Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Sehr geschätzte ...
English translation:
honoured/esteemed
Added to glossary by
Sonja Marks-Terrey
Feb 10, 2009 18:52
15 yrs ago
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German term
Sehr geschätzte ...
German to English
Art/Literary
Names (personal, company)
Speechmaking
At the start of a welcome speech for an art exhibition:
Sehr geschätze Frau..., sehr geschätze Kunstinteressierte...
"Esteemed..." comes to mind but feels a little unnatural, particularly as it is repeated 3 times in a row. Anyone good at public speaking?
Sehr geschätze Frau..., sehr geschätze Kunstinteressierte...
"Esteemed..." comes to mind but feels a little unnatural, particularly as it is repeated 3 times in a row. Anyone good at public speaking?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +6 | honoured |
Helen Shiner
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| 4 | dear/cherished |
Lirka
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| 3 +1 | dear |
Sonali Hegde
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References
| more ideas here: |
Johanna Timm, PhD
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Proposed translations
+6
29 mins
Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
honoured
An example, often used:
My lords, ladies and gentlemen, honoured guests
In other words in this case I would restructure it:
Mrs. Bloggs, my lords [if there are any present], ladies and gentlemen, honoured guests [which would then include all the aforementioned], that is if you want to retain the idea of schätzen - otherwise you could leave it out completely.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-02-10 23:13:58 GMT)
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Thank you Mr. Chancellor.
Honoured guests, graduates, family and friends: welcome and
thank you for joining us to celebrate this most auspicious rite of
passage.
http://web.uvic.ca/president/speeches/pdfs/Convocation June ...
Golden Jubilee Speech
by ISS-HK Chairman, C. P. Ho 12 Nov 2008
The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung, Honoured Guests and Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Good afternoon and welcome to this happy event to mark the golden jubilee of International Social Service or ISS in Hong Kong.
http://www.isshk.org/docs/book_launch/chairman_speech.pdf
Chairman’s speech AC 2008
Cabinet Secretary, Honoured guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 88th Annual Conference of the Scottish Police Federation.
Cabinet Secretary, this is your first visit to our Conference, and our first Conference held under the Scottish Government. We are all looking forward to what you have to say to us.
Welcome too are Colin McKerracher, President of ACPOS, Val McHoull and Carol Forfar from ASPS, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary Paddy Tomkins, Bridget Campbell, Alastair Merrill, Gillian McDonald and Kathryn Watson from the Scottish Government Police and Community Safety Directorate, Gordon Meldrum, Director of the SCDEA, John Geates, Director of the Scottish Police College, David Higgins from Police Authorities Convenors Forum, and Nick Fyfe from the University of Dundee.
http://www.spf.org.uk/documents/Chairmansspeech_000.pdf
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Note added at 16 hrs (2009-02-11 11:04:31 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks for the points, Sonja - glad to have helped.
My lords, ladies and gentlemen, honoured guests
In other words in this case I would restructure it:
Mrs. Bloggs, my lords [if there are any present], ladies and gentlemen, honoured guests [which would then include all the aforementioned], that is if you want to retain the idea of schätzen - otherwise you could leave it out completely.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-02-10 23:13:58 GMT)
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Thank you Mr. Chancellor.
Honoured guests, graduates, family and friends: welcome and
thank you for joining us to celebrate this most auspicious rite of
passage.
http://web.uvic.ca/president/speeches/pdfs/Convocation June ...
Golden Jubilee Speech
by ISS-HK Chairman, C. P. Ho 12 Nov 2008
The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung, Honoured Guests and Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Good afternoon and welcome to this happy event to mark the golden jubilee of International Social Service or ISS in Hong Kong.
http://www.isshk.org/docs/book_launch/chairman_speech.pdf
Chairman’s speech AC 2008
Cabinet Secretary, Honoured guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 88th Annual Conference of the Scottish Police Federation.
Cabinet Secretary, this is your first visit to our Conference, and our first Conference held under the Scottish Government. We are all looking forward to what you have to say to us.
Welcome too are Colin McKerracher, President of ACPOS, Val McHoull and Carol Forfar from ASPS, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary Paddy Tomkins, Bridget Campbell, Alastair Merrill, Gillian McDonald and Kathryn Watson from the Scottish Government Police and Community Safety Directorate, Gordon Meldrum, Director of the SCDEA, John Geates, Director of the Scottish Police College, David Higgins from Police Authorities Convenors Forum, and Nick Fyfe from the University of Dundee.
http://www.spf.org.uk/documents/Chairmansspeech_000.pdf
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Note added at 16 hrs (2009-02-11 11:04:31 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks for the points, Sonja - glad to have helped.
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: maybe but context is needed. do we turn to people and address them as 'honoured'? apart from honoured guests.........
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Of course it must be appropriate to the context. Since I am proposing only the use of 'honoured guests' I am not sure it matters, but I don't think so.
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Terry Gilman
: I find honored a bit less OTT than esteemed, though both are used, e.g., in the US Senate (but: "my esteemed colleague" seems to be entirely ironic these days)
1 hr
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Thanks, Terry, yes, it is difficult not to hear irony in such obsequiousness!
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Erich Friese
: = accepted terminology in formal addresses
3 hrs
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Thanks, Erich
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Lancashireman
3 hrs
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Thanks, Andrew
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pme
13 hrs
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Thanks, pme
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| agree |
Lirka
14 hrs
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Thank you, lirka
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| agree |
strongbow (X)
16 hrs
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Thank you, strongbow
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "THis is a really helpful way to look at it. Thanks!"
4 mins
dear/cherished
Dear Madam... cherished XX
Note from asker:
| Thanks lirka . |
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Armorel Young
: definitely not "cherished" - that is not used as a form of address, and certainly not in public speaking - and "dear", while common in letters, isn't right for a formal speech
15 mins
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Thanks for your input, Armorel!
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writeaway
: with Armorel
23 mins
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Thanks for your opinion, writeaway!
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Veronika McLaren
: I think of it as a possibility, to refer to "our cherished/valued guests" as in the "wedding cherished guest book"
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Thank you, Veronica!
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Lancashireman
: Sorry to disagree yet again, dear Lirka. 'Cherished' may work OK in Slovenia, but not in the United Statedom of Briterica. // "Bitter"? Suggest you check this out: http://www.proz.com/siterules/kudoz_answ/3.5#3.5
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Dear Andrew, although I can see also from other comments you post that you ar bitter, but perhaps you could refrain posting nationalistic comments; and, by the way, in "lirka" isn't my name so it probably should not be capitalized, now should it? Chill!
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6 hrs
Sonali Hegde
Native in English
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dear
I was just wondering if it would make sense to ignore 'geschätzte' and just use 'dear', because 'dear' conveys the fact that the person adressed is "geschätzt".
Doppelt gemoppelt...
Just a suggestion :-).
Doppelt gemoppelt...
Just a suggestion :-).
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your help Sonali. |
Reference comments
5 hrs
Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Canada
Native in German
Canada
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Native in: German (Variants: Swiss, Platt / Nieder (Low German), Austrian, Germany)
Works in: English to German, German to English, German
Related KudoZ points
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9
Reference:
more ideas here:
Dictionary of Epithets and Terms of Address
By Leslie Dunkling
By Leslie Dunkling
Reference:
Note from asker:
| THanks Johanna |
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