Meetings / Sitzungen Opening the meeting / Die Besprechung eröffnen
I declare the meeting open!
Ladies and gentlemen, may I please open this meeting?
I would like to welcome you all to our sales meeting.
Thank you for coming to today’s meeting.
Let’s get down to business.
Right, shall we get started / begin?
Meetings / Sitzungen The minutes / Das Protokoll
Has everybody seen the minutes of the last meeting?
Can we take the minutes for read?
Who’s taking the minutes?
As the minutes of the last meeting have been approved, we
can start with the first item on the agenda.
Meetings / Sitzungen The agenda / Die Tagesordnung
We circulated the agenda in advance.
Has everybody received a copy of the agenda?
Does anyone want to add an item?
I’d like to put another item on the agenda.
I think we can delete item 3.
Meetings / Sitzungen Stating the objective / Zielsetzung
The reason for our coming together is …
We are here to discuss ...
I’ve called a meeting to ...
The purpose of today’s meeting is
Meetings / Sitzungen Asking opinions / Um Meinungsäußerungen bitten
I’d like Mr Brown to take the floor.
I would like to invite Dr Lee to present his views on ...
Mr Grem would you like to say something about this?
I wonder if you like to comment, Mr Smith?
What’s your opinion on this, John?
What do you think of that / say to that, Jim?
Meetings / Sitzungen Digressions / Abschweifungen
I’m afraid we’re moving too far away from the subject.
I’m afraid this isn’t really relevant to the discussion.
Shouldn’t we rather return to the topic?
Let’s not get side-tracked.
Could we stick to the subject, please?
Could you keep to the point.
Meetings / Sitzungen Misunderstandings / Missverständnisse
There seems to be a misunderstanding.
Could you explain what you mean?
Could you give us some more details?
Could you be a little more precise?
I’m afraid I don’t really understand you?
Do you mean to say that ...?
Meetings / Sitzungen The time schedule / Der Zeitplan
Let’s try to keep this meeting short.
Let’s try to finish by four o’clock.
I’m sorry, but we’re running out of time.
Could you keep your comment short?
As time is short we have to move on.
Meetings / Sitzungen Die Diskussion schließen Summarise / Zusammenfassen
In short, the main points that have been made are ...
Let me summarise what we have discussed so far.
To sum up, it seems that we all agree ...
I’d like to go over the most important pros and cons.
Meetings / Sitzungen Die Diskussion schließen A vote
I suggest we move to a vote.
Could we take a vote on it? / Let’s have a vote on this.
Can I ask for a show of hands?
All those in favour raise their hands.
Those against?
Any abstentions?
I’d like to abstain.
The motion is carried by six votes to four.
Meetings / Sitzungen Any Other Business? / Sonstiges?
Is there anything else to discuss?
Any further points of discussion?
Is there any other business?
Meetings / Sitzungen Closing the meeting / Besprechung beenden
We seem to have arrived to the decision that ...
I think we’ve discussed everything.
I’d now like to draw this meeting to a close.
I declare the meeting closed! Thank you Ladies and Gentlemen.
I’d like to / let’s call it a day now.I
Thanks for coming everyone!
Die Sitzungsteilnehmer Proposing / Vorschlagen
I would like to put forward an alternative proposal.
I would like to make another suggestion.
Wouldn’t it be a good idea if ...
Die Sitzungsteilnehmer Interrupting / Unterbrechen
May I interrupt you for a moment?
I’m sorry to interrupt you / break in, but ...
May I come in at this point ...
Excuse me, may I ask a question?
I don’t want to interrupt, but ...
Die Sitzungsteilnehmer Giving information / Informieren
I would like to give you some details on this matter.
Let me give you an overview of the figures.
I will brief you on the results so far.
May I inform you on the decisions made by…
Die Sitzungsteilnehmer Opinions / Meinungsäußerungen
In my opinion / in my view ...
If you want to know my opinon ...
The way I see it is ...
I feel / think / believe that ...
It seems / appears to me that
Die Sitzungsteilnehmer Agreeing / Zustimmen
I can go along with your proposal.
I think we are in agreement on that.
I share your view.
I agree with you / I think you’re right.
Die Sitzungsteilnehmer Disagreeing / Ablehnen
I don’t think that’s a good idea.
I cannot go along with you there.
I’m afraid I can’t agree with you.
I’m sorry, but I don’t agree at all.
I absolutely disagree / I think you’re wrong.
Protokoll schreiben Neutral reporting / Neutral berichten
He said / stated / observed that ...
She pointed out that ...
The chairman asked if / whether ...
Mr Bloom answered / replied ...
The speaker argued ...
He reminded the board…
Protokoll schreiben Emphasis / Betonung
He underlined / emphasized / stressed ...
She warned / cautioned ...
He urged ...
The chairman summoned the speaker
Negotiations / Verhandlungen Making offers / Angebote machen
We were thinking of ... / suggest ...
The best offer we can make you is ...
We could offer you a discount of 2 %.
We grant a price reduction of 2 %.
We can deliver the goods in 6 weeks.
Our deal includes maintenance.
Negotiations / Verhandlungen Rejecting the offer / Angebot abweisen
I’m afraid we cannot accept that.
There’s no question of our being able to accept.
We feel that the price is rather high.
We cannot agree to what you propose.
That is not negotiable.
Negotiations / Verhandlungen Conditions / Bedingungen
If you shorten delivery, we could ...
We may be able to ... but only if you ...
Provided you ... we might ...
Negotiations / Verhandlungen Winning time / Zeit gewinnen
That sounds fine but I’ll have to confer with my boss first.
I should like to think this over.
Could you keep that offer open for 2 more weeks?
I’m afraid I don’t have the authority to decide.
I would like to discuss this proposal with my partner.
Negotiations / Verhandlungen Reaching agreements / Übereinstimmung erzielen
I’m pleased to say we agree.
I think we’ve finally come to terms.
This seems a very reasonable offer.
We’re in complete agreement with each other.
Negotiations / Verhandlungen Making complaints / Sich beschweren
I’m afraid that you didn’t respect the date of delivery.
The goods you delivered were damaged.
We’re sorry to say that we’re dissatisfied with the consignment.
Negotiations / Verhandlungen Apologizing / Sich entschuldigen
Please accept our apologies.
I’m very sorry to hear that.
I really must apologize.
I quite understand how you feel.
Presentations / Präsentationen Opening words / Einleitung
Good morning. Let me introduce myself ...
Let me introduce you to my colleague ...
I / We represent..
Presentations / Präsentationen Thanking for the invitation / Für die Einladung danken
It’s a great honour to be able to speak here today.
I’m grateful for having the opportunity to …
I’m glad to have a chance to speak.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for asking me to …
Presentations / Präsentationen Announcing the topic / Das Thema ankündigen
Today I’m going to talk about ...
The topic / subject of this presentation is ...
In my presentation I’ll be explaining our new project.
I’ll try to give you an overview of the development ...
You’ve met here today to hear something about ...
Presentations / Präsentationen Handouts / Tischvorlagen
In the handout, which will be passing around, you’ll find ...
I hope everybody received the handout?
May I draw your attention to the handout?
There is a small mistake in the handout which I would like
to correct.
Presentations / Präsentationen Structure / Gliederung
I’ll focus on two main points.
I’ll be covering the following three main areas.
I’ve divided this presentation into four sections.
In the first part of my presentation I’ll ...
Presentations / Präsentationen Interruptions / Unterbrechungen
Please do not hesitate to interrupt me if I’m speaking too
fast / I’m not making myself clear / you have questions.
Please stop me if anything is unclear.
After the presentation there will be time for questions.
I’ll be happy to answer any questions after my talk.
Presentations / Präsentationen Der Hauptteil Step by step / Schritt für Schritt
Let’s start with ...
I’d like to begin with an overview of ...
So that’s the present situation. Let’s now have a look at ...
With this we have come to the following ...
Let me now move on to ...
So much for the figures. Now as to ...
Presentations / Präsentationen Der Hauptteil Rhetorical questions / Rhetorische Fragen
The question is: What can we do about this?
What does this mean for our company?
What advantages would this offer us?
You will ask yourselves: In what way does this affect us?
Presentations / Präsentationen Der Hauptteil Bringing arguments / Argumentieren
On the one hand ... On the other ...
In addition ..., furthermore ...
Because of this / as a result of this ...
Consequently / therefore ...
However, I think that ...
Generally speaking / in general we could say ...
On the whole ...
We should take into account the following ...
Presentations / Präsentationen Der Hauptteil Offering solutions / Lösungen anbieten
One way to solve this problem would be ...
We propose the following solution ...
A possible solution would be ...
I found a way to deal with this problem.
However, there’s another alternative.
Presentations / Präsentationen Der Hauptteil Making forecasts / Prognosen stellen
What’s the forecast for next year?
The long / short term forecast is ...
The outlook is (not) very encouraging.
The prospects for next year are pretty good.
We expect this trend to continue.
Presentations / Präsentationen Der Hauptteil Declining interruptions / Unterbrechungen unterbinden
If I might just finish my sentence.
Perhaps we could return to that question later on.
If you would be so kind as to let me finish. I’ll answer questions
later on.
If you would allow me to finish off first.
Presentations / Präsentationen Der Hauptteil Picking up the thread / Den Faden wieder aufnehmen
As I was saying ...
Coming back to what I was trying to explain ...
To return to my subject ...
If we could just return to the topic ...
If I could just continue ...
This leads us back to what I was saying before …
Grafiken und Diagramme Commenting diagrams / Diagramme kommentieren
Let’s have a look at this graph / diagram.
The horizontal / vertical axis represents ...
Production is indicated by a red line.
This solid line gives us ...
The broken line shows ...
The dotted line illustrates ...
This curve here indicates ...
With this pie chart I’d like to show you ...
The shaded section represents ...
The table in the middle gives us last year’s sales figures.
Grafiken und Diagramme Upward trend / Aufwärtsgehender Trend
The number of … has grown / gone up / increased / climbed.
Prices have jumped since ...
There has been an enormous boom / upturn.
Market has picked up / recovered again.
Sales reached a peak in 20XX.
It reached an all-time high.
Grafiken und Diagramme Downward trend / Abwärtsgehender Trend
Profits have declined / gone down / dropped / decreased /
fallen.
Sales have slumped / plummeted.
We could almost speak of a recession.
There has been an enormous down turn in production.
Prices bottomed out.
Grafiken und Diagramme Continuing trend / Gleich bleibender Trend
Our sales figures have remained stable / steady.
Prices have been stable / unchanged for several years.
Profits held firm for two years.
Grafiken und Diagramme Contrast and comparison / Kontraste und Vergleiche
If we compare these figures, we see that ...
Compared with last year, sales have increased by 5 %.
Although we invested a lot, sales figures fell.
Investment increased whereas sales dropped.
The higher the costs, the higher the price.
Investment was not as high as last year.
Zum Abschluss kommen Closing words / Abschließende Worte
I’d like to conclude by making the following statement.
Let me go through the main arguments again before finishing
this presentation.
I hope it has become clear through this presentation ...
I’d like to close off with the following suggestion ...
To put it in a nutshell ...
Zum Abschluss kommen Inviting questions / Fragen anregen
I’d now like to turn to the questions that you certainly have.
If you have any questions, I’d be happy to answer them now.
I’d welcome any questions or comments.
Please tell me if anything was unclear.
Zum Abschluss kommen Difficult questions / Schwierige Fragen
I don’t think I’m the right person to answer that question.
That is beyond my competence.
I’m afraid I don’t have those figures here, but I could let you
know later.
Zum Abschluss kommen Dealing with criticism / Umgang mit Kritik
I quite see your point but still ...
That’s an interesting observation but we shouldn’t forget ...
I understand your criticism, but don’t you think ...?
I entirely agree with you. On the other hand ...
Perhaps I should make myself clearer on this point.
Zum Abschluss kommen Closing the discussion / Die Diskussion abschließen
With this last question I’d like to finish this presentation.
I’m sorry to break off this interesting discussion but I think
we’re running out of time.
I think we should call it a day.
Thank you for your attention, ladies and gentlemen.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for sacrificing your valuable
time.
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