2019.09.18
英文メールの書き方：新しい取り組みについて進捗報告する
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新しい取り組みのため、完了の目処が読めなかったタスクについて、当初ほど進捗が芳しくないことを伝えたい。
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飯塚さん、
先日合意した通り、新プログラムのデザイン変更を試みているのですが、当初の予想より時間がかかっています。明日の会議で大まかな変更点をお見せすることは可能ですが、完成は来週になりそうです。
まだ急ぐ時期でもありませんが、なるべく早く仕上げられるようにいたします。
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Hello everyone. Welcome to E-mail Picks. So I'm involved in our new online Japanese
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school business which provides Japanese lessons to business people who would
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like to work and succeed in Japan. Now we were looking at the prototype of one of
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our new programs, and we realized that
the design needed to be changed. If we
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apply our our existing format which we
have used for every other program or
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textbook we have ever made, it just
looks too complicated. During the meeting,
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I came up with an idea so I I proposed
that we modify the design, quite
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drastically, and I told them that I was
going to aim to put together a design
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concept in three days. Which means
tomorrow is the deadline I had set for
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myself. But working on it, I realized that
it was going to take a little more time
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than I had thought. So today, I need to
give a progress update to our project
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manager and tell him when I will
actually be able to finish my work. So
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here goes.
Hello Iitsuka-san, As we agreed earlier
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this week, I'm working on the new design
for our new program and it's taking a
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bit more time than I had anticipated.
I'll be able to give you a good idea of
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how it will look tomorrow, but
completion will not be until next week. I
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know we are not in any rush yet, but I'll
try to get it done as early as possible.
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Kyota. OK, so it's a pretty short e-mail.
I told him the situation I'm in honestly.
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But just saying "sorry I didn't think I
would it would take this long" will not
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sound very professional, so I wrote "it's
taking a bit more time than I had
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anticipated."
I'm basically saying the same thing. It
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just sounds more like it was actually
really difficult to figure out a
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realistic timeline, if I say "than I
had anticipated"
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right? And then I closed with this last
sentence to communicate that I am doing
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my best to get it done ASAP. So there you
go. An e-mail to give a progress update on
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a new initiative. So allow me to resume
working on the design. So thank you for
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watching again and I'll see
next week.
Hello everyone. Welcome to E-mail Picks. So I'm involved in our new online Japanese
0:00:11.400,0:00:15.660
school business which provides Japanese lessons to business people who would
0:00:15.660,0:00:20.789
like to work and succeed in Japan. Now we were looking at the prototype of one of
0:00:20.789,0:00:26.550
our new programs, and we realized that
the design needed to be changed. If we
0:00:26.550,0:00:32.910
apply our our existing format which we
have used for every other program or
0:00:32.910,0:00:37.110
textbook we have ever made, it just
looks too complicated. During the meeting,
0:00:37.110,0:00:42.300
I came up with an idea so I I proposed
that we modify the design, quite
0:00:42.300,0:00:48.750
drastically, and I told them that I was
going to aim to put together a design
0:00:48.750,0:00:54.360
concept in three days. Which means
tomorrow is the deadline I had set for
0:00:54.360,0:00:58.649
myself. But working on it, I realized that
it was going to take a little more time
0:00:58.649,0:01:03.030
than I had thought. So today, I need to
give a progress update to our project
0:01:03.030,0:01:08.340
manager and tell him when I will
actually be able to finish my work. So
0:01:08.340,0:01:12.540
here goes.
Hello Iitsuka-san, As we agreed earlier
0:01:12.540,0:01:16.320
this week, I'm working on the new design
for our new program and it's taking a
0:01:16.320,0:01:20.130
bit more time than I had anticipated.
I'll be able to give you a good idea of
0:01:20.130,0:01:24.360
how it will look tomorrow, but
completion will not be until next week. I
0:01:24.360,0:01:28.680
know we are not in any rush yet, but I'll
try to get it done as early as possible.
0:01:28.680,0:01:35.610
Kyota. OK, so it's a pretty short e-mail.
I told him the situation I'm in honestly.
0:01:35.610,0:01:40.259
But just saying "sorry I didn't think I
would it would take this long" will not
0:01:40.259,0:01:44.549
sound very professional, so I wrote "it's
taking a bit more time than I had
0:01:44.549,0:01:48.180
anticipated."
I'm basically saying the same thing. It
0:01:48.180,0:01:52.590
just sounds more like it was actually
really difficult to figure out a
0:01:52.590,0:01:56.549
realistic timeline, if I say "than I
had anticipated"
0:01:56.549,0:02:01.290
right? And then I closed with this last
sentence to communicate that I am doing
0:02:01.290,0:02:06.840
my best to get it done ASAP. So there you
go. An e-mail to give a progress update on
0:02:06.840,0:02:12.420
a new initiative. So allow me to resume
working on the design. So thank you for
0:02:12.420,0:02:15.810
watching again and I'll see
next week.
