German term
bestätigte
Hiermit bestätigte ich Ihnen, dass die Zahlung über CHF xxx,xx vom yy. Dezember 2023 an Sie in Zusammenhang mit dem gewährten Darlehen steht.
Why bestätigte instead of bestätige? Is it some kind of politeness? As in "I would like to confirm..."?
Lasse
(target language Swedish but the Swedish community is small so I need your help)
| 4 +7 | bestätige |
philgoddard
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| 3 +2 | this was to confirm to you |
Adrian MM.
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| 3 | This serves as confirmation |
Justin Reeve
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Non-PRO (1): Lancashireman
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Proposed translations
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
bestätige
| agree |
Marion Linssen
: Yes, probably a typo caused by autocorrect. Tense in subordinate clause is also present tense. Otherwise both verbs would require past tense.
9 hrs
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| agree |
AllegroTrans
: Could be a typo but uyuni has a point
11 hrs
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| agree |
Simon Vigneault
11 hrs
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| agree |
Emmanuella
14 hrs
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| agree |
Johanna Timm, PhD
: with Marion's observation.
22 hrs
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| agree |
Steffen Walter
1 day 8 hrs
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| neutral |
uyuni
: Please see discussion entry
1 day 10 hrs
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| agree |
Michele Fauble
1 day 13 hrs
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Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
this was to confirm to you
This 'Swiss-German' question doesn't seem to have been posted GER->SVE, but the tense would also work 'Transalpine' in Austria, namely as a present acknowledgement of a past action, rather than as a token of politeness.
Kommissionen *bekräftade härmed* att dessa tillverkningsanläggningar finns och att de skulle kunna öppnas på nytt.
| neutral |
AllegroTrans
: So you are waffling about Swedish just to annoy us? I doubt whether there is an intentional past tense here; and why change to passive form?
12 hrs
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| neutral |
philgoddard
: Allegro: it's a Swedish troll!
13 hrs
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| agree |
Gordon Matthews
: I too find the use of Swedish here unhelpful and would wish for additional context, but I agree with the suggested translation, "this was to confirm to you". Why conclude that there must be a typo or spelling error?
20 hrs
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| neutral |
uyuni
: Please see discussion entry
1 day 11 hrs
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| agree |
Lancashireman
: Pro status for this Q?
2 days 17 hrs
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Canada
Archaeologist, Historian, Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, German to English, and 1 more.
Discussion