For those who work in international companies, business English is part of everyday work.
The Germans with typical mistakes like to make people laugh.
Watching series and films in the original language in English - that is now part of good manners for many Germans.
But when it comes to speaking and writing, the typical “Denglisch” quickly creeps in for many.
Especially at work, this makes for many a smile.
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Business English: Popular mistakes made by Germans
Anyone who works in an international company has to expand the vocabulary they have learned from school to include certain terms from business English.
The common job phrases are quickly learned.
But sometimes funny constructions creep in, which must seem strange to native speakers.
Linguists count the following mistakes among the "most popular" language errors among Germans:
“I am doing Home Office”:
If you want to use this sentence to explain that you work at home, you might encounter incomprehension among your international colleagues.
“Home office” sounds English, but is not used at all by native speakers.
According to the language learning platform Babbel, English speakers simply use the term “working from home” instead.
By the way, the British refer to their home office as a “home office” - so this faux pax is guaranteed to make people laugh.
“Cheers”
at the end of an e-mail:
This informal phrase in business e-mails does not mean
“cheers”
, but “thank you”.
Better to end a business email: "Best" or "Regards".
"Until" instead of "by":
Anyone who wants to express that something should happen by a certain point in time, correctly uses "by" instead of "until": "We need to finish this project by Monday".
The preposition "until" is used for situations that last until a certain point in time.
"We'll see us tomorrow":
Sounds Denglish - it is too.
Is correct:
"We'll see eachother tomorrow."
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persons with “persons”
:
This is grammatically correct, but the term “persons” is only used in a legal context.
Use “people” instead for the plural form.
Other popular translation errors:
"extra" for deliberate (correct: "deliberately"), "date" for an appointment (correct: "appointment"), "chef" for boss (correct: "boss"), "provision" for commission ( Correct: "commission")
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