Japanese Grammar of Mind and Language (21) Analysis of Japanese Sentences (12) Analyzing Business Japanese (5) "We would like to express our deepest gratitude, as this is entirely due to your kind support." "Therefore, we would like to hold a modest commemorative party as follows, in deep appreciation to everyone for allowing us to move forward since our founding..."
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We would like to express our deepest gratitude, as this is entirely due to your kind support.
Cognition = Proposition: None
Objective Modality (Judgment/Attitude): None
Interpersonal Modality (Communication):
"We would like to express our deepest gratitude, as this is entirely due to your kind support." (Expression of gratitude)
Depending on how it is interpreted, it is possible to consider that this contains the cognition (proposition) that "all readers have contributed to the company's survival."
However, I have judged this to be a mere ritualistic expression of gratitude.
If so, I believe it is extremely difficult to make it a subject for Japanese-English translation.
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Therefore, we would like to hold a modest commemorative party as follows, in deep appreciation to everyone for allowing us to move forward since our founding.
Cognition = Proposition:
"We show our appreciation to the concerned parties"
"For that purpose, we will hold a commemorative party under the following conditions"
Objective Modality (Judgment/Attitude):
"It is." (Assertion regarding the proposition),
"would like to" (Intention regarding the proposition [not a wish])
Interpersonal Modality (Communication): "
Therefore" (Topic change), "kind support" (polite), "allowing us to move forward" (humble), "everyone" (polite), "kind support" (humble), "express our gratitude" (polite, expression of gratitude), "modest" (humble), "would like to" (polite)
The cognition (proposition) and judgment (objective modality) that "we show our appreciation to the concerned parties" and "for that purpose, we will hold a commemorative party under the following conditions" can be converted into the following English expressions.
We give our appreciation to all the parties concerned.We will hold a commemorative party as stated below.
Combining them into one, one example is as follows.
To give our appreciation to all the parties concerned, we will hold a commemorative party as stated below.
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