Have a great day! | Nov 10, 2011 |
Caro Giese wrote:
I quite frequently wish people a nice day. I wasn't aware that it can be annoying. And it's not even insincere. But well, I guess I'll stop it then.
Same here! Usually, I say something like "Have a great day/afternoon/weekend...” especially if I have a good relationship with the client.
I must admit that I do sometimes find it hard to end an email in the English language. I often find 'Sincerely' or 'Best regards' too formal. And just saying 'Thanks,' with my name after it sounds a little abrupt to me.
Therefore, I often add the "Have a great day"...
| | | | Uta Kappler
United States
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| Yet more choices to close an email... | Apr 26, 2012 |
...can be found here:
http://www.proz.com/forum/translation_in_the_us/205960-cheers_best_and_bests-page2.html
I choose my closing depending on the recipient, the type and overall tone of communication.
So, if I am exchanging telegram-style or highly technical emails, e.g. with a software engineer, there might n... See more ...can be found here:
http://www.proz.com/forum/translation_in_the_us/205960-cheers_best_and_bests-page2.html
I choose my closing depending on the recipient, the type and overall tone of communication.
So, if I am exchanging telegram-style or highly technical emails, e.g. with a software engineer, there might no even be a closing, just my name or a simple "Thanks, Uta".
Other favorites are "Regards" , "Many thanks", "Enjoy", "Have fun" depending on the situation and recipient. I personally do not use "Cheers" or "Best", or "Bests" at all.
But then, I am not an English native speaker...
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Kay Denney
France
Local time: 18:49
French to English
always has underpinned my correspondence.
As a PM I always used to sign "have a good (whatever), best regards" but once I got on friendly terms with a translator I would sign "cheers",
That for me would mean "thanks and talk soon and you know, I not only enjoy working with you, I actually like you too, and if you weren't the other side of the Channel/Atlantic/Alps/ I would like to be saying cheers and raising a glass with you".
| | | | Oksana Weiss
Germany
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| Great vs nice | Apr 27, 2012 |
I used to write "have a nice day" until one day I discovered, to my shame, that it is the usual salutation of shop assistants, so I dropped it and started using "have a great day/week/weekend", as it seems that this form is more acceptable nowadays.
Thanks for a great article from Washington Post. "But you may well feel the chill," - exactly what I felt in response to all these "nice days". "Great days" are met more cheerfully, as they remind about great time or smth like that.
Cheer... See more I used to write "have a nice day" until one day I discovered, to my shame, that it is the usual salutation of shop assistants, so I dropped it and started using "have a great day/week/weekend", as it seems that this form is more acceptable nowadays.
Thanks for a great article from Washington Post. "But you may well feel the chill," - exactly what I felt in response to all these "nice days". "Great days" are met more cheerfully, as they remind about great time or smth like that.
Cheers everyone (not to mention bottoms up:)!
BTW, is that right that "Happy Friday" is now used instead of TGIF?
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| | | | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:49
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| The usual response | Apr 27, 2012 |
The usual response to "have a nice day" is "thank you, but I have other plans".
TTFN
Addio
See you
Take care
I'm outta here
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