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tillmötesgående

English translation: helpful, friendly, obliging, cooperative

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Swedish term or phrase:tillmötesgående
English translation:helpful, friendly, obliging, cooperative
Entered by: Christine Andersen

09:50 Jan 11, 2005
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Swedish term or phrase: tillmötesgående
From a course in Customer Service:

Kundservice handlar helt enkelt om att göra kunden nöjd.
Det handlar om att kunden ska bli väl mottagen när han ringer eller besöker dig. Det handlar om att den person som svarar i telefon är tillmötesgående;...
Elena_S15
accommodating, obliging
Explanation:
accommodating or obliging are the suggestions in Skribent.

Perhaps helpful, friendly and cooperative are more useful nuances. if space is tight, I think I'd choose helpful, or friendly and cooperative if there was space for two words.

Skribent: Stora svensk-engelska ordbok
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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 07:46
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4 +7accommodating, obliging
Christine Andersen
4obliging
stephen mewes


  

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tillmötesgående
obliging


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://66.70.46.80:5555/?lang=us&dict=SVUKMX&word=tillm%F6te...
stephen mewes
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:46
Native speaker of: English
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
tillmötesgående
accommodating, obliging


Explanation:
accommodating or obliging are the suggestions in Skribent.

Perhaps helpful, friendly and cooperative are more useful nuances. if space is tight, I think I'd choose helpful, or friendly and cooperative if there was space for two words.

Skribent: Stora svensk-engelska ordbok
Collins Thesaurus

Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 07:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Linton (X): Fully agree with your 'perhaps' alternatives. I find "accommodating, obliging", whilst entirely accurate,carry a tiny nuance of reluctance that is absent from helpful, friendly or cooperative. I think I would go for your "friendly" in this context.
43 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Marie Andersson (Allen)
53 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Sven Petersson
1 hr
agree  Renassans LS
1 hr
agree  Mario Marcolin: With Peter
2 hrs
  -> Thanks everyone - I think accommodating and obliging are simply too formal here - and do not express the 'two-way process' implied in the context.
agree  cologne: friendly/helpful
4 hrs
agree  Larissa Ekonoja: I think I would go with helpful. Tillmötesgående implies being flexible which is better reflected in the persons reaction (helpful) than their attitude (friendly).
5 hrs
  -> Thanks - that is an interesting shade of meaning too!
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