BUSINESS ENGLISH FOR THE WORKPLACE 英文邮件的基本规则
Revision: A2(01/09/2018)
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一、基本邮件礼仪(Email etiquette)
英文邮件的礼仪成千上万条,大多其实都已经超出了“英文”的范畴,而是不管什么语言都要注意的,那我就不说了,我只说我印象最深刻的,而且和中文邮件有明显区别的,那就是感谢和道歉。
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1)感谢
中文邮件不喜欢太多客套话,废话少说,直入正题,但是美国人写邮件,哪怕是和熟悉的人,回邮件第一句话,都要感谢,所以他们的邮件都是 thank来thank去的,中文邮件没这种习惯。
开头,感谢别人回复自己的邮件(也可以用thank you,用在稍微正式场合,比如和陌生人发邮件)
Thanks for the quick reply.
Thanks for getting back to me.
Thanks for the update on the situation.
Thanks for the updated information.
Thanks for gathering the information this week on this issue.
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别人发邮件提供信息给你,中文邮件是懒得回的,英文邮件也习惯感谢,简单回复一个。 Thank you.
Well noted.
Noted/Received with thanks.
Good information.
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2)道歉
如果是回邮件回得晚了,先道歉,貌似中文很少有这个习惯(以下sorry也可以替换成apologize,更正式一点,发给重要的人或者发)
Sorry for the late reply.(中国人普遍用这一种,也有老外用,不过下面两种更多)
Sorry I haven’t got back to you sooner .
Sorry for the delay getting back to you.
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如果是临时通知别人是什么事情
Apologies for the late/short notice.发的我不回
如果是上一封邮件没写清楚导致收件人误解了
I apologize if this was not made clear
提前给别人预警如果自己的措辞过于强硬。
I apologize if this may make you feel uncomfortable/bad.
I apologize if this may sound a little harsh.
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