Tuesday 5 January 2016

business japanese - How to address someone in an email who referred to themselves as part of a department


Recently I received an email from someone in the editing department of a literary magazine. Specifically, they ended their email with:


[Magazine name] 編集部

For when I write them a response, how should I address them? How about this?


編集部の方、

Answer



Another very common way to do this is to write:




(Company/Publisher Name)


(Magazine Name) 編集部御中{へんしゅうぶおんちゅう}


ご担当者様{たんとうしゃさま}



It would look better with that last line than without.


NOTE: You cannot use 「~~部の方」 in addressing mail -- snail or electronic.


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