How to change Basic English into Business English

Hi. My name is Rebecca from www.engvid.com. Today, you're going to learn how to speak

Hola, mi nombre es Rebeca de www.engvid.com. hoy tu vas a aprender a hablar

more professionally in business situations. Now, at times, it's all right to use informal

de una manera mas profesional en situaciones de negocios, ahora, a veces es correcto usar un lenguaje

language. It's acceptable in everyday situations. But there are times when you'll want to create

informal. Es aceptable en situaciones del día a día, pero hay ocasiones donde vas a querer crear

a more powerful impression. And at that time, you'll want to be able to use business English.

una impresión mas poderosa. y en ese momento vas a querer usar ingles de negocios.

What's the difference between general English and business English? Well, sometimes, there's

Cual es la diferencia entre el ingles general y el de negocios? bueno, a veces, no

not very much difference. Sometimes, general English is used in business contexts. But

hay mucha diferencia. a veces, el ingles general es usado en ambientes de negocios. pero

a veces, usas palabras de un nivel mas alto. y eso es lo que yo te voy a enseñar en esta

sometimes, you use a higher-level word. And that's what I'm going to teach you in this

lesson. Let's look at some really easy, common examples.

lección. Echemos un vistazo a algunos ejemplos muy sencillos y comunes

For example, if you say -- or if you want to say, "I got your email", in regular English,

por ejemplo, si tu dices -- o quieres decir "I got your email"["Tengo tu email"], en ingles básico,

you might just say, "I got your email." What would you say if you want to make it business

podrías decir, "I got your email."["Tengo tu email"] Como lo diría si lo quisiera hacer en ingles de negocios?,

English? You would say -- I'm giving you a clue. The word starts with R. Instead of saying,

tu dirías -- le voy a dar una pista. la palabra empieza con la letra R. En vez de decir.

"I got your email"; "I received your email."

"I got your email" ["Tengo tu email"]; "I received your email." ["Recibí tu correo."]

Okay? Now, it becomes more formal and more business-like.

esta bien? ahora, se convierte en mas formal y mas serio.

Suppose you want to tell someone, "I need your help" or, "I need some help." What word

Supongamos que quieres decirle a alguien, "I need your help" ["Necesito tu ayuda"] o, "I need some help." ["Necesito algo de ayuda"]. que palabra

could you use that starts with R instead of "need"?

podrías usar que empiece con R en lugar de "need" ["necesito"]

"Require." So instead of saying -- and

"Require." ["Requiere"] Entonces, en lugar de decir, y

you can also change more than the verb. The verb is the key, but you could say -- instead

también puedes cambiar algo mas aparte del verbo. el verbo es la llave, pero podrias decir -- en lugar de

of saying, "I need some help", you could say, "I require some assistance." Now, you've changed

"I need some help"["Necesito algo de ayuda"], podrias decir, "I require some assistance."["requiero un poco de ayuda"] ahora, tu has cambiado

two words, the verb and also a noun.

dos palabras, el verbo y un sustantivo.

Let's try another one. "Let's talk about it later." Which business word could you use?

tratemos con otro ejemplo. "Let's talk about it later."["Hablemos de eso más tarde."] que palabra de negocios podría utilizar?

"Let's discuss -- let's discuss it later." That sounds much more professional than saying,

"Let's discuss -- let's discuss it later."["Discutamos - vamos a discutirlo más tarde."] eso suena mas profesional que decir

"Let's talk about it later."

"Let's talk about it later."

Next one. "How do I get in touch with her?" What word could you use instead of that?

siguiente. "How do I get in touch with her?"["¿Cómo me pongo en contacto con ella?"] que palabra podrías usar en lugar de esa?

"How do I contact her?" Okay? Good.

"How do I contact her?"["¿Cómo contacto con ella?"] Ok? bien.

"Please make sure you arrive on time." Which business word could you use instead of "make sure"?

"Please make sure you arrive on time." ["Por favor asegúrese de llegar a tiempo."] que palabra podrías usar en lugar de "make sure"?

"Please ensure you arrive on time."

"Please ensure you arrive on time." ["Por favor, asegúrese de llegar a tiempo".]

"Please give her your travel plans." Instead of saying "give", you could say,

"Please give her your travel plans." ["Por favor, dale tus planes de viaje".] en lugar de decir "give", podria decir

"Please provide her with your itinerary."

"Please provide her with your itinerary." ["Por favor, dale tu itinerario".]

There, we've changed another word. Instead of saying "travel plan" or "travel plans",

allí hemos cambiado otra palabra. en lugar de decir "travel plan" o"travel plans",

you could use the word "itinerary".

tu podrías decir la palabra "itinerary".

An "itinerary" is usually a piece

un "itinerary" es por lo general una hoja de papel

of paper or a document that lists your travel plans, when you're departing, when you're

o documento donde se listan los planes de viaje, cuando sales, cuando

arriving, where, when, and so on.

llegas, a donde, cuando y así sucesivamente.

"Please let them know when you will be arriving." "Please let them know" -- instead of that,

"Please let them know when you will be arriving." "Please let them know" ["Por favor, hágales saber cuándo llegará". "Por favor hazles saber"] -- en lugar de eso

you could say, "Please inform them of your arrival." Okay? Good.

podría decir "Please inform them of your arrival." ["Por favor, informe de su llegada".] Ok? Bien.

"Please tell me why you've made this decision."

"Please tell me why you've made this decision." ["Por favor, dime por qué has tomado esta decisión".]

"Please explain your decision."

"Please explain your decision." ["Por favor explique su decisión".]

"Could you please talk some more about that subject?"

"Could you please talk some more about that subject?" ["¿Podrías hablar un poco más sobre ese tema?"]

"Could you please

"Could you please ["Podrias porfavor

elaborate? Could you please elaborate on that."

elaborate? Could you please elaborate on that." ¿elaborar? Podría, por favor elaborar en eso".]

Now, this is actually a very useful word if you go to a

ahora, esta es realmente una palabra muy util si usted asiste a una conferencia o auna reunion

conference or a meeting and you want someone to speak some more about a particular point

conferencia o a una reunión y usted quiere hablar con alguien acerca de algún punto en particular

or issue. It's a good, kind of, question to learn. "Could you please elaborate on that?"

Es una pregunta buena, algo que aprender. "Could you please elaborate on that?"

So "to elaborate" means to speak more or talk more, give more information.

asi "to elaborate" significa hablar o decir mas, dando mas informacion.

"How are you going to fix this problem?" Better than using the word "fix" is the word

"How are you going to fix this problem?" ["¿Cómo vas a solucionar este problema?"] mucho mejor que usar la palabra "fix" es usar la palara "solve"

"solve".

"solve" "resolver"

"How are you going to solve this problem?" All right? So try to do that for every simple

"How are you going to solve this problem?" ["¿Cómo vas a resolver este problema?"] De acuerdo? así que trate de hacer eso de cada palabra simple

word that you know and basic word that you know in general English, try to find a slightly

que usted conozca y palabras basicas que sepa del ingles basico, trate de hallar versiones

more formal version, which will be your business English word. And use these words in an office

ligeramente mas formales, las cuales seran palabras de su ingles formal. y use estas palabras en el ambiente del trabajo

environment.

trabajo

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Thanks very much. Good luck with your English.

Muchas gracias. Buena suerte con tu ingles