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Bästa

English translation: Dear

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Swedish term or phrase:Bästa
English translation:Dear
Entered by: ebell

16:13 Mar 4, 2004
Swedish to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Swedish term or phrase: Bästa
I have a text starting "Bästa patient!", which is supposed to mean "Dear patient" in English, but I am not sure that it does mean this as I would expect to see "Kära patient!". Can "Bästa " also mean "Dear"?
ebell
Local time: 23:06
Dear mr/mrs/ms/miss/patient
Explanation:
Jag använder regelbundet Dear till diverse manliga leverantörer och kunder som jag absolut inte har något annat förhållande till än strikt affärsmässigt (allts inga vänskapsförbindelser)
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Hans-Bertil Karlsson (X)
Sweden
Local time: 00:06
Grading comment
Many thanks for your help!
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4 +12Dear mr/mrs/ms/miss/patient
Hans-Bertil Karlsson (X)


  

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Bästa
Dear mr/mrs/ms/miss/patient


Explanation:
Jag använder regelbundet Dear till diverse manliga leverantörer och kunder som jag absolut inte har något annat förhållande till än strikt affärsmässigt (allts inga vänskapsförbindelser)

Hans-Bertil Karlsson (X)
Sweden
Local time: 00:06
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
Grading comment
Many thanks for your help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Will Matter
17 mins
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agree  EKM: Yes, this is a case where you have to look at actual usage, and not at "meaning" - to use "kära" in Swedish implies more "love" than in English, where an erosion of meaning has made "Dear" a neutral word. I always translate "dear customer" as "bäste kund"
27 mins
agree  Helen Johnson
1 hr
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agree  Tess Whitty: Dear används definitivt mest som hövlig hälsningsfras.
2 hrs
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agree  Irene Peet: skulle väl skriva titulering; Mrs., Mr., etc
3 hrs
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agree  abborre
10 hrs
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agree  Nina Engberg
12 hrs
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agree  Mario Marcolin: Dear would cover Bästa AND Kära; ""Kära patient!" implies a somewhat more informal relation than "Bästa kund" :)
19 hrs
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agree  KirstyMacC (X)
20 hrs
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agree  George Hopkins: Dear me.
1 day 23 hrs
  -> Tack - mama mia !
agree  JessicaC
3 days 16 hrs
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agree  Ann Legardt
3 days 22 hrs
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