Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
Tillod at forhøre mig...
English translation:
I took the liberty of enquiring...
Added to glossary by
Tomasz Sienicki
Sep 17, 2007 09:29
16 yrs ago
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Danish term
Tillod at forhøre mig hos .... om de havde noget at mene.
Danish to English
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Not quite sure of the best way to translate this: Would something like...
"I would just like to enquire what ...... thoughts were on this" or something be correct?
It's the "tillod" part that has stumped me a bit. Many thanks for any suggestions.
"I would just like to enquire what ...... thoughts were on this" or something be correct?
It's the "tillod" part that has stumped me a bit. Many thanks for any suggestions.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | I took the liberty of enquiring... |
Tomasz Sienicki
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| 4 | (here) I tried asking..... |
Terence Ajbro
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| 4 | I presumed to enquire from XXX whether they had an opinion |
Diarmuid Kennan
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Change log
Sep 23, 2007 17:27: Tomasz Sienicki Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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17 mins
Tomasz Sienicki
Denmark
Denmark
Works in field
Denmark
Over 20 years of multilingual experience
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland) 
Works in: Danish to Polish, Polish to Danish, Norwegian to Polish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
I took the liberty of enquiring...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Tomasz. "
5 mins
Terence Ajbro
Sweden
Sweden
Native in English
Works in field
Sweden
A multilingual Englishman
Native in: English 
Works in: English to German, English to Danish, Danish to English, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
11
(here) I tried asking.....
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7 mins
Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Ireland
Native in English
Works in field
Ireland
Reliable and accurate
Native in: English
Works in: Danish to English, Norwegian to English, Swedish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
36
I presumed to enquire from XXX whether they had an opinion
It's just an overly formal way of phrasing it.
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