Email Greetings In Multiple Languages

When communicating with people from around the world, I've always thought it's a nice touch to mix in a greeting or two in the other party's native tongue. Recent correspondence with a Swede got me looking once and for all for a handy resource of email greetings in various languages. Sadly, the only decent resource I found had broken headers and was unreadable without some trickery. Therefore, I took the liberty of fixing the list for all to have.

Enjoy and feel free to comment if you've got any corrections.

English	Hi (Hello)	Keep in touch	Thank you	So long! (Goodbye)
Chinese	Ni Hao	Bao chi lian luo!	xie-xie	Zai jian!
Danish	Hej	Hor av dig - Hold kontakten	Tak	Vi snakkes/Vi Ses/Hygge
Dutch	Hallo	Laten we contact houden	Dank u	Tot ziens
Finnish	Terve	Soitellaan	Kiittos	Terve! eller Heippa!
French	Bonjour	Restons en contact	Merci	Au revoir!
German	Hallo	Bleibe in Verbindung [F]/ Bleiben sie in Verbindung[C]	Danke shoen	Auf Wiedersehen
Hebrew	Shalom!	To male: Shmor al kesher iti/ To female: Shimri al kesher iti	Toda	Shalom/ Lehitraot
Irish (Gaelic)	Helo(Dia dhuit)	Coinnig nuacht a thabhairt.	Go raibh maith agat	Slan leat go foill. (Slan leat;Slan agat)
Italian	Ciao(Buongiorno)	Restiamo in contatto	Grazie	Ciao![F] Distinti saluti.[C]
Japanese	Kon-nichiwa Hajimemashite! [1st Address] Ohisashiburi! [After Interval]	Korekaramo yoroshiku	Arigatou[F] Arigatou gozaimas[C]	Dewa Mata (Sayonara))
Korean	annyon- haseyo[F] annyon- hasimnika[C]	yunrakhada.	kamsahamnida.	anyoung (hi gesipsiyo)
Norwegian	Hei/Hej	?	Takk	Ha det bra/ha det godt/vi prattes/Hei!
Polish	Czesc	Bedziemy w kontakcie	Dzieki[F] Dziekuje[C]	Narazie[F] Do widzenia [C]
Portugese	Ola	Mantenha contato	Obrigado	Ate' logo!
Romanian	Buna!/Salut!	Tinem legatura	Multumesc foarte mult	Atit de mult! (la revedere!)
Russian	Privet!/ Zdorovo!	Derzhi so mnoj sviaz[F]/ Derzhite so mnoj sviaz[C]	Spasibo	Dosvidania
Spanish	Hola!	Mantengamos en contacto	Gracias	Hasta luego!
Swedish	Hej	Hor av dig	Tack	Hejda!
Thai	Wasdee[F] Sawasdee[C]	Ya luem Tid Tor Gun Bang Na!	To male:Kobkun Krab To female:Kobkun Ka	Lar Khon
Turkish	MERHABA	HABERLESELIM	SAGOL TESEKKUR EDERIM	HOSCAKAL (ALLAHA ISMARLADIK)
Ukranian	Pryvit! Zdorovenki buly!	Trymai zi mnoju zv'jazok[F]/ Trymajte zi mnoju zv'jazok[C]	Diakuju	Dopobachennia
Vietnamese	Chao	Giu lien lac nhe	Cam on	Tam biet /Gap lai sau
Welsh	Sut Mae	Cadwch mewn cysyllt	Diolch yn fawr.	Pob Hwyl Da bo'chi.

* [F]-Familiar Form ---[C]-Courtious Form

Comments

[Emil]

You forgot the dots above the swedish letters... The correct spelling is: "Hör av dig", "Hej då!"

[stephanie wedgwood]

Pronunciations would help. Welsh, for example, is simply unreadable otherwise.

[?]

German: Its Danke Schon (with umlaut over o)

[Johan]

The Danish isn't exactly correct:

Hello (English):
"Hej" ("Hey" can be used too)
"Goddag" (Good day) is more formal.

Keep in touch (English):
- It is rarely used in Denmark.
"Hor av dig" isn't Danish (Probably Swedish)

Thank you (English):
"Tak"
"Mange tak" ("Thank you very much")

So long (English):
"Farvel" (Goodbye)
"Vi ses" (See you) ("Vi" is nearly pronounced as "We" in English)

"Vi snakkes" can be used too but "Hygge" is very rarely used.

[twitter.com/oshamahue]

in turkish you don't have to type in uppercase. and "görüşürüz" will be a better translation for "keep in touch".

[finnnn]

Finnish ones are off a bit.. When speaking, you should say it exactly the way it's written - letter by letter. No special pronounciations like in english. Of course Ä's and Ö's have their own flair.. But then to those terms;

Terve is more formal term when meeting person to person 'Moi' or 'Hei' is more informal and widely used. Terve is not incorrect though.

Keep in touch should be 'Pidetään yhteyttä', this current version translates to making a phone call.

Thank You has a typo, should be 'Kiitos'

So long - Terve is ok, 'Nähdään' (be seeing you) even better. 'Moikka' (variation of Moi) works as well. That 'Eller' word in there is swedish and means 'or' so you can safely leave that away.

Nice page though! It's always good to know couple of frases when keeping touch with a foreigner. Very polite and highly appreciated in all cultures.

[Ashdala Bootch]

In Romanian put "Pe curand!" instead of "Atit de mult!"

[Depresja]

In polish it's not "Narazie" but "Na razie" - two separate words.