Professional Correspondence: Memos & Formal Emails
व्यावसायिक पत्राचार: मेमो और औपचारिक ईमेल
Hindi formal correspondence follows an equally fixed skeleton — कृपया ('please', formal register) opens a polite instruction the same way French's veuillez does, and deviating from the expected opening/closing formulas reads as oddly casual in Hindi too.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
veuillez: the formal imperative of vouloir — matched by Hindi's कृपया
Veuillez trouver ci-joint le document demandé. (Please find attached the requested document.)
कृपया संलग्न दस्तावेज़ देखें।
veuillez is the irregular formal imperative of vouloir, used almost exclusively in written correspondence to mean 'please' in a more elevated register than s'il vous plaît. Hindi's कृपया plays the identical role: it's the formal, written-register 'please' used in business emails and official letters, more elevated than a casual imperative. कृपया + verb is the standard opener for a polite instruction in Hindi correspondence, exactly parallel to veuillez + infinitive in French — so this specific register move transfers directly from an existing Hindi habit.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
- Hindi
- कार्यालयी सूचनाkāryālayī sūcnā
- English
- the memo
- Hindi
- ...के ध्यानार्थ...ke dhyānārth
- English
- for the attention of
- Hindi
- कृपया संलग्न देखेंkṛpayā sanlagna dekheñ
- English
- please find attached
- Hindi
- आपके उत्तर की प्रतीक्षा मेंāpke uttar kī pratīkṣā meñ
- English
- awaiting your response
- Hindi
- सादरsādar
- English
- yours sincerely (formal closing)
- Hindi
- मैं आपसे विनम्र निवेदन करता/करती हूँ किmaiñ āpse vinamra nivedan kartā/kartī hūñ ki
- English
- I kindly request that you
- Hindi
- के संदर्भ मेंke sandarbh meñ
- English
- further to / following up on
- Hindi
- नीचेnīce
- English
- below
- Hindi
- संलग्नsanlagna
- English
- attached / enclosed
- Hindi
- जल्द से जल्दjald se jald
- English
- as soon as possible
- Hindi
- बेझिझक मुझसे संपर्क करेंbejhijhak mujhse sampark kareñ
- English
- don't hesitate to contact me
- Hindi
- सादरsādar
- English
- best regards (semi-formal closing)