Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Nice to meet you
French translation:
Enchanté(e) de faire votre connaissance
Added to glossary by
NancyLynn
Jul 26, 2004 18:45
19 yrs ago
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English term
Nice to meet you
Non-PRO
English to French
Other
Linguistics
greetings
I am about to meet some frech people at work. What are the formal and informal registers for this experssion?
Many thanks in advance.
Many thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
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Enchanté (more formal)
Ça me fait plaisir (short for ça me fait plaisir de faire votre connaissance) long form- very formal; short form- perfect, nice to meet you.
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Enchantée if you are female, but it sounds the same
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Note added at 3 mins (2004-07-26 18:49:34 GMT)
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Enchantée if you are female, but it sounds the same
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Comment: "Thank you all very much. "
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3 mins
enchanté de faire votre connaissance
ou enchanté (formal)
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Just \'bonjour\' will do - less formal
\'Salut\' is even less formal
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-07-26 18:50:27 GMT)
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Just \'bonjour\' will do - less formal
\'Salut\' is even less formal
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GILLES MEUNIER
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Merci
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Juan Jacob
: Bien sûr.
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Merci
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Red Cat Studios
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Merci Dan
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Catherine Lenoir
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Merci Catherine
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Guereau
: Eviter "Salut" la 1re fois, mais "enchanté (de faire votre connaissance) convient parfaitement)
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Of course!!! Cheers
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verbis
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Merci
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jemo
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Genestelle
Native in French
Works in field
The Construction and IT Specialist
Native in: French 
Works in: German to French, English to French, Esperanto to French, and 1 more.
- not for grading -
The most popular and informal way to great people is I think:
ça va? (pronounce sava = how are you? = ¿que tal?)
and the answer is:
ça va.
French is easy, isn't it?
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You wrote frech people instead of French. A typo I guess. For your info frech in German means insolent, cheeky...
Don\'t worry, sometimes we are :-))
ça va? (pronounce sava = how are you? = ¿que tal?)
and the answer is:
ça va.
French is easy, isn't it?
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Note added at 27 mins (2004-07-26 19:13:50 GMT)
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You wrote frech people instead of French. A typo I guess. For your info frech in German means insolent, cheeky...
Don\'t worry, sometimes we are :-))
46 mins
enchanté de faire votre connaissance
you are saying you are happy to know them
1 hr
Terry Gwenn
United States
United States
Native in French
Works in field
United States
16 year exp in Health care and Business.
Native in: Vietnamese , French
Works in: English to Vietnamese, Vietnamese to English, French to Vietnamese, and 1 more.
enchanté de vous rencontrer
enchanté de vous rencontrer
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