2018.05.09
英文メールの書き方：身内に不幸があった同僚にお悔やみを返信する
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ブラッドさん、
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Hello everyone, welcome to E-mail Picks.
It's a bit gloomy today and we're
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expecting rain very soon, and the
forecast says that the rain will last
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all night. I'm not feeling very upbeat
today, but the weather is not the reason.
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One of our colleagues in Canada, Brad,
just e-mailed us to say that his
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grandfather passed away two days ago. So we have regular meetings with the team
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in Canada, and Brad is such a cheerful
guy, so it breaks our hearts to imagine how
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sad he's feeling right now. We have a
telephone conference scheduled with the
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people in Canada tomorrow, but obviously
Brad is not gonna be able to attend, so
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I'm going to write back to him to send
my condolences and tell him not to worry
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about the meeting. To "send condolences"
means to communicate your sadness and
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sympathy towards a person who lost
somebody important like a family
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member. Now I'm gonna keep this e-mail
very brief because I know Brad has many
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other things to worry about like
arranging a flight back to his hometown
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or making many phone calls to everyone.
Anyway, here it goes:
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Brad, I am saddened to hear of
your loss. Although I do not know the
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details, I want you to know that we are
thinking about you in this tough time.
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Please accept our deepest condolences. We will take care of the meeting, so please
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do not worry. In sympathy, Kyota. OK so
first of all, I'm expressing my sympathy
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towards Brad in the first paragraph and
I have three sentences here, but they all
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basically mean the same thing. "I feel
sympathy and I am sad too" -- that's my
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message. Now I don't know about other
people, but I strongly feel that you need
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at least three sentences in a paragraph
to sound serious. If I write only one
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sentence or even two sentences, it may
sound a little too business-like -- not
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personal enough. And to colleagues, I
don't write things like best regards or
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sincerely before my name so much,
but here I felt I should do it because this
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is a very serious e-mail, so I wrote "in
sympathy" then my name. So there you go,
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an e-mail to send condolences to a colleague.
Hopefully, I'll see Brad again back on
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his feet very soon. Anyway,
that's it for today, thank you for
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watching and I'll see you next week.
Hello everyone, welcome to E-mail Picks.
It's a bit gloomy today and we're
0:00:10.019,0:00:14.639
expecting rain very soon, and the
forecast says that the rain will last
0:00:14.639,0:00:19.830
all night. I'm not feeling very upbeat
today, but the weather is not the reason.
0:00:19.830,0:00:25.380
One of our colleagues in Canada, Brad,
just e-mailed us to say that his
0:00:25.380,0:00:30.300
grandfather passed away two days ago. So we have regular meetings with the team
0:00:30.300,0:00:35.760
in Canada, and Brad is such a cheerful
guy, so it breaks our hearts to imagine how
0:00:35.760,0:00:39.870
sad he's feeling right now. We have a
telephone conference scheduled with the
0:00:39.870,0:00:45.450
people in Canada tomorrow, but obviously
Brad is not gonna be able to attend, so
0:00:45.450,0:00:50.940
I'm going to write back to him to send
my condolences and tell him not to worry
0:00:50.940,0:00:57.420
about the meeting. To "send condolences"
means to communicate your sadness and
0:00:57.420,0:01:02.550
sympathy towards a person who lost
somebody important like a family
0:01:02.550,0:01:08.159
member. Now I'm gonna keep this e-mail
very brief because I know Brad has many
0:01:08.159,0:01:12.510
other things to worry about like
arranging a flight back to his hometown
0:01:12.510,0:01:18.180
or making many phone calls to everyone.
Anyway, here it goes:
0:01:18.940,0:01:23.420
Brad, I am saddened to hear of
your loss. Although I do not know the
0:01:23.430,0:01:27.030
details, I want you to know that we are
thinking about you in this tough time.
0:01:27.030,0:01:31.590
Please accept our deepest condolences. We will take care of the meeting, so please
0:01:31.590,0:01:38.820
do not worry. In sympathy, Kyota. OK so
first of all, I'm expressing my sympathy
0:01:38.820,0:01:43.770
towards Brad in the first paragraph and
I have three sentences here, but they all
0:01:43.770,0:01:48.840
basically mean the same thing. "I feel
sympathy and I am sad too" -- that's my
0:01:48.840,0:01:54.450
message. Now I don't know about other
people, but I strongly feel that you need
0:01:54.450,0:01:59.579
at least three sentences in a paragraph
to sound serious. If I write only one
0:01:59.579,0:02:04.350
sentence or even two sentences, it may
sound a little too business-like -- not
0:02:04.350,0:02:10.590
personal enough. And to colleagues, I
don't write things like best regards or
0:02:10.590,0:02:16.190
sincerely before my name so much,
but here I felt I should do it because this
0:02:16.190,0:02:22.520
is a very serious e-mail, so I wrote "in
sympathy" then my name. So there you go,
0:02:22.520,0:02:27.920
an e-mail to send condolences to a colleague.
Hopefully, I'll see Brad again back on
0:02:27.920,0:02:32.209
his feet very soon. Anyway,
that's it for today, thank you for
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watching and I'll see you next week.
