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| | 24 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 01:47 |
| smyΑριθμός μηνυμάτων: 2481 | "related to all of our the future", "hepimizin geleceÄŸi ile ilgili" anlamına geliyor mu? |
| | 24 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 05:16 |
| | Yes - that's what I changed it to, although I should have taken out the "the", and I guess I could make it clearer.
How about now? Do you think it's OK? |
| | 24 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 06:48 |
| smyΑριθμός μηνυμάτων: 2481 | I think now it means "hepimiz için gelecekle ilgili" not "hepimizin geleceÄŸi ile ilgili" :o |
| | 24 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 13:46 |
| | The correct translation would be "related to all of our future", but that's awkward in English. I think the meaning is the same as it is now, isn't it? If you think it isn't, I'll change it back to "all of our future". |
| | 24 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 13:47 |
| | Ian, could you help me out on this? See the notes above. CC: IanMegill2 |
| | 24 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 13:58 |
| smyΑριθμός μηνυμάτων: 2481 | The meaning is not the same as it is now because it means "hepimiz için gelecekle ilgili", hepimiz=all of us neden olmuyor peki? |
| | 24 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 14:11 |
| | What would the complete phrase be? |
| | 24 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 14:16 |
| smyΑριθμός μηνυμάτων: 2481 | related to the future of all of us |
| | 24 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 18:55 |
| | OK; I changed it back to that - I'm kind of confused now - it sounds fine. I don't know why I wanted to change it. I guess maybe it sounds a little heavy - as if their future is somehow in doubt ... |
| | 24 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 19:20 |
| smyΑριθμός μηνυμάτων: 2481 | it's normal to think that because they seem to worry about their future |
| | 24 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 19:38 |
| | Aha - I wasn't sure about that. |
| | 24 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 22:52 |
| | You know, I'm arriving really late in the game, but I just thought what the heck: I couldn't resist throwing in my two cents as well!
It seems that the agencies are trying to use their interests in the company as leverage to get the company to listen to their complaints, but I couldn't understand what those interests/that leverage was: might it have been
As shareholder agencies controlling over one-third of the stock in your company...
?
Some other phrases?
...arrived at unanimous conclusions with respect to the subjects below...
We sincerely hope you will carefully consider our concerns as detailed below, as we feel they are critically related to our common (shared, mutual) interests in the future.
And in an English business letter, I don't think we could just say
We request a meeting
Maybe it should be
We would like to request a meeting with you to discuss
either that, or crank it up a notch and say
We demand a meeting with you to discuss
but I don't think that's necessary here: they still want to remain polite, I should think... |
| | 25 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 02:30 |
| smyΑριθμός μηνυμάτων: 2481 | I think you're right about "...arrived at unanimity with respect to the subjects below..." (I exclude the "unanimous conclusions", that's better)and "We demand a meeting with you to discuss" IanMegill, but it's validated and it's up to Kafetzou to change it now. Thanks! |
| | 25 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 02:41 |
| | I don't think we could say
arrived at unanimity with respect to the...
in English; I think it would have to be
were unanimously agreed on the...
But as you say, it's a little late now!
Sorry about that, I saw too late the note that was sent to me by Kafetzou about this translation... CC: smy |
| | 25 Σεπτέμβριος 2007 02:45 |
| smyΑριθμός μηνυμάτων: 2481 | Actually she wanted help about "related to the future of all of us" |