2020.01.29
英文メールの書き方：都合の良い日時を尋ねる
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小林さん、
こんにちは、商品開発部の胡です。
現在、お客様に二回の異なるタイミングでサービスを受けていただく仕組みの新商品を開発しているのですが、本商品の会計処理の仕方についてご相談させていただきたいです。
明日の午前中にデスクに伺ってもよろしいでしょうか？ご都合悪ければお知らせください。よろしくお願いします。
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Hello everyone. Welcome to E-mail Picks. How is the year 2020 going for you?
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Last year, our company grew double in
size, so we needed to split the office
0:00:16.560,0:00:21.510
into two so that employees could
actually fit in. So half our employees
0:00:21.510,0:00:26.910
work in a different office, which is in
walking distance, but I realized it
0:00:26.910,0:00:31.199
doesn't feel the same anymore. Before, if
I had a question that I needed to ask
0:00:31.199,0:00:36.210
another department about, I could just
stop and look around to see if people
0:00:36.210,0:00:41.520
there are busy or not. There's this
amazing lady in our Accounting department
0:00:41.520,0:00:46.680
who I can just casually talk to whenever
I have a question about travel expenses
0:00:46.680,0:00:50.219
for my business trips. But now, the
Accounting department is in another
0:00:50.219,0:00:53.879
office and I can't really see if they
are available for me to ask a quick
0:00:53.879,0:00:57.719
question. And I have an accounting
question that I need to ask within this
0:00:57.719,0:01:03.840
week, but it's really hard to explain the
background in writing, so I want to talk
0:01:03.840,0:01:09.119
to an Accounting person in person. So
today, I want to write an e-mail to the
0:01:09.119,0:01:16.350
Accounting manager to ask if he will be
available tomorrow. Here goes. Hello Kobayashi-san,
0:01:16.350,0:01:20.490
This is Kyota of Product Development. We
are currently developing a new
0:01:20.490,0:01:24.270
products that involves delivering a
service to the customer at two different
0:01:24.270,0:01:28.920
timings. The project team would like to
confirm with you what the accounting
0:01:28.920,0:01:33.090
procedures would be for this new product. Will it be OK if I visit your desk in
0:01:33.090,0:01:37.079
the morning tomorrow to ask for advice?
Please let me know if tomorrow morning
0:01:37.079,0:01:42.210
doesn't work for you. Thank you, Kyota. OK, so as you can see I am introducing
0:01:42.210,0:01:47.070
myself in this e-mail because this is my
first time to really communicate with
0:01:47.070,0:01:52.170
Kobayashi-san. He may not be able to put a face to my name unless I remind him
0:01:52.170,0:01:57.990
which department I work for. I then
explained what's up and why I need to talk
0:01:57.990,0:02:02.850
with him. And in the last paragraph, I
specified around what time I plan to go
0:02:02.850,0:02:07.890
visit him but of course allowed him to tell me if it's not convenient for him by writing
0:02:07.890,0:02:12.780
"Please let me know if tomorrow morning
doesn't work for you." So there you go. An
0:02:12.780,0:02:17.700
e-mail to ask about availability. So
hopefully I'll hear back from him soon
0:02:17.700,0:02:22.350
and we'll have our first real
conversation. So anyway, thank you for
0:02:22.350,0:02:25.520
watching and I'll see you next week.
Hello everyone. Welcome to E-mail Picks. How is the year 2020 going for you?
0:00:10.830,0:00:16.560
Last year, our company grew double in
size, so we needed to split the office
0:00:16.560,0:00:21.510
into two so that employees could
actually fit in. So half our employees
0:00:21.510,0:00:26.910
work in a different office, which is in
walking distance, but I realized it
0:00:26.910,0:00:31.199
doesn't feel the same anymore. Before, if
I had a question that I needed to ask
0:00:31.199,0:00:36.210
another department about, I could just
stop and look around to see if people
0:00:36.210,0:00:41.520
there are busy or not. There's this
amazing lady in our Accounting department
0:00:41.520,0:00:46.680
who I can just casually talk to whenever
I have a question about travel expenses
0:00:46.680,0:00:50.219
for my business trips. But now, the
Accounting department is in another
0:00:50.219,0:00:53.879
office and I can't really see if they
are available for me to ask a quick
0:00:53.879,0:00:57.719
question. And I have an accounting
question that I need to ask within this
0:00:57.719,0:01:03.840
week, but it's really hard to explain the
background in writing, so I want to talk
0:01:03.840,0:01:09.119
to an Accounting person in person. So
today, I want to write an e-mail to the
0:01:09.119,0:01:16.350
Accounting manager to ask if he will be
available tomorrow. Here goes. Hello Kobayashi-san,
0:01:16.350,0:01:20.490
This is Kyota of Product Development. We
are currently developing a new
0:01:20.490,0:01:24.270
products that involves delivering a
service to the customer at two different
0:01:24.270,0:01:28.920
timings. The project team would like to
confirm with you what the accounting
0:01:28.920,0:01:33.090
procedures would be for this new product. Will it be OK if I visit your desk in
0:01:33.090,0:01:37.079
the morning tomorrow to ask for advice?
Please let me know if tomorrow morning
0:01:37.079,0:01:42.210
doesn't work for you. Thank you, Kyota. OK, so as you can see I am introducing
0:01:42.210,0:01:47.070
myself in this e-mail because this is my
first time to really communicate with
0:01:47.070,0:01:52.170
Kobayashi-san. He may not be able to put a face to my name unless I remind him
0:01:52.170,0:01:57.990
which department I work for. I then
explained what's up and why I need to talk
0:01:57.990,0:02:02.850
with him. And in the last paragraph, I
specified around what time I plan to go
0:02:02.850,0:02:07.890
visit him but of course allowed him to tell me if it's not convenient for him by writing
0:02:07.890,0:02:12.780
"Please let me know if tomorrow morning
doesn't work for you." So there you go. An
0:02:12.780,0:02:17.700
e-mail to ask about availability. So
hopefully I'll hear back from him soon
0:02:17.700,0:02:22.350
and we'll have our first real
conversation. So anyway, thank you for
0:02:22.350,0:02:25.520
watching and I'll see you next week.
