に際して details
write + at the time of
kaku ni saishite
at the time of; on the occasion of — official, written-formal framing for a significant event, planned or unplanned
meaning: at the time of writing
新製品を発売するにさいして、記者会見を開いた。
shinseihin o hatsubaisuru ni saishite, kisha kaiken o hiraita.
We held a press conference at the time of launching the new product. neutral
ご利用に際して、下記の注意事項を必ずお読みください。
go riyou ni saishite, kaki no chuui jikou o kanarazu o yomi kudasai.
When using this service, please be sure to read the following notes. formal
- dictionary form
- noun
- formal
- formal
Examples
at the time of; on the occasion of — an official or business-formal framing for a significant event, planned or unplanned
新製品を発売するにさいして、記者会見を開いた。
shinseihin o hatsubaisurunisaishite, kisha kaiken o hiraita.
We held a press conference at the time of launching the new product. neutral
ご利用に際して、下記の注意事項を必ずお読みください。
go riyou ni saishite, kaki no chuui jikou o kanarazu o yomi kudasai.
When using this service, please be sure to read the following notes. formal
契約を締結するに際し、双方は下記の条件に同意した。
keiyaku o teiketsu suru ni saishi, souhou wa kaki no jouken ni doui shita.
Upon concluding the contract, both parties agreed to the following terms. neutral
Formation
{V}にさいしてattaches to dictionary form{N}にさいしてattaches to noun
Variant notes
- に際し — て-drop for official notices and written documents — 入会に際し、以下の書類をご提出ください; not used in conversation.
- に際しまして — に際して with the polite ます inserted — the form a ceremonial speech or formal announcement reaches for.
Related patterns
Similar
Both sit at the same stiff formality band; the split is the kind of occasion. にあたって wants an undertaking one is about to embark on and frames the attitude or preparation it calls for (開店にあたって, 留学するにあたって); に際して is the broader, more neutral "at the time of" framing, equally at home with unplanned or adverse events (災害に際して, 事故に際して) where にあたって would read oddly celebratory.
Lookalikes
に先立って shares に際して's stiff written register and the same "V dictionary form + に〜" shape, but marks strict temporal PRECEDENCE — an action taken before the referenced event as preparation (開会に先立って、一言ご挨拶申し上げます) — while に際して anchors to the period around the event itself without asserting precedence, and routinely covers the run-up to it too (出発に際して荷物を確認する).