Commercial Correspondence 1
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Also see: Im Büro, a glossary of
items found in a typical office.
The following sample business letter is one in a series of examples that could be used for correspondence in Austria, Germany or Switzerland. See the numbered comments in red to the right of the letter.
Also see: German Business Vocabulary, Im Büro, our English-German Business Phrasebook and the related links below.
25. Mai 2003
Verkehrsverein3 Kirchdorf e.V.
Betreff: Hotels und Pensionen in Kirchdorf 4
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
Daneben6 bin ich an Informationen über Busfahrten zu den Sehenswürdigkeiten7 der Umgebung im Juli interessiert.
Vielen Dank im Voraus!8
Tourist Office Enquiry
Johann Mustermann 1
1 Your name and return address
2 If writing from outside Germany, you would add your country on the next line.
3 tourist office
4 Betreff re: (regarding)
5 kindly
6 in addition
7 attractions
8 thanking you in advance
Goethestraße 15
54321 Entenheim 2
Hauptstr. 45
23451 Kirchdorf
würden Sie mir freundlicherweise5 eine Liste der Hotels und Pensionen (der mittleren Kategorie) am Ort zusenden?
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
[signature]
Johann Mustermann
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