"Follow the Jewish", czyli pułapki dosłownego tłumaczenia

"Follow the Jewish", "after the Hungarian cake", "ice cream with lawyer"... Tajemniczy zwrot w tytule to nic innego jak efekt dosłownego tłumaczenia nazwy potrawy "śledź po żydowsku" znalezionej w menu pewnej restauracji. W "English Biz" przyglądamy się pułapkom językowym - tym momentom, kiedy "być w kontakcie" brzmi dobrze w głowie, jednak w praktyce... już niekoniecznie. Jak ich unikać? Podrzucamy garść idiomów i przydatnych zwrotów, które świetnie sprawdzą się w biznesowych sytuacjach. Lista zwrotów: stay in touch keep in touch revisit the issue reconsider the matter make a decision at this point in time at present keep something in mind carry out an analysis conduct an analysis share your thoughts provide feedback call someone give someone a call aim for something have something in mind for instance by way of example draw conclusions reach conclusions take something into account consider something hope for the best recap the meeting summarise the meeting relay the information convey the information have a brainstorming session brainstorm ideas reach a consensus arrive at an agreement bring someone up to speed brief someone on the topic answer questions respond to questions be equipped to handle challenges be prepared to meet challenges discuss the topic talk through the issue at first glance on the face of it align with an opinion endorse an opinion report a problem flag an issue touch base on the same page leverage run something by someone circle back raise the bar ballpark figure think outside the box game changer move the needle ramp up heads up onboarding take it offline low-hanging fruit