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was not so easy as it seemed to you first, isn`t it? (I saw that you voted it to be Non-PRO). I personally think localization issues are not easy if one tries to take into consideration the cultural differences.
It's not necessary and adds a subservient tone to the message you are trying to portray. Unless it says пожалуйста in the Russian version I would not add please to the English sentence.
Of course it's not the end of the informal scale. You could do a lot worse by saying e.g. 'Check out our portfolio' or even 'Get a load of this, bro' :))) Extremely formal, on the other hand, could be something like 'Please peruse our portfolio at your convenience' :))) Your phrase is right in between and where you want it to be. It works either way, with or without 'please.'
To be more precise, in general it IS official but at the end it bacomes somewhat more relaxed and colloquial. So the phrase Загляните в наше портфолио seems quite OK in terms of style here. More or less. As if first a person introduces himself, and then, little by little, you are becoming friends.
Yes, you don't want to use "please" with every sentence, and it depends on the overall tone of the text and the client's preferences. On a website, it's fine not to use "please".
You say that "the whole style of the contents is official, not colloquial" but the Russian doesn't corroborate this at all. Загляните в наше порфтолио IS rather colloquial.
Explanation: I agree with you; it sounds more appropriate with "please". This is the way business letters are written in English.
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I think there is no significant difference between "have a look at" and "look over". They are pretty much equivalent.
Amy Lesiewicz United States Local time: 04:42 Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 32
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Thank you, everybody!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you. My original version it was, in fact. And does the version "Please, have a look at our portfolio" mean anything other than this one suggested by you?
Asker: Thank you for the explanation. I agree with you.
