This is another collection from recent meetings and trips. It works best
if you can find a native English speaker with exposure to corporate
America to elaborate on the finer points that I cannot cover well here.
* If we get to the nuts and bolts of this, it would be quite
overwhelming to the management team. [If we get to the details of this, it would
be quite overwhelming to the management team.]
* We should identify the
signature for the core dump to see if we can match something in the
repository. [We should identify the particulars of the core dump to see
if we can match something in the repository.]
* The new requirement is not easy to satisfy. The current feature set simply cannot cut it. [The new requirement is not easy to satisfy. The current feature set simply cannot do the job.]
* If the problems show up, how do you assign the blame to other organizations? [If the problems show up, how do you assign faults to other organizations?]
* We have a bigger fish to fry. [We have more important things to do.]
* We need to be more discriminating on what we should do next quarter. [We need to be more selective on what we should do next quarter.]
* We would like to have your blessings on the code change before we file for integration. [We would like to have your approval on the code change before we file for integration.]
* That is a marketing presentation covering the top five customers. It is about care and feeding in the nut shell. [That is a marketing presentation covering the top five customers. It is about how to support them without a long explanation.]
* That piece of code needs to be beefed up to support this new feature. [That piece of code needs to be enhanced to support this new feature.]
* They try to add that feature to this release right now. That just does not compute really. [They try to add that feature to this release right now. That just does not make sense really.]
* It is hard to do. But, we might have to sign up for it anyway. [It is hard to do. But, we might have to take it anyway.]
* That single issue is going to dictate the solution they'll come up with. [That single issue is going to determine the solution they'll come up with.]
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