2018.09.26
英文メールの書き方：返信が遅れたことをお詫びする
こんなシチュエーション、お仕事でありませんか？
同僚からメールをもらっていたのに、他の業務に気を取られて返信を忘れてしまった。返信するはずだった期限を過ぎてしまったので、お詫びしたい。
英文メールで「返信が遅れたことをお詫びする」お手本を動画でチェック！
こちらの動画では、伝えるべきメッセージとニュアンスを書き手が考えているところから、以下の内容のメールを実際に英語で書く様子までをご覧いただけます。
———————
アーサーさん、
返信が遅れてしまい申し訳ありません。先週メールを開封した後急な仕事が入り、気を取られてしまい返信を忘れてしまいました。大変失礼しました。
遅くなってしまいましたが、はい、ぜひ参加させていただきたいです。私の分の席をとっておいてくださり、ありがとうございます。
———————
今後の仕事での英語メールの参考になれば幸いです。
【動画内の”CC”ボタンをクリックして英語字幕を表示！】
【過去の動画を見るにはYoutubeページへ！Subscribe！】
0:00:04.580,0:00:09.179
Hello everyone! Welcome to E-mail Picks.
Did you hear about the typhoon in the
0:00:09.179,0:00:12.330
Philippines?
I heard the damages were severe where
0:00:12.330,0:00:16.470
some of my colleagues live and someone
told us that their neighborhood was
0:00:16.470,0:00:21.119
covered in mud and there were deaths.
So last week, I got an e-mail from one of my
0:00:21.119,0:00:25.470
colleagues, Arthur, and he was inviting me
to a training session that he was gonna
0:00:25.470,0:00:30.300
hold. So I was reading this e-mail and I
was going to reply that I would like to
0:00:30.300,0:00:34.500
join, but then my colleagues around me
started talking about the typhoon in the
0:00:34.500,0:00:38.910
Philippines and I couldn't help but
think about it... a lot. And then, somebody
0:00:38.910,0:00:43.559
else from another department came and
asked me for advice on some problem and
0:00:43.559,0:00:48.600
that made me think about it a lot too.
So I completely forgot to reply to
0:00:48.600,0:00:52.980
Arthur. So this morning, Arthur e-mailed me
again, saying that he hadn't gotten a
0:00:52.980,0:00:57.420
reply, and then I realized I had
forgotten all about it, but he was a
0:00:57.420,0:01:01.949
really nice guy and he wasn't angry.
He even told me that he had saved the seat
0:01:01.949,0:01:05.880
for me, just in case I still wanted to
join. So today, I'm writing an e-mail to
0:01:05.880,0:01:11.580
apologize for not replying and also to
thank Arthur for being very generous.
0:01:11.580,0:01:15.659
So here goes:
Hello Arthur, I'm sorry I didn't get back
0:01:15.659,0:01:20.340
sooner. To be honest, I had opened your
e-mail last week, but something came up at
0:01:20.340,0:01:24.689
work and my mind got preoccupied and
forgot to reply. I'm so sorry.
0:01:24.689,0:01:28.860
I know it's already late to reply, but
yes, I would very much like to join.
0:01:28.860,0:01:32.040
Thank you for being so generous and
keeping a spot for me.
0:01:32.040,0:01:37.860
Kyota. Okay, so in my first paragraph,
I'm telling Arthur why I hadn't replied
0:01:37.860,0:01:42.560
honestly. I wrote sorry twice because I
am that sorry.
0:01:42.560,0:01:47.130
"Something came up" means something
serious happened. When you write this
0:01:47.130,0:01:53.520
usually people won't ask you for details.
"Preoccupied" means you are too focused on
0:01:53.520,0:01:58.409
something that you can't do or think
about anything else. Then the next
0:01:58.409,0:02:02.700
paragraph is my message of appreciation.
Nothing special here, I'm just thanking
0:02:02.700,0:02:07.290
Arthur for being kind and thoughtful.
So there you go, an e-mail to explain why you
0:02:07.290,0:02:10.920
couldn't get back sooner.
I'm gonna stop by Arthur's
0:02:10.920,0:02:17.129
desk after this and apologize, and say
thanks directly. So anyway, that's it for
0:02:17.129,0:02:21.349
today, thank you for watching and I'll
see you next week.
Hello everyone! Welcome to E-mail Picks.
Did you hear about the typhoon in the
0:00:09.179,0:00:12.330
Philippines?
I heard the damages were severe where
0:00:12.330,0:00:16.470
some of my colleagues live and someone
told us that their neighborhood was
0:00:16.470,0:00:21.119
covered in mud and there were deaths.
So last week, I got an e-mail from one of my
0:00:21.119,0:00:25.470
colleagues, Arthur, and he was inviting me
to a training session that he was gonna
0:00:25.470,0:00:30.300
hold. So I was reading this e-mail and I
was going to reply that I would like to
0:00:30.300,0:00:34.500
join, but then my colleagues around me
started talking about the typhoon in the
0:00:34.500,0:00:38.910
Philippines and I couldn't help but
think about it... a lot. And then, somebody
0:00:38.910,0:00:43.559
else from another department came and
asked me for advice on some problem and
0:00:43.559,0:00:48.600
that made me think about it a lot too.
So I completely forgot to reply to
0:00:48.600,0:00:52.980
Arthur. So this morning, Arthur e-mailed me
again, saying that he hadn't gotten a
0:00:52.980,0:00:57.420
reply, and then I realized I had
forgotten all about it, but he was a
0:00:57.420,0:01:01.949
really nice guy and he wasn't angry.
He even told me that he had saved the seat
0:01:01.949,0:01:05.880
for me, just in case I still wanted to
join. So today, I'm writing an e-mail to
0:01:05.880,0:01:11.580
apologize for not replying and also to
thank Arthur for being very generous.
0:01:11.580,0:01:15.659
So here goes:
Hello Arthur, I'm sorry I didn't get back
0:01:15.659,0:01:20.340
sooner. To be honest, I had opened your
e-mail last week, but something came up at
0:01:20.340,0:01:24.689
work and my mind got preoccupied and
forgot to reply. I'm so sorry.
0:01:24.689,0:01:28.860
I know it's already late to reply, but
yes, I would very much like to join.
0:01:28.860,0:01:32.040
Thank you for being so generous and
keeping a spot for me.
0:01:32.040,0:01:37.860
Kyota. Okay, so in my first paragraph,
I'm telling Arthur why I hadn't replied
0:01:37.860,0:01:42.560
honestly. I wrote sorry twice because I
am that sorry.
0:01:42.560,0:01:47.130
"Something came up" means something
serious happened. When you write this
0:01:47.130,0:01:53.520
usually people won't ask you for details.
"Preoccupied" means you are too focused on
0:01:53.520,0:01:58.409
something that you can't do or think
about anything else. Then the next
0:01:58.409,0:02:02.700
paragraph is my message of appreciation.
Nothing special here, I'm just thanking
0:02:02.700,0:02:07.290
Arthur for being kind and thoughtful.
So there you go, an e-mail to explain why you
0:02:07.290,0:02:10.920
couldn't get back sooner.
I'm gonna stop by Arthur's
0:02:10.920,0:02:17.129
desk after this and apologize, and say
thanks directly. So anyway, that's it for
0:02:17.129,0:02:21.349
today, thank you for watching and I'll
see you next week.
