{"id":31137,"date":"2019-02-13T20:13:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T19:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=31137"},"modified":"2019-02-13T20:14:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T19:14:37","slug":"dont-forget-the-attachment-sending-documents-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/dont-forget-the-attachment-sending-documents-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Forget The Attachment – Sending Documents In French"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sending emails en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> is an inescapable part of office life<\/a> en France<\/strong>. Nothing makes this more real than coming back after a few days off and having to get through a mountain of email before normal work can pick up again.<\/p>\n

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Sending emails en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> can be confusing for un anglophone<\/strong> (an English speaker), because it’s easy to mix up<\/a> un mail<\/strong> <\/em>and an email.<\/em> The effect is amplified when someone asks for un adresse mail<\/strong> (an email address), especially if they just asked how to spell your name<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Votre adresse mail, s’il vous pla\u00eet.<\/strong>
\nEn France ou aux \u00c9tats-Unis ?<\/strong>
\nVotre adresse mail, s’il vous pla\u00eet. Pas votre adresse postale.<\/strong>
\nAh oui ! Bien s\u00fbr !<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your email address, please.<\/em>
\nIn France or in the US?<\/em>
\nYour email address please. Not your postal address.<\/em>
\nAh yes! Of course!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I still sometimes have to stop myself from writing mon adresse postale<\/a><\/strong> when I hear or see that! There is a caveat for those of you au Qu\u00e9bec<\/strong> though. En fran\u00e7ais canadien<\/strong><\/a>, the word courriel<\/em> <\/strong>is used for email, which helps avoid any confusion for les anglophones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Cela dit<\/strong> (that said), accidentally reciting the wrong adresse<\/strong> is not the worst email mistake that can happen, especially when dealing with important documents. More than des fautes de frappe<\/strong> (typos) or even thinking in English<\/em><\/a>, the biggest mistake that occurs when dealing with les mails<\/strong><\/a> is forgetting an attachment.<\/p>\n

It’s easy to taper<\/strong> (type) something like:<\/p>\n

Voici le document dont vous avez besoin.<\/strong>
\nHere’s the document that you need.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then immediately forget to attach le document<\/strong> (the document) before clicking<\/a> envoyer<\/strong> (send).<\/p>\n

Alors comment dit-on attachment<\/em> en fran\u00e7ais ?<\/strong>
\nSo how do you say attachment in French?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In my experience dans le monde des affaires fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/strong> (in the French business world) and dealing with countless meetings<\/a>, there are a few common ways to refer to an attachment en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

ci-joint<\/strong>
\nen pi\u00e8ce jointe<\/strong>
\nen PJ<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All of them are closer to attached<\/em> than attachment<\/em>, but that’s because en pratique<\/strong> (in practice), that’s the most common way to see the idea.<\/p>\n

Ci-joint est le document dont vous avez besoin.<\/strong>
\nAttached is the document that you need.<\/em><\/p>\n

Vous trouverez en pi\u00e8ce jointe le document dont vous avez besoin.<\/strong>
\nYou will find attached the document that you need.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If la besoin<\/strong> (the need) ever arises, an attachment is une pi\u00e8ce jointe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Cependant<\/strong> (however), if you were paying attention to le contexte<\/strong><\/a> (the context) in this post, that would be easy to figure out.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, the most important part of any pi\u00e8ce jointe<\/strong> is remembering to include it in le mail<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Sending emails en fran\u00e7ais is an inescapable part of office life en France. Nothing makes this more real than coming back after a few days off and having to get through a mountain of email before normal work can pick up again. Sending emails en fran\u00e7ais can be confusing for un anglophone (an English speaker)…<\/p>\n

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