I'm sorry to know ... auf deutsch

[Lelle]

Hallo zusammen,
in einer E-Mail erhielt ich heute einen Satz der mit "i'm sorry to know" beginnt.
Könnte mir jemand sagen wie der im deutschen zu verstehen ist?

Vielen Dank
Lelle

[Niamh]

Simply a, typically, spoken expression which pretty much equals "I'm sorry to hear..."


Have you, beforehand, written about bad news, one could reply the following:


"I'm sorry to know... about your husband's renal failure."

And so forth, I wouldn't use it in written language, though.

[Lelle]

Dear Niamh,

thank you for your answer.
The origin sentence is "I'm sorry to know the measure without a probe", and was sent by a japanese guy.
Even your example using the phrase "I'm sorry to know" makes no sense, in my opinion.
I think the japanese guy´s english is less good and only he knows what he wants to tell me.
I'think he means "I'm sorry but I don't know ..." and he used the wrong words.

Thank you and best regards
Lelle