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Correcting Misunderstandings at Work
I work in our company’s Toledo office and I was meeting with my counterpart in our Raleigh office. I was trying to explain to her our new proposal to make some changes in the corporate structure. But, it wasn’t going very well.
A: So, with the new plan, the managers would report directly to the CEO?
B: That’s not quite right. The local managers would report to the regional managers, and the regional managers would be supervised by the COO. That would give the COO more oversight than he has now.
A: You’re saying, then, that the managers aren’t being well supervised now?
B: No, that’s not what I meant. We were actually thinking that the new plan would free up the CEO to work on attracting new business.
A: So, you think that the problem is with the CEO. He’s not doing his job.
B: No, that’s not it at all. What I’m trying to say is that we need this new plan because our office has expanded so much in the past year.
A: Well, I don’t really agree with you. I think that both the CEO and COO are doing a fine job now.
B: I think we may have our wires crossed. Let’s set up a meeting for next week to talk more about it.
A: Okay. That’s fine with me
counterpart نظير - مثيل (له نفس المهنة في مكان اخر)
proposal: offer: plan عرض - خطة
corporate structure: company organization ادارة الشركة (الهيكل التنظيمي للشركة)
it wasn’t going very well لم تكن جيدة جدا (متوسطة)
report directly to يبعث تقرير مباشر لــــ
CEO: chief executive officer غالبا يكون رئيس الشركة
That’s not quite right : it means you made a mistake
proposal: offer: plan عرض - خطة
corporate structure: company organization ادارة الشركة (الهيكل التنظيمي للشركة)
it wasn’t going very well لم تكن جيدة جدا (متوسطة)
report directly to يبعث تقرير مباشر لــــ
CEO: chief executive officer غالبا يكون رئيس الشركة
That’s not quite right : it means you made a mistake
ليس صحيحا بشكل كامل (هناك خطأ)
local محلي
regional اقليمي
supervised يشرف عليه
COO: chief operating officer اعلي شخص و لكن بعد رئيس اشركة
oversight: more control مراقبة
that’s not what I meant هذا ليس ما اعنيه
We were actually thinking: its means you made a mistake here is what is right كنا بالفعل نفكر ان (لقول الشيء الصحيح بدلا من الخطأ)
attracting جذاب - مغري
that’s not it:you are wrong طريقة مهذبة لاخبار شخص انه خاطيء
What I’m trying to say is هذا هو الصحيح
have our wires crossed مختلفين في الرأي ( لا نفهم بعضنا)
That’s fine with me هذا مناسب
local محلي
regional اقليمي
supervised يشرف عليه
COO: chief operating officer اعلي شخص و لكن بعد رئيس اشركة
oversight: more control مراقبة
that’s not what I meant هذا ليس ما اعنيه
We were actually thinking: its means you made a mistake here is what is right كنا بالفعل نفكر ان (لقول الشيء الصحيح بدلا من الخطأ)
attracting جذاب - مغري
that’s not it:you are wrong طريقة مهذبة لاخبار شخص انه خاطيء
What I’m trying to say is هذا هو الصحيح
have our wires crossed مختلفين في الرأي ( لا نفهم بعضنا)
That’s fine with me هذا مناسب
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