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My daughter is to be married in December. As father of the bride I am expected to give a speech. Obviously I am going to include a few words of welcome to the guests. Two of her fiance's guests are Japanese and will be flying from Japan to join us. I believe their command of English may be limited and I would like to include a welcome in Japanese, given the efforts they will have made to be present. Something along the lines of 'I'd particularly like to extend a very warm welcome to Mr & Mrs H' - you know the sort of thing.

If anyone thinks they could help in any way (no, not google translate or babbelfish!), I'd be very grateful.

In reply to nwclimber:

Send us a mail with an English version of what you'd like to say. My wife is Japanese so I'm sure I can sort something out (wouldn't trust my own Japanese!)

In reply to Postmanpat:

Wow, thanks a million Pat-san! I wasn't expecting such a quick response so I went out (climbing), had something to eat, logged on and here's your fantastic offer.
I'll e-mail you tomorrow, if that's O.K.
Thanks again (especially to your wife).

In reply to nwclimber:

Happy to help.

In reply to Postmanpat:

Is it true it goes the other way?

In reply to nwclimber:

Along with Pat's offer, my daughter speaks Japanese, though not as a native speaker, I'm sure she could oblige, (but Pat's offer is a grand one.)