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Huawei wrote:



IMAO, but my name is really huawei, even the chinese characters are also the same, they should pay me, right?

Yan Yuliang wrote:

You are welcome.
Your participation is welcomed.

这两个用法应该没错吧？

Yan Yuliang wrote:

Typically Chinese people tend to be very polite when they come to a new place (it might be the same with westerners, but I don't know), and IMO, it is just natural to say "Thank you in advance"（小弟在此先行拜谢了）, which implies that in the future, I might have a lot of favors to ask from you guys.

So it just naturally comes out of my mouth, as someone who has been here for years, although "under the water" for most of the time, to reply with "You are welcome"（不用客气）. Pardon me for not being able to live in the US or UK, but it does sound better than "You are welcomed".

You might interpret this as another cultural difference, but yes, you're right, when a Chinese says something like this on a forum, he is not thanking anybody actually, but he is addressing anyone who might or might not respond, and he would certainly accept a harmless "you are welcome", deeming it as a response form the collective group rather than some specific guy he/she has never met. Again, I don't know what answers a westerner would expect when they say something like this. "Welcome aboard, sailor?"

Yes, you might argue that there is no "in advance" in the context, however in colloquial English, we don't really care that much and say all that we want to say, do we?

Also just FYI, I know the difference between "welcome" and "welcomed". I learnt them in different sentences, and I memorized the sentences, and the forgot about the grammar. But thank you for your kind enlightenment anyway.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Welcome%20aboard

Welcome aboard.

Fig. Welcome to employment at our company. (See also on board. Invariably said in greeting to a new employee.) Glad to meet you. Welcome aboard.

wherestip wrote:



I wouldn't use a "You're welcome" to "Thank you in advance" either.



He wouldn't mind a harmless welcome phrase of course, except he probably also wouldn't like others making fun of his name, would he?

Rita Pang wrote:


However, Yuliang raised an interesting question, and equally interesting answers (detailed and informative) were given in reply.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060628170518AAJhSop

Best Answer by Fred

The two phrases have different meanings.

The proper phrase, "You are welcome" says that the person is welcome to whatever you have given them.

The other phrase, "You are welcomed", which is not generally used, implies that the person is being welcomed to wherever they are, as in "we are welcoming you into this place". Notice that the sentence does not say who is doing the welcoming, only who is receiving the welcome. It's an awkward phrase and should not be used, even when you are truly welcoming someone to a particular place.

So, when someone thanks you, just say "you're welcome" and if you want to welcome them to some place, then say "welcome to my ..."

Yan Yuliang wrote:

A (Huawei): Hello teachers and classmates, I am new to the translation business. I ...... Now I am .... I feel that.... So I am just dropping by to say hello to you all. Hope we can communicate more in the future on anything in this business. Thank you in advance /bow.

B: (What a coincidence! I happen to work in ZTE for five years. If your name is Huawei,) Should I call myself ZTE? LOL. You are welcome, anyway (to share any ideas or raise any questions)

Is omission prohibited in casual talk? Or do I have to spill out every word? Note that I did not end my sentence with a period.

Yan Yuliang wrote:

I knew the difference between "You are welcome!" and "You are welcomed!" when I was in high school, and I have never, on any occasion, used the latter, because it simply doesn't sound right.

Next time stop being so presumptuous about you knowing something others don't. Am I offended? Yes. Period.

And about making fun of his name? I don't think you know well enough about how Chinese think of Huawei. I am saying it jokingly, but nobody will deny that Huawei is a great and respected company in China.