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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

by the same mail or with the same post

German translation:

mit der gleichen Post

Added to glossary by Johannes Gleim
Feb 7, 2007 09:10
17 yrs ago
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English term

by the same mail or with the same post

English to German Bus/Financial General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
which expression is better, i.e. more common

by the same mail, does that indicate enclosed with the letter or sent on the same day under separate cover?

Am totally puzzled, since I got different answers.

Thanks for you help in advance

Inge
Proposed translations (German)
4 +4 mit der gleichen Post
4 +1 neither

Discussion

Johannes Gleim Feb 8, 2007:
Um der Sache weiter auf den Grund zu gehen, und anschließend zu entscheiden, ob "mit getrennter Post" oder "mit gleicher Post" gemeint ist, wäre es schön, den fraglichen Satz vor Augen zu haben. Allerdings, "getrennte Post" ist klar, bei "gleicher Post" kann man sich noch fragen, ob 1 oder 2 Briefe geschickt werden.
IngePreiss (asker) Feb 7, 2007:
mit gleicher post maybe I should have chosen the single-language question section. Sorry for my mistake. My problem is that I am not quite sure, whether "by the sam email" means or "under separate cover" or "enclosed" because I only found contradictory information on this.
Anyway thank you for your help.
Steffen Walter Feb 7, 2007:
Are you just asking for the most appropriate English turn of phrase? If so, you should change the language pair to English>English.
BirgitBerlin Feb 7, 2007:
Isn't this actually a single-language question???
BrigitteHilgner Feb 7, 2007:
Are you writing for American or British readers? If Americans, I would definitely opt for mail.

Proposed translations

+4
5 mins
Selected

mit der gleichen Post

meint, daß ich mehrere Briefe nacheinander schreibe und gleichzeitig verschicke.



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Note added at 7 Stunden (2007-02-07 16:48:43 GMT)
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"Under separate cover" meint 2 Briefe an den gleichen Empfànger. "Enclosed please find" bedeutet im gleichen Umschlag. Falls dies beabsichtigt ist; wùrde ich die letztgenannten Ausdrùcke verwenden.

Entschuldigung fùr die seltsamen Umlaute, aber ich verwende zaur Zeit eine franzoesische Tastatur.

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Note added at 1 Tag11 Stunden (2007-02-08 20:29:29 GMT)
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allerdings:
by this mail = mit gleicher Post
under separate cover = mit getrennter Post
http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType...
könnte durchaus mit by the same post/mail verwechselt werden. Oder handelt es sich um keinen "native speaker", wie Brie Vernier offensichtlich vermutet?
Peer comment(s):
agree BirgitBerlin : oder "mit gleicher Post"
30 mins
Danke
agree Karin Seelhof : so verstehe ich es auch.
46 mins
Danke
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : that's what I would say,too
2 hrs
Thank you
agree Nicole Schnell
8 hrs
Danke
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks johannes "
+1
8 hrs

neither

Inge, neither of these options sounds to me like anything a native English speaker would use in such a context. However, if I were to ever encounter either phrase, I would understand both to mean "enclosed", *not* "under separate cover". Also, I have a feeling that "mail" as used here is a particularly German misuse of the term to mean "e-mail". There is no such thing as "a mail". It is either "a letter" or the like or, if we are talking about electronic communication, "a message" or similar.

I hope that helps.
Peer comment(s):
agree Austrianlassie
3 days 5 hrs
Danke, Austrianlassie
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