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    GreenEyedMoon    January 14, 2012   Dallas

    Are there any other Japanese speakers here?  I'm trying to translate my invitations to my Catholic wedding mass for my Japanese guests.  I want the invitations to keep as much as the English meaning as possible while still being super polite and formal in Japanese.  Can anyone help?  Here's the English:

    Together with their parents,
    GreenEyedMoon
    and
    Mr. Moon
    request the honour of your presence
    at the Nuptial Mass to unite them
    in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony
    Saturday, the fourteenth of January
    two thousand and twelve
    at two o'clock in the afternoon
    Saint ReligiousGuy Catholic Church
    123 Main Street
    Addison, Texas

    And here's what I've got so far in Japanese:

    GreenEyedMoon
    と
    Mr. Moon
    は聖な婚姻のサクラメントですべ合わせる
    結婚式のミサをあげることになりました。
    つきましては、皆様からのお励ましをいただきたく、
    お忙しい中、誠に恐縮ですが、ご出席くださいますよう、ご案内申し上げます。

    2012年1月14日(土)
    午後2時
    サント レリジャスガイ カトリックな教会
    123 Main Street
    テキサス州のアディソン市

    I'm currently missing anything about our parents, but I can't think of a good way to put them in.  I also am not certain that it feels at all natural.  Finally, I'm not sure about my translation of the Catholic stuff.  Nuptial masses weren't something I regularly talked about in Japan.  :-\

    Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

     
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    Miss Tattoo    September 15, 2012   Pittsburgh, PA

    Is your FI Japanese?

     
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    GreenEyedMoon    January 14, 2012   Dallas

    @Miss Tattoo:  No, neither of us are.  I lived in Japan for two years and am inviting several of my friends from there.  Several of them have only limited English skills, and thus the Japanese invitations.

     
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    .twist.    October 7, 2011   Alberta, Canada

    Oh, I love bilingual invites.

    I can say a few phrases and such in Japanese, but I definitely can't read it...

     
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    Miss Tattoo    September 15, 2012   Pittsburgh, PA

    @GreenEyedMoon: I'm Buddhist, so I have a lot of Japanese friends that come to the temple once in a while. Let me see if I can email one of them. I know a few of them are actually back in Japan for the summer, but let me see what I can do!

     
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    GreenEyedMoon    January 14, 2012   Dallas

    I found a good Japanese etiquette site online, and I'm thinking now that maybe I'll just use their template to create a very Japanese invitation, then just add it as an extra insert with the English invitation.  What do you all think? 

    The problem with a direct translation of the English wording is that formal Japanese invitations are just so different.  If I were to do just traditional Japanese wording, it would read something like this:

    "The snow blanketing the ground is very lovely, and it shows the change of the season. 

    We hope you are all exceedingly healthy and well.

    At this time, we are preparing to have a wedding ceremony.  Thus, we would like to inform you that we will hold a trifling celebration of our eternity together.  We humbly wish that, although you are very busy, you would be kind enough to bestow your presence upon us. 

    Mr. Moon
    GreenEyedMoon

    Date: January 14 (Saturday), 2:00
    Place: Saint Religiousguy Catholic Church"

    I honestly don't know if it's possible to combine the English meaning and the formal Japanese wording.  So maybe I should just do both?

     
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    GreenEyedMoon    January 14, 2012   Dallas

    Thank you!  I can poke at my BFF/bridesmaid who is coming from Japan, too, if I can find her on Skype.  I'm mostly worried about getting both the meaning and the etiquette right.

     
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    Miss Tattoo    September 15, 2012   Pittsburgh, PA

    trifling celebration of our eternity together

    ha ha ha ha. That is crazy!

     
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    GreenEyedMoon    January 14, 2012   Dallas

    @Miss Tattoo:  Formal letters in Japanese are insane.  The written language there is so totally different than the spoken language.  I like the spoken language.  It doesn't make me want to tear out my hair.

     
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    MissNoodles    September 14, 2011   Winnipeg, Canada

    do BOTH!  Super cute idea!

     
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    GreenEyedMoon    January 14, 2012   Dallas

    Bumping the thread just in case any Japanese speakers have appeared on the Bee.  I'm now leaning toward just putting a traditional Japanese invitation with the English one as an insert.  Here's what it would read:

    見解

    秋雨の候、ますます御健勝のこととお慶び申し上げます。平素は格別のお引き立てをいただき、厚く御礼申し上げます。

    このたび、私たちは結婚式を挙げることになりました。つきましては、ご報告かたがた末永いおつきあいをお願いしたく心ばかりの祝宴を催したいと存じます。ご多用中誠に恐縮ではございますが
    ぜひご臨席を賜りますようお願い申し上げます。                  敬具

    2011年10月吉日
    ミスタームーン
    グリーンアイドムーン

    Should I add that as an insert, or should I work on a direct translation like I posted above?  And would you please help me edit the Japanese to make sure it doesn't suck?

     

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