飯田太郎の後任として、大原孝一が技術部長として着任したことをお知らせいたします。

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English Translation

We are writing to inform you that Mr Koichi Ohara has been appointed as Manager of the Technical Department in succession to Mr Taro Iida.

Furigana

飯田(いいだ)太郎(たろう)の後任(こうにん)として、大原(おおはら)孝一(こういち)が技術(ぎじゅつ)部長(ぶちょう)として着任(ちゃくにん)したことをお知(し)らせいたします。

Romanji

Iida Tarō no kōnin toshite, Ōhara Kōichi ga gijutsu buchō toshite chakuninshita koto o oshiraseitashimasu.

Words

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

後任 (こうにん)

successor

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

技術 (ぎじゅつ)

art; craft; technique; technology; engineering; skill

部長 (ぶちょう)

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

着任 (ちゃくにん)

take up a new post

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

お知らせ (おしらせ)

notice; notification