英语写作贰——电邮


一、问候

问候分正式、一般性、非正式三种:

  1. 正式:Dear + Name
  2. 一般性:Hi / Hello + Name
  3. 非正式:Hi / Hello + Name 或 无问候

二、解释目的

如标题所言,解释为何要发送这封电邮。

常用语句(按语气分)

一看就知道是职场老油条(正式):

  • I’m writing regarding x x ( the issue )……
  • I wanted to follow up on x x ( the meeting )…… # 跟进某某会议 / 工作内容
  • I would like to ask about x x ……

包是打工人的啦(一般性):

  • I’m concerned about……
  • I need to bring something to your attention:

“黑奴”(非正式):

  • There’s one more thing I’d like to discuss with you.
  • Regarding……
  • I’d like to ask you about……

三、细节

有啥情况,写就完事儿了,也就高中那套

四、请求

发邮件肯定是希望对方干些啥的,即便是通知也希望他回个收到,故而这一部分,就是希望对方能做出什么回应 / 采取什么措施

常用语句(按事件紧急程度分)

十万火急,ddl:

  • Please x x by tomorrow at the latest. # 你小汁坠好明天之前给我办完
  • As a matter of urgency, you need to……

还行,一般,但还算重要:

  • Could you please……
  • I would like you to……

程度再弱些,不急一时:

  • I suggest that you……
  • Can I ask you to……

并非办事:

  • This is just to keep you updated. # 旨在让您了解最新进展
  • This doesn’t require any immediate response, but please keep an eye on the situation.# 没别的意思,就是让您留个心眼

五、署名

告诉这家伙是谁发的邮件,也分正式、一般之说

正式:

  • Regards,
  • Best Wish,
  • Kind Regards,

一般:

  • Cheers,
  • Take care,

注意事项:正式的需要单词首字母全部大写,一般则无此要求。另外,‘ , ’与签名之间要有个分段符

Best Wish,

Canyat

六、例子

来源如上一篇所说,来自牛津大学英文写作课,非原创。(月 译)

Dear Lina,

亲爱的Lina

I need to bring something to your attention: many staff are using very weak passwords on their laptops and for database access.

有一件事需要您留意:很多员工在使用笔记本电脑及访问数据库之时,采用等级较弱的密码。

Our work depends on keeping our clients’ personal financial information safe. If we lose our clients’ trust on this issue, it will not be easy to recover. I trust that you can see that it is better to take action now, rather than after something goes wrong.

我们的工作依赖于保障客户个人财务信息安全。若因此问题,导致客户信任丢失,将难以挽回。相信您能在问题变得不可逆转之前,采取较为准确的行动。

I suggest we make a rule that passwords must be a specific length, and that staff must change their passwords at least once a month. Please let me know what you think about this.

我个人建议,我们可以对密码制定相应规则,如特定的长度、员工密码至少一月一更。您怎么看?

Regards,

Vijay

鄙人Vijay,向您问候