German term
Germany
Edting + translation since 1987
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, German, and 1 more.
Wir bleiben ihm in Freundschaft verbunden
| 4 | We will always treasure our bond of friendship |
Nicole Tata
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Jul 14, 2007 03:11: Marcus Malabad changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"
Jul 14, 2007 09:52: writeaway changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jul 17, 2007 08:16: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Bus/Financial" , "Field (specific)" from "Management" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Jul 17, 2007 08:16: Steffen Walter changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Non-PRO (2): Lancashireman, Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Transcreation, Marketing/PR, Literary
Native in: English 
, German
Works in: English to German, German to English
We will always treasure our bond of friendship
He will always remain a good/close friend (of the company)
…wish him every success in his future career while treasuring our bond of friendship … bla bla
hope it helps ;-)
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Note added at 22 mins (2007-07-13 13:01:08 GMT)
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@ Jutta: Yes, your suggestion is spot on. Choice of phraseology really does depend on how much they love him or otherwise ;-)
'future' career would be my preference
| This sounds more like it. Would it be possible to say: "We wish him all the best for a successful and rewarding further career and personal life, and will always value him as a good friend of our firm." ? |
| On second thought: I think that's too much. Changed it into "...all the best for the future, and will always value..." |
| agree |
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
6 hrs
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| disagree |
Alex Zesch
: bond of friendship is pretty clunky and redundant
16 hrs
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as clunky and redundant as your criticism perhaps?
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Discussion
Übrigens: Keine Sorge, in dieser Branche und auf diesem Level findet der schnell etwas Anderes... :-)