gerstu

Salut all,

I am new to this forum and I need an urgent translation.

How can I write ; Helping you is a pleasure for me if it really makes sense and is really useful for you.

merci

The_FD

Hi there

here is what you may say:

Helping you is a pleasure for me if it really makes sense and is really useful for you

C'est un plaisir pour moi de t'aider si cela donne du sens et si ça te sert

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lauralog

Je dirais :
C'est avec plaisir que je me tiens à votre disposition pour tous renseignements pouvant vous être utiles.

Laura

gerstu

thanks for the answers but which one is better?

The_FD

Well we shall ask you before whether you want to be polite or not
I mean is it going to be told to a friend or a work relationship?

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MikeL

Gerstu, I don't know how much French you know, but it is really important for you to understand that both the versions you have been given are good French, and that which one you prefer depends on how formal or informal the context is. FD's translation is better if you are talking or writing to someone you know really well (it uses the familiar "tu" for "you"). Lauralog's translation is very formal: not only does it include phrases that are normally only found in formal business correspondence, like "pour tous renseignments pouvant ... être utiles", but it uses the formal, polite word for "you": "vous".
If you want to avoid the over-formal business style, but don't consider it appropriate to use the familiar "tu", you could adapt FD's version, replacing "tu" with "vous":
C'est un plaisir pour moi de vous aider si cela donne du sens et si cela vous sert.

Feanim

Bonjour, je m'immisce:

Be careful with the traduction of "makes sense", "cela donne du sens" is the literrary translation, but a more correct one would be in this case and in my humble opinion "si cela a un sens". Or also "si cela a de l'importance pour toi (vous)"

For a global translation:

"T'aider est un plaisir si cela a un sens et t'est utile" Of course you may change all the "Tu" or "t'" by some "vous" for a more formal translation.