EFE learning modules / Professional Messaging (Slack-Teams)

Professional Messaging (Slack-Teams) @ Understanding the tonal difference between formal emails and quick, polite professional chat messages.

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Get the ball rolling

/ጌት ዘ ቦል ሮሊንግ/

ስራ መጀመር

Start a process or project.

አንድን ሂደት ወይም ፕሮጀክት መጀመር።

In Practice

"Let's get the ball rolling on this task."
"I will send the files to get the ball rolling."
Fluent Tip

Used to suggest starting a project or a discussion.

Keep me in the loop

/ኪፕ ሚ ኢን ዘ ሉፕ/

መረጃ አሳውቀኝ

Keep someone informed about a situation.

ስለ አንድ ሁኔታ ለአንድ ሰው መረጃ መስጠት።

In Practice

"Please keep me in the loop regarding the update."
"I want to be kept in the loop."
Fluent Tip

Commonly used in Slack to request updates on a task.

On the same page

/ኦን ዘ ሴም ፔጅ/

ተመሳሳይ ግንዛቤ መኖር

Have the same understanding.

ተመሳሳይ ግንዛቤ ወይም ስምምነት መኖር።

In Practice

"I want to make sure we are on the same page."
"Are we all on the same page regarding the deadline?"
Fluent Tip

Used to confirm alignment during a chat.

Touch base

/ተች ቤዝ/

መገናኘት

Contact someone briefly to catch up.

ለአጭር ጊዜ መገናኘት ወይም መረጃ መለዋወጥ።

In Practice

"Let's touch base tomorrow morning."
"I just wanted to touch base on the client call."
Fluent Tip

A professional way to suggest a quick check-in.

In a nutshell

/ኢን ኤ ናትሼል/

ባጭሩ

In a few words; briefly.

በጥቂት ቃላት፤ በአጭሩ።

In Practice

"In a nutshell, the project is delayed."
"That is the plan in a nutshell."
Fluent Tip

Perfect for summarizing points in quick chat messages.

Under the radar

/አንደር ዘ ራዳር/

ሳይታወቅ

Without being noticed.

ሳይታወቅ ወይም ትኩረት ሳይስብ።

In Practice

"We kept the changes under the radar."
"This issue went under the radar for a week."
Fluent Tip

Describes something handled quietly.

The big picture

/ዘ ቢግ ፒክቸር/

አጠቃላይ እይታ

The overall perspective.

አጠቃላይ እይታ ወይም ዋናው ዓላማ።

In Practice

"Let's look at the big picture here."
"We need to focus on the big picture."
Fluent Tip

Used to redirect focus from details to goals.

Call it a day

/ኮል ኢት ኤ ዴይ/

ለዛሬው ይብቃን

To stop working for the day.

ለዛሬው ስራ ማቆም።

In Practice

"Let's call it a day and resume tomorrow."
"I am ready to call it a day."
Fluent Tip

Polite way to end a late-night chat session.

Back to the drawing board

/ባክ ቱ ዘ ድሮዊንግ ቦርድ/

እንደገና መጀመር

Start over after a failure.

ከአንድ ውድቀት በኋላ እንደገና መጀመር።

In Practice

"The plan failed, so back to the drawing board."
"We need to go back to the drawing board."
Fluent Tip

Used when a proposed idea doesn't work out.

Read between the lines

/ሪድ ቢትዊን ዘ ላይንስ/

በውስጠ ታዋቂነት መረዳት

Understand the hidden meaning.

የተደበቀውን ትርጉም መረዳት።

In Practice

"You have to read between the lines in his email."
"I am trying to read between the lines here."
Fluent Tip

Refers to interpreting the tone of a message.

Up in the air

/አፕ ኢን ዘ ኤር/

ያልተረጋገጠ

Uncertain or undecided.

እርግጠኛ ያልሆነ ወይም ያልተወሰነ።

In Practice

"The budget is still up in the air."
"Our meeting time is up in the air."
Fluent Tip

Describes pending decisions.

Cut to the chase

/ካት ቱ ዘ ቼዝ/

ወደ ዋናው ነጥብ መግባት

Get to the point without wasting time.

ጊዜ ሳያባክኑ ወደ ዋናው ነጥብ መግባት።

In Practice

"Let's cut to the chase, what is the cost?"
"I'll cut to the chase and show you the results."
Fluent Tip

Used in chat to save time and get answers.