El Inglés en los talleres de trabajo

¡Hola a todos! Soy un compañero vuestro que está residiendo actualmente en el extranjero. Debido a esta experiencia, me he dado cuenta de la importancia que tienen los idiomas hoy en día para poder participar de manera activa en un taller de trabajo o en una reunión. Además, como sabéis, muchas dinámicas de grupo que realizan empresas en España se desarrollan parcial o incluso íntegramente en inglés. Por ello, me gustaría compartir con vosotros una serie de expresiones que nos pueden servir de ayuda para comunicarnos de manera más fluida. ¡Espero que os sea útil!

Opening the meeting: Thank you for coming/ It’s eight o’clock. Let’s start/ Any comments on our previous meeting?
Stating objectives: We’re here today to hear about plans for…/ Our objective is to discuss different ideas…/ As you aware, I’ve arranged this meeting to…/ The purpose of this meeting is to…
Beginning the discussion: The first point that needs mentioning is…/ If I can just fill you in with the background to this…/ Would anyone like to comment?/ I’d like to ask (name) for his view
Inviting people to speak: Would you like to open the discussion, (name)/ What are your views on this, (name)?/ What’s the general feeling on this?
Referring to other speakers: As (name) has already told us…/ I’m sure (name) knows about this/ Later we’ll hear a report from (name) on…/ (Name) is certainly aware of…
To interrupt someone politely: If I can just stop you for a moment…/ Sorry to interrupt you, but…/ Excuse me, may I ask for clarification on this?/ Do you think so? My impression is…
To refer back to what was said earlier: As we were saying earlier…/ To go back to what I was just saying...
Clarifying: What I mean is…/ To explain this in more detail…/ To give you an example…/ Could be a little clearer on that?/ I’m sorry, but I’m not sure if I understand what you’re saying
Making a decision: The solution then is to…/ The best way forward is to…
Moving to another topic: I’d like now to move on to…/ The next item on the agenda is…/ The next thing we have to discuss is…
Checking everyone agrees: Do we all agree?/ Is that unanimous?/ Are we all happy about that?/ Is that decided then?
Summarising: I think we should end there. Just to summarize…/ We’ve covered everything, so I’d like to go over the decisions we’ve taken…/ It’s been a pleasure to see you today and I look forward to our next meeting…
Concluding the meeting: Is there any other business?/ That brings the meeting to a close
Running out of time: To go over what’s been said/ So, unless anyone has anything else to add, I think that’s it. Thank you all for coming

Ángel Celdrán
Grupo 71