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Just Said Yes June 2017

Addressing Envelopes in Spanish?

Lauryn, on January 2, 2017 at 5:45 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 9

I'm working on getting the outer and inner envelopes addressed properly. There are plenty of resources for how to do it in English, but we have a translated invitations going to Spanish speaking households, and I'm not sure how to handle those. Would "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" turn into "Sr. y Sra. Smith" or is there a completely different way?

For those of you who also had bilingual weddings, halp please?!?!

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Latest activity by Jaina, on January 2, 2020 at 1:16 PM
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    Just Said Yes September 2019
    Veronica ·
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    You had it right! It is perfectly fine like that

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  • Nancy Taussig
    Nancy Taussig ·
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    Are those Spanish-speaking households in the US? If yes, use English on the outer envelope because you can't expect everyone at USPS to read Spanish.

    If not, use Spanish.

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  • APD
    VIP July 2017
    APD ·
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    I agree with @Nancy, the USPS probably doesn't know how to read Spanish all that well. I'd address them in English and then make the actual invitation Spanish.

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  • SSJKarigan
    VIP August 2017
    SSJKarigan ·
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    @Nancy that's a really good point. Maybe don't address them in Spanish but have the stuff inside in Spanish?

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  • Van Pear
    VIP January 2017
    Van Pear ·
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    Does the addressee matter if the address itself is in English? I think Spanish is fine for the names, and yes those are the correct abbreviations.

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    Just Said Yes June 2017
    Lauryn ·
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    Thanks for the input, yall! I didn't even think about whether the Spanish speaking households were in the US or abroad! (We have some of both, actually.)

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  • TimeLadyErika
    Master May 2017
    TimeLadyErika ·
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    Many other cultures have doubl barrelled last names as well. Make sure you know how each couple prefers to be addressed!

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    Just Said Yes February 2020
    Sylvia ·
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    I'm not sure if being able to read "Sr. y Sra." is the hardest part of delivering the mail. So long as they can read the address, who it's addressed to shouldn't be an issue?

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  • Jaina
    Just Said Yes November 2022
    Jaina ·
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    It really does not. all USPS needs to know is the address, which is understood in both languages


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