I'd take a different tack. It think it takes care of the French which can be translated but which remains cumbersome and unnatural in English.

There are a number of examples of covering letters for the sbmission of manuscripts to publications for peer-review with a view to publication.

"Compte tenu des centres d’intérêt de votre revue***, nous espérons que ces travaux retiendront votre attention pour être soumis à publication dans XXX"

"We believe that our findings/our research..."

You don't need to tell them what type of article they publish. They already know that. And "retaining someone's attention" reads very Franglesey. A rather literal rendering of the French original would come across as rather obsequious in English.

Run a check on Google for "submission+researc+publication+peer-review+covering letter". I've got a couple of books about it as I have helped colleagues rehash covering letters in the past. Keep it simple and nothing that looks like grovelling in English. The idea is not to beg their indulgence for publication but to indicate that you consider your study is of interest to their readershp and that publishing might contribute to increasing their impact factor!

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Apologies for my typos. Going cross-eyed today!

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FYI, the following have come in useful to me.

Wallwork, A., English for Writing Research Papers, Springer, 2011
Divan, A., Communication skills for the Biosciences, Oxford, 2009

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My suggestion is based on the fact that what works, what is acceptable in French can be translated but that it sometimes has to be edited, almost rewritten here and there, so that it has an authentic ring to it. I'm not referring to fiddling about with the content of the cover letter per se, just to make sure that the English version does not read like a translation. The content of the cover letter is generally determined by the guidelines of the publication in any event. Sticking to that is the responsiblity of the submitting author.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/62206179/5-Cover-Letter-Samples-fo...


Another type of approach. See the second paragraph.

http://www.webguru.neu.edu/communicating-science/publishing-...





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As I have explained above, I consider this type of phrase to be an excellent candidate for rewriting. Translating it renders stilted English copy. Phrasing of this type would be appropriate when referring to recent articles published which have a bearing on the one for this cover(ing) letter. If I have got the grasp of the original here, this phrase is being used as a general introduction.
How might the sentence be finished? No idea, as we do not have the complete sentence, but if you accept the general idea that this needs to be jiggled around a bit, then something along the lines of what I have suggested could suffice for the whole of the pharse we have from “Compte tenu” to “publication dans”.


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I agree with Dr Manu about "we trust that..." and would also rule out "we hope that". You do not apologize for submitting your manuscript, nor do you beg and plead them to accept it. Nor can you take it for granted that it will be published.
Just keep is simple. The sample covering letters I posted at the outset are quite good as they are very straightforward. That's the way English is used in these contexts, French is different.
You might need to rewrite sections here and there but you cannot change content as such. As I have already said, journals produce guidelines for those submitting articles and that is the writer’s responsibility. Yours is to tweak the English version here and there, so that it is suited to the context.
In fact, you have not indicated where the phrase in your question appears. Most letters of this sort would start "Please find enclosed". I realize now that we should have asked for more of the original, the usual bit before and bit afterwards.
After the intro phrase, you generally find something to lead into the subject of the manuscript. There is often a key word, for example an indication that it relates to studies previously published by their journal on the same area of research. It was with that in mind that my original suggestion was made. "We consider our findings to be of interest to your reader because" and then indicate the key point of interest in the research begin submitted. I maintain that you ought to omit the run-up along the lines of “Given the scope of”, or “given the objectives of” all of which I have already gone over. They read like a translation in this instance.
Stating the obvious is difficult to avoid and I agree that criticism can be leveled at “We consider our findings to be of interest” too. However, the phrasing is arguably more natural and the idea is that it leads onto the key point of the subject of the manuscript. We’ve spent time chewing this over simply because none of the text written as posted would be natural in a well-written covering letter in English. It would simply not be in there at all!


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So, no apologies for why it is being submitted, no boot licking about knowing the objectives/scope of their publication, nor their research by the way. Journals don't do research, they publish articles describing what they consider to be reports of pertinent work carried out by others. Like any covering letter, you have to refer to the subject of study to indicate what you think justifies submitting your work for publication. No more, no less. No creepy, creepy stuff in English though. It just ain't done that way!