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DearMrSpencer

Thankyou for youeenquiry. Durhutelaod cooference

IiltiJ.i..!:twouldbeidealforYOUfkick-offmeetim:.\Vehave

fourwams,eachwirh3udio-visualfaciüties,internet,etc.

Ourrestaurantaffersa fallgeofmodernEnglish,Frenchaod

Indiancuisineandiehasrecelvedcxcellent.m.tings..

AllourroomshavesatelliteTV,workspaceaodfreeinter-

neraccess.NB:ourratesStartarf99perpersonforgroups

ofmorechancightpeoplc.Specialrar~appl)'duriogAugust.

Forfurtherdetails,pleasecontaceaursalesmanager,Adei-

ennePhilips,on 020 7'13·515462.

Notes

1.InEnglish,unJikeinGerman,thefirstwordin

the.t!Q!jyofthecorrespondencealwaysbegins

wilha capitalletter.evenwhenthereis acom~

maafterthesalutation.Thecommais optional

inBritishEnglish,butstandardinUSEnglish.

: 2.Becarefulwhen writingAnglicismsthatare

commoninGerman.Nounssuchas"kick-off

meeting","facility"and"workspace"arenot

capjtalizedinEnglish.

3.Country-relatedacljectives("English","Danish",

ete)arealwayswrittenwitha capitalletter.

_ 4,Seasons,suchasspringandsummer,arenot

• capitalized. Norare personaland possessive
  pronouns:"you","hirn","her",etc.

Invoices

IncominginvoicesaresenttoPolandforscanningandpayment.

Incorrectlyformattedinvoices,e.g.thosewiththeincorrectinvoice

address,cannotbepaidandwillbereturned.

SupplierSeJection

AttheDanlshofficeofArttunk,supplierselectioßisnotthere·

sponsibitityofthepurchasjogdepartmeotbutishandledbythe

product managers.The final decisionis taken by the chief

Durchasingofficer(CPOl,togetherwithJocalproductmanagers.

abbre\'iationlOl,hri:vi'cl]>n]

bodll'bodil

capitatiu5th.I'ka:plt:llmzl

kick-offml!l!tin~I'bkof,mi:lIlJ]
NB(notabenelLcnbi:l,n;>U{:l'beni)J
pronoun['pr:lunaun]
propernounLI'TIIP;)'naun)
purchnlngdepartment
['P3:1!;>SUJdi,po:lm;>nl]
ratina:['remlJl
!ioiII1e5managerI'SCI>lz,m,.,-md;;:lj
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Großbuchstabe

HauptgeschaftsfOhrer(in)

Einkaufsleitet(in)

K"he

Ministerium

Einrichtung

Innenministerium

Rechnung

ErOffnutlf:SSitzung

Anmerkung

Pronomen

Eigenname

Einkaufsableilung

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: 5.InEngJish,asinGerman,wecapitalizedaysof

theweekandmonthsasweilaspropernouns,

suchasnamesofcountries,companies,rivers,

mountains,etc.

6.It is usualtocapitalizetheabbrevjationsof"C-

level-manager"titles,suchasc.f.QandCPO:

"salesmanager",or"chiefexecutiveofficer"

whenwrittenout.arenotcapitahzed,however.

7.MostLatin-basedabbreviations,suchase.g.

(exempfiEratla;torexample),etc.(etcetera;

andsoon)andi.e.(idest;thatis),arenotcap-

italized.ButNB(notabene;pleasenote)and

PS(postscriplum;postscript)afwaysare.

8.Tillessuchas"PresidentObama"cr"Chan-

cellorMerkei" areusuallycapitalized,asare

departrnentssuchas "theHorneQffice" or

"theStateDepartrneot~. []

rDVOllcanfilmexerdsesoncapitalizationin

BusinessSpotlightplus

MIKESEYMOURisa Britishbusiness-

Englishtrainerandc.onsultantbasedin

Bann.Hewritesregularlyontranslation

questions tor BusmessSpotlight(see

page74:False FriendsITrickyTransla-

tions).Contad:www.mikeseymour.com

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