2018.04.18
英文メールの書き方：上司に相談を持ちかける
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ヒカさん、
バギオ市ではいかがお過ごしですか？
緊急の用事ではないのですが、プロジェクトの進め方について、少し迷っています。プロジェクトの初めからIT部を巻き込むべきか、それともこちらで明確な要望をまとめるまで待つべきだと思いますか？実現性について、私一人では判断がつかないことがいくつかあるように思えます。
お時間のある時にご意見をいただきたいです。よろしくお願いします。
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don't want to rush him. I need to make
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advice is not urgent. Alright so here goes:
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Hi Hika, I hope you've been having a
productive and enjoyable time in Baguio.
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This is by no means urgent, but I was
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or wait until I have put together a
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things I cannot tell the feasibility of
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what you think when you find the time?
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all, I wrote a quick greeting.
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Our Philippines office is located. Next, I
wrote "this is by no means urgent" so that
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Hika won't think he needs to reply
immediately. And then I explained the
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situation. Lastly, I wrote "could you tell
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for watching and I'll see you later.
Hello and welcome to E-mail Picks. Spring has come. Is everyone having a good time?
0:00:10.530,0:00:17.130
Now today, I'm at a slight loss, so hear
me out. I'm working on this project to
0:00:17.130,0:00:23.550
add a new feature to a website and my
responsibility is to determine how this
0:00:23.550,0:00:29.310
new feature will benefit our customers
and us. and also to determine exactly
0:00:29.310,0:00:34.140
what this feature will do. So what would
the customers see? What will happen
0:00:34.140,0:00:39.660
backstage? - Everything. And then, I'm going
to hand over the specifications to our
0:00:39.660,0:00:44.520
IT department so that they can start
development, but the problem is I'm not
0:00:44.520,0:00:48.270
an IT expert.
I've studied coding just a little, but
0:00:48.270,0:00:52.829
just a little is not good enough for me
to be able to tell what's possible and
0:00:52.829,0:00:57.449
what is not. I can't really tell the
feasibility of some of the ideas I have
0:00:57.449,0:01:04.199
right now, so should I talk to IT first
and brainstorm ideas? Or should I first
0:01:04.199,0:01:09.360
put together a proposal for IT and ask
for their feedback? I'm not really sure.
0:01:09.360,0:01:15.030
I want to get advice from my boss, Hika.
Usually, it will be very easy to ask him
0:01:15.030,0:01:20.159
for advice because his desk is right
next to mine, but he goes on a business
0:01:20.159,0:01:23.970
trip to the Philippines right now and
that is why I'm going to write him an
0:01:23.970,0:01:28.829
e-mail to ask for his advice today. Now I
know his schedule is packed during his
0:01:28.829,0:01:33.360
stay in the Philippines and he won't
have much time to check his e-mail, so I
0:01:33.360,0:01:38.369
don't want to rush him. I need to make
sure that I communicate my request for
0:01:38.369,0:01:42.290
advice is not urgent. Alright so here goes:
0:01:42.290,0:01:47.579
Hi Hika, I hope you've been having a
productive and enjoyable time in Baguio.
0:01:47.579,0:01:52.200
This is by no means urgent, but I was
wondering how I should proceed with my
0:01:52.200,0:01:55.890
project. Do you think I should involve
the IT department right from the start
0:01:55.890,0:02:00.360
or wait until I have put together a
solid plan? I do think there are several
0:02:00.360,0:02:04.979
things I cannot tell the feasibility of
without input from IT. Could you tell me
0:02:04.979,0:02:10.649
what you think when you find the time?
Thanks in advance. Kyota. Okay, so first of
0:02:10.649,0:02:14.910
all, I wrote a quick greeting.
Baguio is the part of the Philippines.
0:02:14.910,0:02:21.000
Our Philippines office is located. Next, I
wrote "this is by no means urgent" so that
0:02:21.000,0:02:25.140
Hika won't think he needs to reply
immediately. And then I explained the
0:02:25.140,0:02:30.390
situation. Lastly, I wrote "could you tell
me what you think when you find the time?"
0:02:30.390,0:02:35.700
And this is again to give the impression
that I am not in a rush. Okay, so there
0:02:35.700,0:02:40.740
you go. An e-mail to ask your boss for
advice. So until Hika gets back to me,
0:02:40.740,0:02:45.450
I guess I'll work on another project. So
that's it for today, thank you very much
0:02:45.450,0:02:48.800
for watching and I'll see you later.
