Asking for Clarification in a Team Meeting

在团队会议中请求澄清

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

当萨拉提到‘第三季度交付成果’却未作解释时，我举手问道：‘能具体说明包括哪些内容吗？’
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。
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’，于是问道：‘您的意思是支出不能超过5000美元吗？’
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。’
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‘是的’。
No one laughed or rushed past the question; instead, someone shared a shared doc where all terms were defined.

没人笑，也没人略过这个问题；相反，有人分享了一份术语定义文档供大家参考。
We now start each meeting with a two-minute ‘term check’ for acronyms like KPI or SLA.

现在我们每次会议都先花两分钟做‘术语核查’，比如KPI、SLA等缩写。
It’s not about knowing everything—it’s about making sure everyone starts from the same point.

这并非要求无所不知，而是确保所有人从同一起点出发。