※紀錄關於英文信的寫法、範本及心得
※寫作重點：
1. 錯字、文法問題在寄出前須確認無誤。
2. 標題直接說明目的
3. 內容簡單扼要
參考別人的講解之後，我將英文e-mail寫作流程大概分為四步驟：[1]
1. 自我介紹：說明自己身分
2. 動機：寫明此封郵件之目的
3. 主旨：要做些什麼
4. 結論：結束此對話
一開始我認為應該就是依照這樣的流程撰寫，於是嘗試寫了一小段：
Dear Dr. Corrigan,
Hello, my name is Angel, an assistant at the National Taiwan University. Our college is located at Taipei, Taiwan.
I am writing in reference to your three measure of situational schemata(SFRT, SCRT, SCST) had they ever translated to Chinese before.
同時也請比較熟的學長協助，大概是殘破不堪的英文讓學長受不了了，於是得到了一篇範本：
Dear Dr. Corrigan,
This is Pei- Chi Li, a research assistant in the Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicien, National Taiwan University. My supervisor is Dr. Ching-Lin Hsieh, and he instructed me to do a research review on cognition related instrument. After my review and discussing with my supervisor, both Dr. Ching-Lin Hsieh and I found that the instruments you developed (i.e., SFRT, SCRT, and SCST) are very helpful for our study. Therefore, we would like to further understand the three instruments, and hope that you can kindly provide us some information.
We wandering that whether the three instruments have been translated into any Chinese version? If so, could you give us the Chinese version of the instrument, and related articles?
Sorry to bother your time, and I am very thankful for your any kind response.
Thank you.
Best,
上面紅色的部分也可以寫成：
Thank you for your time.
Your help would be greatly appreciated!
Sincerely yours,
Pei- Chi Li on behalf of
Dr. Ching-Lin Hsieh at the Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicien, National Taiwan University
這次會這樣詢問是因為Dr. Corrigan的研究團隊網頁中也有提到中國的團隊(詳見此網頁)，雖然它的中國團隊似乎多在研究精神病患者汙名化的主題，不過還是直接詢問作者是否有中文版。
和其他人討論之後覺得其實不需要寫得這麼詳細，得到了第二種範本後改寫成：
Title: Request for the instrument Chinese version of your study
Dear Dr. Corrigan,
I am a research assistant at school of occupational therapy in Taiwan.
Our research team is conducting a review study to review on cognition related instrument.
We have read your articles, and we found that the instruments you developed (i.e., SFRT, SCRT, and SCST) are very helpful for our study. Therefore, we would like to further understand the three instruments, and hope that you can kindly provide us some information.
We wandering that whether the three instruments have been translated into any Chinese version? If so, could you give us the Chinese version of the instrument, and related articles? Sorry to bother your time, and I am very thankful for your any kind response.
Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Pei- Chi Li on behalf of
Dr. Ching-Lin Hsieh at the Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
之後與老師討論後，老師提出幾點(重點)：
1. 錯字、文法問題在寄出前須確認無誤。
Word檔會通知文法或是拼字錯誤，如果有錯誤必修正。
Word檔會通知文法或是拼字錯誤，如果有錯誤必修正。
2. 標題直接說明目的
3. 內容簡單扼要
修正後內容：
Title: Request for the Chinese versions of SFRT, SCRT, and SCST
Dear Dr. Corrigan,
I have read your articles and found that the instruments you developed (i.e., SFRT, SCRT, and SCST) are very helpful for my study. I’d like to know whether the three instruments have mandarin Chinese version. If so, could you please send them to me or inform me how to get them.
Many thanks!
Sincerely yours,
Pei-Chi Li
School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
心得：
以上三個範本分別是不同身分的人撰寫的信件，我想最後寫信的時候都會像最後的範本，當自己必須完全自己承擔責任時，寫出來的東西也會不一樣。
而最後一個範本也釐清了我的許多憂慮：
1. 如果一個不小心錯誤百出，提到老師的名字會不會就這樣丟臉丟到國外。(只提到自己的話就沒這煩惱了)
2. 以前聽過外國人的文化好像和台灣不同（如：外國人沒有寒暄的習慣），但卻不知道到底具體外國人寫信方式。
3. 怎麼寫都覺得信件似乎還是太長，凸顯不出想要表達的重點。
不過語言的東西果然還是要多練習，才能夠越寫越順手。感謝老師的指導及學長姐提供範本與意見。
本次將所有範本都紀錄下來以利日後參考。
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