Tip 236 ”a jack-of-all-trades” 無料ビジネス英語学習

無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第236弾は、”a jack-of-all-trades” です。

ヒカとタロウの会社に最近入ったばかりの新スタッフ。
色んな職種の経験があり、どんな仕事もそつなくこなすと評判です。

“You know, the new guy, he has a lot of different skills.”
「こないだ入ってきた人さ、色んなスキル持ってるよね!!」

とヒカは感心した様子でタロウに言いました。

「うん、彼は何でも屋さんみたいなもんだよ。」

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?

“Yes, he is multi.”
(彼はマルチだ。)

日本語では良く「マルチな才能」などと言いますが、
これはいわゆる日本語英語で、ネイティブスピーカーには伝わりません。

そこで、

“Yes, he’s a jack-of-all-trades.”

と言ってみましょう。ちょっと長いイディオムですが、
知っているとビジネスシーンでもよく使えます。

※all trades(あらゆる職業)of(の)jack(ジャックさん)という意味です。

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Hey, everyone! Welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series

and today's idiom is "a jack-of-all-trades."

it's kind of a long idiom but a great one that's used in business.

OK, well what does this mean? Well let's look at this.

So let's imagine that a new employee has joined our company and this guy's great

and I say: You know, the new guy, he has a lot of different skills.

I mean he can do this and this and this.He's great.

And Taro says: Yes, he is multi.

He's multi?

What do you mean he's "multi?"

OK, so this is kind of Japanese English.

It doesn't make sense --

he is multi.

But Taro wants to say that the new guy has a lot of different skills.

He can do this, this and this. He's "multi-skilled,"

maybe but we don't really say that in English.

So a natural way to say that is like this,

so I say: You know, Taro, the new guy, he has a lot of different skills. He's great.

And Taro says: Yes, he's a jack-of-all-trades.

Very natural! He's a jack-of-all-trades,

it just means there's... he can do many different things,

he has a lot of different skills.

OK, so let's look at pronunciation it's

Yes, he'sa jackofall...

he'sa... jackofall... trades.

Yes, he's a jack-of-all-trades. You try.

OK, good with my sentence:

You know, new guy has a lot of different skills.

Perfect.

OK, so for homework I want you to think of someone, okay?

So think of someone at work who is a jack-of-all-trades.

I mean we have this one guy, our product specialist in the Philippines.

I mean he can write, you know he can make music,

he could make great videos, he can draw.

He's a jack-of-all-trades. Okay?

So you think of someone and we'll see next time, okay?

Thank you.

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