Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
(xx社)御中。貴(社名)殿
English translation:
Dear Sir/Madam,
Added to glossary by
Shinya Ono
Aug 23, 2002 04:07
21 yrs ago
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Japanese term
United States
(xx社)御中。貴(社名)殿
Japanese to English
Bus/Financial
respectful form of addressing a client company
I often use "Messrs. xx Co.," at the head of a proposal, even while knowing that this is a British usage mainly for companies that include personal names. I just want to know if it is totally unacceptable, and if there is a better way of addressing your client company, extra respectfully.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | Dear Sir/Madam, |
Roddy Stegemann
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| 4 | To whom it may concern |
Craig Hills
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Proposed translations
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Roddy Stegemann
United States
United States
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Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, Japanese to English, French to English, and 3 more.
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Dear Sir/Madam,
I would like to make several points in this regard:
1) I would never send a proposal to a company without a cover letter. Thus, there would be need for a greeting in the proposal
2) I would always try to obtain the name of someone to whom I could address my cover letter personally. For example, the company president, a division manager, a department chairperson, etc.
3) Only one person can read your letter at a time, thus I would never address it to more than one person.
4) If you do not know the name of a person, then you probably do not know the person's sex either, thus I recommend the above greeting in my cover letter.
5) In the proposal itself you can include the names of the persons on the committee whom you expect to review your proposal, but do not include them in the greeting.
Well this is my style, anyway, and it keeps me out of trouble.
1) I would never send a proposal to a company without a cover letter. Thus, there would be need for a greeting in the proposal
2) I would always try to obtain the name of someone to whom I could address my cover letter personally. For example, the company president, a division manager, a department chairperson, etc.
3) Only one person can read your letter at a time, thus I would never address it to more than one person.
4) If you do not know the name of a person, then you probably do not know the person's sex either, thus I recommend the above greeting in my cover letter.
5) In the proposal itself you can include the names of the persons on the committee whom you expect to review your proposal, but do not include them in the greeting.
Well this is my style, anyway, and it keeps me out of trouble.
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Hamo, thanks for your sensible answer. Since the term comes up throughout the proposal, I am going ahead with the use of "Messrs. XXX Dept." (of a foreign government). Just to satisfy the client's desire to be respectful.
Thank you Craig. I could not use your perfectfully correct suggestion because of the circumstance I just referred to.これからもよろしくお願いいたします｡
小野信也"
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Craig Hills
Works in: German to English, Japanese to English, English to German, and 2 more.
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26
To whom it may concern
Being rather PC at times, some people can take offence at being called "madam", and although "To whom it may concern" is not so specific, and does not sound that polite, it can be used if no contact person is known.
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