Your perfect English to German translation for business correspondenceYour English to German translation will be more professional, using below tips and examples. You don't need to be a German language expert to write a simple letter. Quite some people in Germany have a good knowledge of English, they will soon understand your message. But they like it when you surprise them with some German words. This will improve your business opportunities, especially when the contacts with your new business relationship are fresh.
BUSINESS LETTERStart your English to German translation of a business letter with the addressee: Hora GmbH 1st line: company name Leave a few spaces between the lines and continue with Place and date as follows: Vierstein, den 12. Juli 2006
Anfrage Just add the word(s) you would like to use for your subject, in this example: Re: Inquiry Subsequently, start the opening: Sehr geehrter Herr, Sehr geehrte Frau, Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Dear Sir, Dear Madam, or if you don't know use the 'and' version. Now you start with the body text; the real message. Find more information on this below. Conclude your letter as follows: Mit freundlichen Grüßen, The first one will do in nearly all occassions. Only in very formal letters, to express when you are angry, the latter one is used. If you have problems with the letter ü, you can use 'ue'. If ß is a problem for your keybord, than you can use 'ss'.
Antrag für Muster Vor kurzem erfuhren wir, daß Sie [product name] verkaufen. Wenn möglich, möchten wir ein Muster erhalten, so daß wir können beurteilen ob wir in Zukunft mehrere Produkten bei Ihnen bestellen werden. Können Sie das Muster zur folgenden Adresse schicken? [your company details] Wir danken Ihnen im voraus
Recently, we learnt that you sell [fill in product name].
CONFIRMATION OF APPPOINTMENTTerminbestätigung Hiermit bestätigen wir folgenden Termin: Datum: [fill in date] Zeit: Von 09.00 bis 12.30 Uhr [time, from .. til ..] Ort: [location, if necessary, address] Thema: [subject, if necessary] Anwesend: [names of the persons present] Wenn es Ihnen nicht möglich ist anwesend zu sein, können Sie uns dann bald berichten? Vielen Dank im voraus This is to confirm the following appointment: You can replace an 'ä' with 'ae'. ONLINE DICTIONARY |
Note the word 'den' and the dot after the day. As you can see, the date annotation is: day-month-year. 
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