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Title	Guten Tag Herr M., Ein Kollege ...
Text Submitted by cbc	Source language: German Guten Tag Herr M., Ein Kollege von mir, seine Freundin ist Chinesin, suchte eine Stelle in China bei einer auslÃ¤ndischen Firma, z.B. als Produktionsleiter, QualitÃ¤tsÃ¼berwachung oder dergleichen. M. B., xxx@yyy.zz Ich habe ihm auch Ihre Koordinaten durchgegeben. Liebe GrÃ¼ÃŸe auch von M. B., Ã¼ber ihn bin ich auf Sie gestoÃŸen. Wir haben uns wahrscheinlich schon mal an einem "Bertschy-Fest" getroffen. Mit freundlichen GrÃ¼ÃŸen M. B.
Remarks about the translation	Male names abbreviated <goncin />.

Title	Dear Mr. M., A colleague...
Translation English Translated by jollyo	Target language: English Dear Mr. M., A collegue of mine, his girlfriend is Chinese, looked for a job in China at a foreign firm, e.g. as a production manager, quality surveillance or suchlike. M.B., xxx@yyy.zz I have also given him your coordinates. Best regards, also from M.B., I came across you because of him. We probably met before at a â€œBertschy-partyâ€. Kind regards, M.B.
Remarks about the translation	It seems a bit strange to me that this letter starts in past tense rather than present tense. "sucht" instead of "suchte"? In which case "looked for" should be edited into "is looking for". Jollyo

- 3 September 2008 05:12

Last messages

	Author	Message
		27 August 2008 18:08
	gamine Number of messages: 4611	Only one word " Freundin =====> girlfriend.
		28 August 2008 09:51
	Lila F. Number of messages: 159	Freundin - girlfriend
		28 August 2008 10:07
	wkn Number of messages: 332	It seems like "girlfriend" would be the best translation for Freundin in this setting.
		28 August 2008 20:15
	merdogan Number of messages: 3769	yes I agree,
		29 August 2008 08:19
	Shaneeae Number of messages: 55	I think "looked for" (she has stopped looking) should be changed to "was looking for" (she may still be looking).
		29 August 2008 15:07
	Lein Number of messages: 3389	I agree with all of the above.
		30 August 2008 02:04
	jollyo Number of messages: 330	The strange thing is that the original text actually says that this friend stopped looking... The translation is correct in that point, or the writer meant to say something else Girlfriend in English usually has the sound of a relationship, which is not necessarily the case here...
		1 September 2008 11:29
	Lein Number of messages: 3389	It could be just any friend, but when someone says 'seine Freundin ist Chinesin' he usually means girlfriend. In a relationship. Otherwise he would have said something like 'he has a Chinese friend', or 'a friend of his is Chinese'.
		1 September 2008 18:07
	merdogan Number of messages: 3769	and therefor he looks for a job in China.
		2 September 2008 12:10
	jollyo Number of messages: 330	It's fine with me, and hopefully with the requester. Text is edited to 'girlfriend'.