Is "It would thus be" grammatically correct?

Question

Since my native language is Dutch it's not always evident to "sense" whether a given expression is grammatically sound or not.

A common expression in Dutch is: "Het zou dus...". If one translates this (almost) literally, one obtains:

It would thus be more efficient to work at night.

This sentence part however does not feel very "English". When Googling the term, it gives a list of books, but since most of them are about meta-physics or by non-native English writers, it does not really resolve the problem...

Is the sentence-part correct? What are alternatives?

Answer 1

It sounds fine! An alternative is to emphasize "thus" by placing it at the beginning. For example: "Thus, it would be more efficient to work at night."

Answer 2

It appears that "thus" has been used in the sense of "therefore".

You can also consider:

• It would therefore be more efficient to work at night.

1 (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

2 in the way indicated

Answer 3

In AmE, "thus" is somewhat formal.

Colloquially we would use "so" and rephrase it:

...so it would be more efficient to work at night.