Newsletter Salutations

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Hi
I'm extending the salutation feature in EasyNewsletter.

The idea is to make it ttw configurable as far as possible.
To cover most cases, I would need examples for the most formal version that you can think of.

Available fields are: Salutation NamePrefix FirstName LastName

Examples:
EN-Male: Dear Dr. LastName
EN-Female: Dear Dr. LastName
(leave off Salutation if NamePrefix is present )

DE-Male: Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor LastName
DE-Female: Sehr geehrte Frau Doktor Lastname
(everything included)

How would that look for french and italian?

FR-Male: Cher docteur Lastname
FR-Female: Cher docteur Lastname

FR-Male: Cher Monsieur Lastname
FR-Female: Chère Madame Lastname

IT-Male: Egregio Dottore Lastname
IT-Female: Egregio Dottore Lastname

IT-Male: Egregio Signore Lastname
IT-Female: Egregia Signora Lastname

Thanx for your input
Peter

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I haven't personally seen the use of "docteur" in French to signify extra respect, as in the Italian. Otherwise the

looks good!

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IT-Male: Egregio Dottore Lastname
IT-Female: Egregio Dottore Lastname

IT-Male: Egregio Signore Lastname
IT-Female: Egregia Signora Lastname

I would definetely suggest:

Gentile Firstname Lastname

"Gentile" means "kind" and is largely used in newsletter salutation.
It works equally well for any gender.

"Egregio Signore (Signora)" is way too much formal, I would say it sounds "scholastic" and "old".
Also you should you "Signor" for male, without the trailing "e".
For example you want to write "Signor Pisa" and nor "Signore Pisa".

I would avoid "Egregio Dottore" (for female it gets "Egregia Dottoressa") because in some cases it could be untrue.

I hope this helped!

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Thank you for the feedback and clarification!
Peter

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