Thread: Marriage Proposal Translation

Originally Posted by vikk

Доброго времени суток Вам, Уважаемый д-р (it's true if Dr. Movsesov means doctor Movsesov) Мовсесов.

I believe the first sentence does not agree stylistically with the other text.
«Доброго времени суток» is a humorous internet-newspeak greeting. It would sound better if you used «Добрый день» or «Добрый вечер» (without «Вам» and as a separate sentence).

Maybe, it would be better to use given name + patonymic instead of «д-р Мовсесов».

E. g.

Добрый день.
Уважаемый Александр Михайлович! (place his real given name and patonymic here)
За последние несколько лет я понял, что…

Originally Posted by Soft sign

I believe the first sentence does not agree stylistically with the other text.
«Доброго времени суток» is a humorous internet-newspeak greeting. It would sound better if you used «Добрый день» or «Добрый вечер» (without «Вам» and as a separate sentence).

Maybe, it would be better to use given name + patonymic instead of «д-р Мовсесов».

E. g.

Добрый день.
Уважаемый Александр Михайлович! (place his real given name and patonymic here)
За последние несколько лет я понял, что…

I don't think that the phrase «Доброго времени суток» is a humorous internet-newspeak greeting. It's a more relaxing way to put greeting. We don't use it in official conversation, but in that case it is normal. I would have used it in that variant. Moreover, Aerospallo girlfriend's father will understand that his future son-in isn't а snob and a nudnik, but a great conversationalist.
P.S. I agree "Добрый день" is OK too)))