2016.05.09
Tip 197 ”no state secret” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第197弾は、”no state secret.” です。
ヒカの同僚、タロウに赤ちゃんが生まれたようです。
“Taro, can I tell everyone about your new baby?”
「タロウ、みんなに言ってもいいかい？」
「もちろん。秘密ってわけでもないしね。」
と言いたい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“It’s not confidential information. So please, it’s OK.”
例えば、従業員の給料やキャンペーンの情報、
新商品の研究開発についての情報は ”confidential infomation”(機密情報)になりますが、
この場合、タロウの個人的な情報なので、”confidential”という表現は適しません。
そこで、
“Yeah… it’s no state secret.”
「もちろん、国家秘密でもないしね！」
と冗談まじりに言ってみましょう。「隠すつもりはない」と言いたい時に使う表現です。
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ぜひこの表現を使ってみて下さい。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series and
today's idiom is
no state secret.
What does this mean? We will find out,
but first let's do our test.
So I bought a new PC and I say:
My PC cost me 300,000 yen.
And you say...
That's right.
That's a little steep.
OK? It's little expensive. Very natural.
OK, let's go on to today's idiom.
So let's imagine Taro and I are colleagues.
And Taro's very happy because he has a new baby.
His wife just had a baby and I say:
Wow congratulations, Taro that's great!
And I say:
Taro, can I tell everyone about your new baby?
Your colleagues? Can I tell them?
And he says:
It's not confidential information.
So please, it's OK.
Now confidential information is...
it sounds very business.
Like official. Like the salaries of all the employees.
That's confidential information.
You know, our our next summer campaign
information. That's confidential.
Our new product research and development
information. That's confidential.
But my baby being born? We don't we don't
call that confidential information.
OK, sounds a little strange.
This is just personal information.
so in this case, Taro can say this...
So I say:
Taro, can I tell everyone about your new baby?
Yeah... it's no state secret.
OK? Now this is kind of like a joke.
He's being funny. So it's not
a "state"... state means like
the government or the country.
OK, it's not top secret information;
So yeah, of course you can talk about it.
Just being a little humorous. A little funny.
It's no big secret. It's no state secret, go ahead.
A very natural way. OK? So let's remember this.
Let's look at pronunciation it's...
It's no state secret.
It's no state secret, go ahead.
OK, you try...
Good. OK, with my question:
Hey, can I tell everyone about your new baby?
OK, great. It's no state secret.
Go ahead.
OK so next time I'm gonna ask you:
Can I tell everyone about your new baby?
And you say...
It's no state secret. Go ahead.
Of course you can tell everyone.
OK, please remember this and we'll see you
next time. Thank you.
today's idiom is
no state secret.
What does this mean? We will find out,
but first let's do our test.
So I bought a new PC and I say:
My PC cost me 300,000 yen.
And you say...
That's right.
That's a little steep.
OK? It's little expensive. Very natural.
OK, let's go on to today's idiom.
So let's imagine Taro and I are colleagues.
And Taro's very happy because he has a new baby.
His wife just had a baby and I say:
Wow congratulations, Taro that's great!
And I say:
Taro, can I tell everyone about your new baby?
Your colleagues? Can I tell them?
And he says:
It's not confidential information.
So please, it's OK.
Now confidential information is...
it sounds very business.
Like official. Like the salaries of all the employees.
That's confidential information.
You know, our our next summer campaign
information. That's confidential.
Our new product research and development
information. That's confidential.
But my baby being born? We don't we don't
call that confidential information.
OK, sounds a little strange.
This is just personal information.
so in this case, Taro can say this...
So I say:
Taro, can I tell everyone about your new baby?
Yeah... it's no state secret.
OK? Now this is kind of like a joke.
He's being funny. So it's not
a "state"... state means like
the government or the country.
OK, it's not top secret information;
So yeah, of course you can talk about it.
Just being a little humorous. A little funny.
It's no big secret. It's no state secret, go ahead.
A very natural way. OK? So let's remember this.
Let's look at pronunciation it's...
It's no state secret.
It's no state secret, go ahead.
OK, you try...
Good. OK, with my question:
Hey, can I tell everyone about your new baby?
OK, great. It's no state secret.
Go ahead.
OK so next time I'm gonna ask you:
Can I tell everyone about your new baby?
And you say...
It's no state secret. Go ahead.
Of course you can tell everyone.
OK, please remember this and we'll see you
next time. Thank you.
