Englische Floskeln: Beispiele
Die typischen klischeehaften Sätze der Geschäftskorrespondenz sehen im Englischen so aus:
- Please find enclosed.
- Please do not hesitate to contact me.
- We would appreciate your reply.
- Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
- In order to
Diese Sätze sind natürlich nicht falsch, und sie werden noch in einigen Bereichen verwendet. Besonders in traditionellen Geschäftsbereichen werden Sie Ihnen noch begegnen. Um dynamischer zu klingen, müssen Sie allerdings modernere Ausdrücke verwenden – Formulierungen, die nicht jeder verwendet. Wenn Sie eine individuellere Ausdrucksweise nutzen, werden Sie durch aufmerksamere Zuhörer belohnt.
Englische Floskeln ersetzen
So können Sie englische Floskeln vermeiden und eine individuellere Ausdrucksweise erreichen.
| englische Floskel | individuelle Formulierung |
| We are delighted to inform you | You will be pleased to hear |
| I would be grateful if you would advise me | Please let me know |
| We would like to ask you | Please |
| Please be reminded | Please remember |
| I should be glad if you would | Could you… please? |
| I am writing with regard to | This ist about |
| We have received your letter of 12 October | Thank you for your letter of 12 October |
| We look forward to a successful working relationship in the future. | We are looking forward to working with you and believe this project will be a success. |
| Should you need any further information, please contact me at the following phone number. | Let me know if there ist anything else I can help you with. My number is… |
| If you require any further information, please feel free to contact me. | Let me know if there is anything else you need to know. |
| Once again, I apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. | I am genuinely sorry this happened, and hope it did not cause too many problems. |
| We hope that we may continue to rely on your valued custom. | We look forward to serving you again. |
| I would appreciate your immediate attention to this matter. | This is rather urgent, so could you please get back to me soon on this? |
| Please find enclosed | I am enclosing |
| above-mentioned | this |
| Please contact me if you require any further assistance | Call me if you need any further assistance |
| I look forward to hearing from you | I am interested in hearing your opinion |
| I would like to suggest that we meet in order to discuss this problem. | Let us meet to discuss this problem. |
| Please do not hesitate to call me. | Let me know if there’s anything I can do for you. |
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