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A team meeting
It's Monday morning, and Birgitte is holding the weekly status meeting with the team. You're working on a report for a client in Odense.
Medium · 4 min
Your boss Birgitte is running the Monday status meeting: give an update on your task, ask what an unfamiliar word means, and agree on a deadline you can actually keep.
Scenario: Det er mandag morgen, og Birgitte holder det ugentlige statusmøde med teamet. Du arbejder på en rapport til en kunde i Odense.
How the conversation starts
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Birgitte
Godmorgen, alle sammen. Vi tager en hurtig runde, så vi er færdige klokken halv ti. Vil du starte? Hvor langt er du med rapporten til Odense? Den skal jo være klar på fredag.
Morning, everyone. Let's do a quick round so we're done by half past nine. Do you want to start? How far have you got with the report for Odense? It's due on Friday, after all.
You
Det går godt. Jeg har samlet alle tallene, og nu mangler jeg bare at skrive konklusionen.
It's going well. I've pulled together all the figures, and now I just need to write the conclusion.
Birgitte
Super. Husk et kort resumé øverst – kunden læser sjældent mere end den første side.
Great. Remember to put a short summary at the top – the client rarely reads past the first page.
You
Selvfølgelig, det skal jeg nok huske.
Of course, I'll make sure to.
Birgitte
Fint. En ting mere: Kunden har spurgt, om vi også kan lave en nulpunktsmåling, så de har noget at sammenligne med næste år. Kan du tage den?
Fine. One more thing: the client has asked if we can also do a baseline measurement, so they have something to compare with next year. Can you take that on?
You
Undskyld, hvad betyder nulpunktsmåling helt præcist?
Sorry, what exactly does 'nulpunktsmåling' mean?
Birgitte
Det er godt, du spørger. Det er bare en måling af, hvor kunden står i dag, før vi går i gang. Så kan vi vise forskellen om et år.
Glad you asked. It's just a measurement of where the client is today, before we get started. Then we can show the difference in a year's time.
Vocabulary in this conversation
The key Danish words and phrases that appear in this dialogue.
møde
(et)meeting
kunde
(en)customer
deadline
(en)deadline
referat
(et)minutes (meeting notes)
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