Séquence Didactique # 9

Aujourd’hui, nous allons nous pencher sur les expressions suivantes:

En bonus, nous découvrirons dans la séquence « Fun Facts » (= « Le saviez-vous » ou « Anecdotes ») l’usage oral et écrit d’une petite formule quasi inconnue des Francophones : « -ish »

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What do you need to know? 🌍

Relancer un interlocuteur et rester en contact pour la suite des évènements doit savoir s’exprimer sans créer de frictions. Il est malheureusement assez fréquent pour des non-natives de laisser transparaître un excès de rigidité ou de dirigisme dans les formules de relance, soit par négligence, soit tout simplement par ignorance.

Or, la communication d’entreprise doit rester « diplomatique » en toute circonstance, surtout avec les anglo-saxons. Inutile de chercher à s’imposer par la force 💪😫 ou courir le risque de se piéger soi-même : cette “séquence didactique” va donc vous aider à « unlock the best version of yourself »

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Define and Explore 💼

A reminder

1. Just a reminder. (= pour mémoire)
2. This statement is just our courtesy reminder statement that shows what open invoices you have and the dates of those invoices.
3. Just a friendly reminder.
4. It was just a brief note as a reminder that we still need to plan (…)
5. I had a reminder to chase this up today so will put a call in to see where we are.
6. Just a gentle reminder on discussed yesterday (notez la formule)
7. Just a reminder that we will be coming along at 3pm today as agreed previously.
8. I haven’t seen Bob’s report as of yet, so I will send him a little reminder.
9. and only serves as a reminder of what is to come.
10. It was a sobering sight (= qui donne à réfléchir) and a stark reminder (= difficile, fort) that life may never return to what we had so happily taken for granted (= avions considéré comme acquis).
11. which serves as a stark reminder (voir points 9 & 10) of this mistake.
12. Hi All, just a reminder that it is stocktake (= inventaire) (du stock) this Friday
13. We don’t necessary have to have any of the items being promoted below, but it’s served as a good reminder!
14. I’ll give her a nudge on this in the morning (notez: give a nudge = something that encourages or persuades someone to do something in a gentle way = (fig.) donner un petit coup de coude pour stimuler qqn ou lui rappeler qch à faire).

To chase someone / something (up): relancer

1. (…) have you got the price for that contraption (= bidule, truc) please, as my client is chasing for pricing?
2. I’ll chase them up now and will be in touch when they have come back to me.
3. Sorry to chase, however as I will be away from the office for a week from Thursday evening, I’d want to get the process started and handed over to someone (= transmis à).
4. I had a reminder to chase this up today so will put a call in to see where we are.
5. Sorry to chase but the deadline for this is 24th August (…)
6. Sorry to chase you on this but we really need to get this agreed as soon as possible as this has been outstanding (= en attente, en cours) since 21st June.
7. I’ve just chased the contractor and asked them to contact you or get back to me with an update. I will be in touch once they have responded.
8. Hope you are well.  I am sorry to chase you however I did want to close this off (= clôturer) this week if possible so that the terms are in place from January
9. Heard nothing Friday from the agent. Will chase this morning
10. My apologies for chasing again so swiftly, but (…)
11. No sorry. I chased today (= j’ai relancé aujourd’hui)
12. (…) so she will get the machine paid and the other payment chased (notez to chase the payment)
13. Can you chase it up for us so that we can start to process the orders..?
14. The customer is chasing me for an update on if we are interested in this project.
15. Will do, he confirmed receipt of my email and said he’d added the job to his list but I will give it a chase today.
16. I do not feel I have been treating you any differently to any other customer regards chasing payment,
17. Hi Mark, I have chased this up this morning for you.
18. As Jim is chasing Steve for him to (notez: la formulation “for -someone- to” (ex. for me to…, for you to…, for them to…) est trés utilisée pour dire “pour que je… / pour qu’il …) place his car order, can we get a soonest decision (notez: “soonest decision“) on this please
19. They run around chasing their tail a lot (= to be busy doing a lot of things but achieving very little)
20. Availability of vehicles is limited, and we are already chasing for further cars in January
21. They’ll chase this up today and will be in touch once received, I’ll keep you updated.
22. I’ll chase it up again in a couple of hours if I still haven’t received it and will keep you updated.
23. After much chasing with Vinco colleagues in Germany …
24. I’ve called the service provider and they will chase the quotation today.

I’ll / we’ll be in touch = je / on vous recontacte, je / on vous tient au courant / to liaise with = se mettre en relation avec et bien sûr : to contact / make contact etc… très commun, comme en Français; vous pouvez donc utiliser ce mot (sous sa forme nom ou verbe) sans craindre de passer pour un « beginner » !

1. I will be in touch!
2. We’ll be in touch over the holidays via email.  Take care.
3. I’ve just chased the contractor (= “sous-traitant” en général se rattache à de l’immobilier. Sinon, ou pourra utiliser la tournure “third-party (service) provider” pour parler d’un prestataire extérieur) and asked them to contact you or get back to me with an update. I will be in touch once they have responded.
4. We’ll be in touch soon no doubt,
5. Good to see you yesterday, I did mention our brief discussion yesterday with Mark and he will be in touch shortly
6. …will be in touch to discuss the next steps and timings.
7. I will be in touch when she has had chance to comment (notez: l’expression “have had a chance to” s’utilise beacoup et se traduirait par “quand / si vous avez (eu) l’occasion de…).
8. (…) but rest assured I’ll be in touch as soon as I know.
9. OK sorted (= c’est réglé). Parts ordered. I’ll be in touch by text (= texto) asap.
10. Closer to the time (aussi “nearer the time” = plus tard, à l’approche de la date) we will be in touch to confirm the arrangements for Mick’s last day.
11. I have forwarded your email onto the Helpdesk, hopefully they will be in touch soon.
12. Thanks. Mike and I will be sitting down this morning to compare notes (Attention, ne pas traduire littéralement (pas “comparer des notes” ⚠️…) mais: faire le point, discuter) and discuss the next steps. I’ll be in touch
13. Please keep these dates free and I’ll be in touch again nearer the time (voir point 10) with more information
14. That’s all from me for now (notez l’expression “for now” = for the moment or for the time being; for a short time, until a situation changes) as soon as we have development to share we will be in touch.
15. I’ll be in touch in a couple weeks to further our conversation. (aussi “to progress a conversation”)
16. so as soon as he receives an update he will be in touch with a further update.
17. Hope you are well. Can you advise when you think we will get machine in the UK so we can liaise with National Network Ltd ?
18. I’ll liaise with Amy about Cheryl and we can sort the paperwork ASAP (= préparer les documents nécessaires, régler les formalités)
19. We have a new marketing manager started with us (= qui vient de démarrer chez nous) should he liaise with Emma to book places?
20. To follow on from your previous e-mail from Hazel, I have liaised with both Claire and Wyatt.
21. I can supply all info I have Monday morning and liaise with Rose / Oliver.
22. Feel free to contact me any time (“any time” quand vous voulez) if you would like to discuss any of this with me.
23. Please contact me, If I can be of any more help on +4478925xxxxx.
24. Just to update – I’ve been in contact and arranging a meeting with them in the near future.
25. Sorry for hassling (= de vous avoir dérangé, importuné) but obviously I’d like to get things moving and I’ve been contacted by (…)
26. I will get Jessica to make contact with them tomorrow on her return from holiday
27. I have not copied Lucy in (notez: “copy you in” mettre qqn en copie) as I wanted to contact you direct in the first instance.
28. His MD has asked him to make contact with us
29. I have just left him another message on voicemail. Also dropped him an email (notez: to drop an email). As soon as I make contact I will update you.
30. I know we haven’t spoken previously, but I wanted to contact you to see whether …
31. Would somebody in your sales team like to contact me please. Thank you
32. If you have any queries please contact this office, quoting the above reference (= en indiquant, en précisant…)
33. Can someone contact me to let me know where we are with this, please? (= où nous en sommes…)
34. I know Harry has been in regular contact with you all the way through this issue (= tout au long de cette affaire)
35. Our customer service team are contactable on 0800 3245 xxx for customer queries from 9am – 2pm

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Fun Facts (**) 🤔

-ish: sans doute inconnu de la plupart de nos compatriotes, le suffixe “ish” ou “-ish” s’utilise aussi bien à l’oral qu’à l’écrit, parfois même uniquement sous forme d’une réponse laconique signifiant “à peu près” / “genre” etc…

= used to modify or moderate something previously stated or as a vague reply to a question = to some extent; somewhat; in a way; not exactly; near or about; approximately…it can be used with any word and it’s applied at the end to make the word into meaning “kind of”.

1. Friday at 11am ish? Appreciate your help
2. The lights went out at 11-ish.
3. See you all soon… ish
4. I’d like to get married. Ish.
5. the vouchers will be available for collection after 3 ish tomorrow
6. I’m new-ish to The Marketing Meetup but was blown away this morning.
7. Oh, and it’ll give the new prime minister and new-ish chancellor a bit longer to work out quite what they are going to do.
8. “‘Are you busy?’ ‘Ish’“
9. It’ll be a $25ish taxi ride.
10. “Are you tired?” “Yeah…ish.”
11. It’s a decent (ish) place to work.
12. me = “how are you feeling today?” you = “i am feeling okay-ish“

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(**) “Le saviez-vous?” ou “Anecdotes”

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