Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 93 ”turn down”

初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第93弾は、”turn down” です。

様々な提案や要求、また面接などでも候補者の方にお断りすることってありますよね。
今回はそんな場面で使える表現を紹介します。

例えば、タロウは新しくアシスタントを雇うため候補者を面接しました。
その後、同僚のヒカは面接を終えたタロウに”How was the interview？”「面接どうだった？」と声をかけました。
「あまりよくなくてさ。お断りしたよ。」と返答したい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？

“Not so good. We rejected him.”「あまりよくなくてさ。拒否したよ。」
でも伝わりますが、ネガティブな表現ですので気を付けましょう。

そこで、
“Not so good. We turned him down.”「あまりよくなくてさ。お断りしたよ。」
と言ってみましょう。イディオムを使うことでやわらかい表現になります。

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ぜひこの表現を使ってみてください。

Hello and welcome to this Bizmates

for beginners video series

and today's idiom is "turn

down." Turn down. What does this mean?

We will find out, but first let's do

our test. Okay, so I say to you

Hey, good job in the meeting. Well done. and you say...

There you go.

Thanks for backing me up. I helped you
during the meeting

so thanks for backing me up. Okay,

let's go on to today's idiom "turn down"

Okay here's what I sometimes hear. Let's
imagine

that Taro is hiring

a new assistant. Okay? So he

interviewed an assistant, and I asked
Taro

"How was the interview? Did it go well,

"

not so good. We rejected him."

Oh I see. Reject

is a really negative word, okay? We
rejected him.

So by using an

idiom, it becomes a little bit softer.

So instead of "reject" we can say

turn down. Like this. "So

how was the interview with that new
assistant? Is he good?"

And Taro says "Not so good. We turned him down."

I see. Well that's too bad. Very
natural.

Okay, let's look at pronunciation.

So it's "Not so good" -- with a pause. "Not
so good.

We turned 'im..." the H is soft here;

silent. "We turned 'im... We turned 'im down." We turned 'im down.

Not so good. We turned 'im down. You try.

Good, okay with my question "So how was the interview?"

I see.

Okay. For homework, okay? I'm gonna ask you

How was the interview? and you say

Not so good. We turned him down

That's right! Please remember this and we will see you

next time. Thank you.