各位已進入職場的精英們,面對各類職場場景和任務,如開會、發言、做報表、提意見、趕交期等等,該如何用英語表達?商務英語不同於口語,有其固定的表達和用法,例如
“做報表”,在商務英語中就是--- crunch numbers.接下來,就讓我們一起來學習下,哪些常見的商務表達!
◢ 開會
- 開會:hold a meeting
- 會議紀要:Minutes (對,就是“分鐘”的那個Minute)→ 做會議紀要:make minutes
- 我們今天會議議程第一項是...:The first item on the agenda today is...
- 請張總髮言:Mr.David, you have the floor, please!
- 我想說兩句:I would like to say something here, please.
- 還有什麼要補充的嗎?Do you have anything further to add before we move on next item?
- 別跑題:Let's not loose sight of our main topic here.
- 言歸正傳:Let's get back to the point,
- 我們是不是跑題了?Are we getting sidetracked here?
- 我提議把預算審議從會議議程中刪去: I move that the budget review item be struck from the agenda.
■ 我提議:I move that...; 把sth從議程中刪除:strike sth from an agenda
◢ 財務&融資
- 財務報表:financial statement / financial report
- 做報表:crunch the numbers
- 趕交期:meet the deadline
- 資產負債表:balance sheet
- 討價還價:haggle over
- 要討論一下:up for discussion
- 解決財務問題:iron out financial issues
- 財務小姐姐們都忙瘋掉了:I have been so swamped.
Everyday is a bank account, and time is our currency. No one is rich, no one is poor, we've got 24 hours each. --Christopher Rice
◢ 交流
- 別往心裡去:Take take it into heart
- 不要誤解我的意思:Don't get me wrong
- 我這是對事不對人:Don't take it personally
- 無意冒犯,絕非本意:I don't know if I've said or done anything wrong that offended you, but I can assure you, it was completely unintended.
- 既然你提到了:Now that you mentioned it
- 有空嗎?聊兩句?Do you have a minute? I want to discuss something with you.
- 我感覺我們之間的交流一直都順暢:I sense that our communication hasn't been so effective.
■ 如果我失態了,請原諒,但是我不是有意的:Excuse me if I'm out of line, but I am absolutely not intentional.
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