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外国人英语——避免英国陷阱

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英式英语可能会让母语非英语的人感到困惑，因为礼貌往往会导致间接用语，使人很难知道别人对其他文化的真正意思。出于尊重，英国人可能会避免直接说 "不"，而是使用 "我会考虑一下 "这样的短语，这实际上意味着 "不"。他们的幽默感主要依赖于讽刺、轻描淡写和挖苦，这很容易被误解。这些文化习惯意味着，他们想要传达的信息往往是隐藏的，需要仔细解读字面以外的信息。

英国英语

除了众所周知的 "屋漏偏逢连夜雨 "和其他通俗易懂的有趣成语外，专业领域中最难理解的成语之一是"......"。沟通母语使用者和非母语使用者之间的差异在于，他们的意图是潜意识的，或者是对外国文化的讽刺，使用的是一种更直接的开放式风格。

对你（非英国人）来说，听起来积极或令人鼓舞的事情......可能完全相反。

如果您要管理国际项目或与以英语为母语者（尤其是英国人）开展业务，下表是您必须了解的内容。

(这不是 innovation.world 的作品。该表的未署名副本已流传至少 15 年。原作者请参见表格下方）

What the British say	What the British mean	What the foreigners understand
I hear what you say	I disagree completely	He accepts my point of view
You must come by for dinner sometime	Just being polite; Goodbye!	He will invite me for dinner in the course of time
Very interesting	I don’t agree	He likes my idea
With the greatest respect	You must be a fool	He respects me/my view
I’m sure it’s my fault	It’s your fault!	It is his fault
That is an original point of view	You must be crazy	They like the idea
I almost agree	I don’t agree	He almost agrees
You’ll get there (eventually)	No way you will make it	Encouragement to go on
I’ll bear it in mind	I won’t do anything about it	He will use it when appropriate
Could we consider some other options	I don’t like your idea	He is still in the process of thinking
I would suggest	Do it as I want you to	An open suggestion
By the way	The primary purpose is	Not very important
Perhaps you could give this some more thought	Don’t do it, it’s a bad idea	Consider possible road blocks
Quite good	A bit disappointing	Quite good
Not bad	(very) good	Average or poor
Please consider	Do it or forget it	He leaves it up to me
I have a further suggestion	Take it or leave it	He leaves it up to me
The method described is rather original	Bullshit	It’s a good method
I have a few preliminary suggestions	I strongly suggest you to follow my suggestions	Don’t change anything until final suggestions have been made
Reads well	Really good	Average
I am somewhat disturbed by the methodology	I am crossed	He is not feeling too comfortable about it
With all due respect	You don’t know what you are doing, I have a better suggestion (polite disagreement)	With the greatest respect
A few issues that need to be addressed	A whole lot needs to be changed	2–3 issues need rewriting
An issue that worries me slightly	A great worry	A minor issue
I am sorry we have to reject your paper on priority grounds	Your paper sucks	My paper nearly made it
I am sorry to disappoint you on this occasion	I could not care less	He is sorry