Let me know if this doesn't work

Question

Tell me (let me know) if this doesn’t work (solve it). (Informal second person).

In the context of a list of written instructions sent to someone, say to fix an issue that they are having with a computer, at the end just asking that they tell me if they can’t solve it with my instructions.

This is simply an exercise in me trying to understand the proper way of saying something, there is no intrinsic importance beyond it being a learning exercise for me, and so I do not need a single right answer, more a critique of my thought process.

Several attempts:

Quisiera saber si estas instrucciones no resolvieran tu problema.

Quisiera saber si esto no lo resolviera.

Quiero saber si esto no lo resuelve.

Dime si esto no lo resuelve.

Avísame si esto no lo resuelve.

Hazme saber si esto no lo resuelve.

So questions I had:

What would be the natural, normal ways to express this idea in Spanish, informally but still politely?

Is present indicative or a subjunctive tense better for resolver- or does that depend on how likely I think that my help will work?

Is there any reason I would need direct object pronoun on the commands (házmelo, avísamelo, dimelo)?

Other vocabulary choices that might be better (I suspect solucionar would work just as well as resolver, not sure if informar would work in the command) are also welcome.

(I will also make the assumption that I made some other error that I am missing, just because I usually do).

Answer 1

Thanks I like that ending as well; in this thread: http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/137648/let-me-know Heidita did not seem to like dejar- although I have seen it used elsewhere in this setting. - Stadt 1

HI stadt, no I did not like it

In Spanish it is not déjame saber but hazme saber.

Háganos saber si le queda alguna duda.

Póngase en contacto con nosotros si le queda alguna duda, si persisten los problemas/el problema.

You should not use first person in these kind of letters.

And unless this letter is addressed to a friend, never address a client in second person, always the formal usted!

And do not use the negative form.

Actually this came originally from an e-mail I wrote to my wife (not that she understands the Spanish parts I put in, I just do it to practice, but I wanted to see if I knew how to do it). Thanks. :-) - Stadt, Nov 18, 2011

Necesito mejorar mi español mucho más antes de poder usarlo en mi trabajo. ;-) - Stadt, Nov 18, 2011

Answer 2

My guess:

Si quedan problemas, llámame.

That is nice and short. I didn't even think of going in that direction. :-) - Stadt, Nov 18, 2011

Answer 3

I think you could say more informally:

Avísame si quedan las problemas

o

Puedes contactarme si quedan las problemas

I hope this helps

Thanks, again, those look like nice ways, I am definitely learning some options. As I noted in my question, I do not need a specific answer, just want to learn from my attempts. :-) - Stadt, Nov 18, 2011

Answer 4

I would say something along the lines of:

¿Por favor podrías avisarme si mis instrucciones no pueden resolver tu problema?

I am not a native speaker so there may be much better ie clearer ways of saying the same thing.

I notice that you are asking the question from the persective of the person wanting to know the information eg I would like to know. I have turned around the question because I have felt it would be clearer to be more direct in what you are asking. them to do. I think this makes the construction much simpler to write. Please let me know what you think

I hope this helps

Corrijan mi Español, por favor

Thank you, that looks like a very polite way of doing it. I was trying to do it short and informal, and trying to experiment mixing commands with "si". :-) - Stadt, Nov 18, 2011

Answer 5

I would simply say......

Hazme saber si eso no es la solución.

Thanks I like that ending as well; in this thread: http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/137648/let-me-know Heidita did not seem to like dejar- although I have seen it used elsewhere in this setting. :-) - Stadt, Nov 18, 2011

Déjame - Eddy, Nov 18, 2011

Thanks Eddy. - MattM, Nov 18, 2011

Answer 6

No dudes en contactarme si el problema continua.

Thank you for a number of vocabulary options that I did not think of. :-) - Stadt, Nov 18, 2011

Answer 7

Dime si no funciona