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See ya!

Swedish translation: vi ses!

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English term or phrase:See ya!
Swedish translation:vi ses!

14:36 Aug 30, 2004
English to Swedish translations [Non-PRO]
Slang
English term or phrase: See ya!
Thanks for your help. I'm hoping that there is an interesting and not too long translation for this familiar/friendly send off. I hope to make the Swedish version my license "number" on a Saab.
Dan Jones
vi ses!
Explanation:
...is the translation for "see you!". There is nothing slangy about it I'm afraid (it has no misspelling as in English 'ya'). There is no natural candidate for this one I am afraid.

HEJ DÅ is the standard goodbye phrase, but it does not look very snappy.

In the world of internet abbreviations, there is "cs" which is an intentional misspelling of "ses", but that is too short for a license plate.

"Ses då!" (Stockholm slang) might be an alternative, but I think Kristinas "Tjena!" is pretty good for a license plate - it is a slangy greeting phrase which can also be used similarly to the English "HELLO!" (Wake-up call, reality check). If it isn't already taken, maybe you should go for that.
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EKM
Sweden
Local time: 16:19
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5vi ses!
EKM
3 +3ha're!
LindaMcM
3 +1Morsning! Tjenare! Tja ba!
ohemulen


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
see ya!
Morsning! Tjenare! Tja ba!


Explanation:
Various other alternatives as well. These all have more of a greeting connotation than does See ya!, but maybe they could work.

ohemulen
France
Local time: 16:19
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in FinnishFinnish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Erik Hansson: I understand See ya! as a phrase you say when leaving.. thus the two first suggestions don't fit in here. The 3rd suggestion is **really** slang
19 mins
  -> You are right, though I think you could probably keep Morsning as a casual bye. Don´t know about the intended meaning of See ya! on a car number plate, so was refraining from anything more than this.
agree  EKM: Tjena!
30 mins
  -> Tack!
agree  Mario Marcolin: Tja!
16 hrs
  -> Tack!
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
see ya!
vi ses!


Explanation:
...is the translation for "see you!". There is nothing slangy about it I'm afraid (it has no misspelling as in English 'ya'). There is no natural candidate for this one I am afraid.

HEJ DÅ is the standard goodbye phrase, but it does not look very snappy.

In the world of internet abbreviations, there is "cs" which is an intentional misspelling of "ses", but that is too short for a license plate.

"Ses då!" (Stockholm slang) might be an alternative, but I think Kristinas "Tjena!" is pretty good for a license plate - it is a slangy greeting phrase which can also be used similarly to the English "HELLO!" (Wake-up call, reality check). If it isn't already taken, maybe you should go for that.

EKM
Sweden
Local time: 16:19
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tess Whitty
23 mins
  -> Tack! :-)
agree  PMPtranslations
32 mins
  -> Tack! :-)
agree  ohemulen
50 mins
  -> Tack! :-)
agree  JessicaC
1 hr
  -> Tack! :-)
agree  Mario Marcolin: Fungerar för det mesta, alt "vi hörs" ( i Malmö blir det förstås: vi saar su!)
16 hrs
  -> Tack Mario... Ja, "vi säger så" används faktiskt en del i Hälsingland också, men då med markerat långt "ää" och hårt "g".
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
see ya!
ha're!


Explanation:
... kan man ju säga - men om man skulle skriva det...
Annars, om det inte måste vara slang, tycker jag att "vi ses" passar!

LindaMcM
Local time: 16:19
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in SwedishSwedish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ohemulen: Antagligen motsvarar detta mest den avsedda meningen.
39 mins
  -> Tack!
agree  Erik Hansson
43 mins
  -> Tack!
agree  EKM
54 mins
  -> Tack!
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