Asking for Clarification in a Team Meeting

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1. When Sarah mentioned ‘Q3 deliverables’ without defining them, I raised my hand and said, 'Could you clarify what those include?'

   萨拉提到‘第三季度交付成果’时未作说明，我举手问道：‘能具体说说包括哪些内容吗？’

2. She paused, smiled, and listed three items—two reports and one client demo—while checking if I’d missed anything.

   她稍作停顿，微笑着列出三项内容——两份报告和一次客户演示，并确认我是否遗漏了什么。

3. Later, James misheard ‘budget cap’ as ‘budget gap’, so he asked, 'Do you mean we can’t spend more than $5,000?'

   后来，詹姆斯把‘预算上限’听成了‘预算缺口’，便问：‘您的意思是支出不能超过5000美元吗？’

4. Our manager nodded and added, 'Exactly—and that includes travel and software fees.'

   我们的经理点头补充道：‘没错，这包括差旅和软件费用。’

5. I followed up with, 'So if the demo tool costs $600, we’ll need to cut elsewhere?' and got a quick yes.

   我接着问：‘那如果演示工具要600美元，我们就得在其他地方削减？’对方立刻答了声‘对’。

6. No one laughed or rushed past the question; instead, someone shared a shared doc where all terms were defined.

   没人发笑或略过这个问题；相反，有人分享了一份共享文档，其中明确定义了所有术语。

7. We now start each meeting with a two-minute ‘term check’ for acronyms like KPI or SLA.

   我们现在每次会议都先花两分钟做‘术语核查’，比如KPI、SLA等缩写。

8. It’s not about knowing everything—it’s about making sure everyone starts from the same point.

   这无关乎无所不知，而在于确保所有人从同一起点出发。