英語で質疑応答の表現
日本語話者にとって「質疑応答」は最難関でしょう。プレゼン自体を何とかこなせても、なかなか聞き取りや台本なしで英語で答えるのはやはり難しいです。覚える表現が多くはなりますが、それでもパターンはあるので練習が必要です。「英語が聞き取れないから聞き返す」「やんわりと質問を避ける」などの表現も覚えておくと、完全フリーズしてしまうリスクは避けられるので安心です。
質問に回答する際の表現
質問に対してひとこと
- Thank you for your question.
- Thank you for giving me your opinion.
- It’s a very insightful question. I am happy to answer it.
- That’s a very good point.
- I’m glad you raised that point.
- That is a very good question. I had not thought of that before.
答える際のひとこと
- I’d like to answer that question.
- My answer to that question is that ～.
わたしが言いたかったのは～
（～に関してもっと説明して頂けませんか？と問われた際）
- What I’m trying to say is that ～.
- The point I’m trying to say is that ～.
- The point is that ～.
- What I meant was that ～.
参考：簡単に言うと、別の言い方で言うと、
- To put it simply,
- In brief,
- In other words,
- Let me put it another way,
回答した後にひとこと
- Do you understand now?
- Does it make sense?
- Is it clear now?
- Is that okay?
- Have I answered your question?
質問に答えれないとき
質問を聞き返す
- I’m sorry, I couldn’t hear you. Would you say that again?
- I’m sorry, I didn’t catch your point. Would you repeat the question?
- Could you please rephrase your question?
- I would like to have your question repeated.I didn’t really understand it.
- Could you repeat the question again, please?
- You’ve asked three questions. Could you please give the second question again?
質問内容を確認する
- Do you mean ～?
- You are asking ～?
- So your question is whether ～?
- Let me see if I understand. Do you mean ～?
質問に答えられない（あとでお願いしますの時）
- Let’s talk later.
- I’m afraid I can’t give you the right answe at the moment.
- Maybe we can discuss it later.
- Please contact me later if you have more interest in the details.
いろいろな理由で答えられない際の表現例
- I’m afraid I cannot answer. The data are not available yet.
- Unfortunately we have no results for that.
- We didn’t investigate that. That is not our field.
- I haven’t studied that in detail.
- The question you asked me is hard to answer right now. It would surely require further research.
- I can’t answer that question since I’m still working on it.
- I’m sorry, but that is outside the area of our study.
参考：時間が迫ったときの表現（座長の表現）
- We’re running out of time, so let me foucus on your first question.
- I’m afraid our time is almost up. So, let’s have just one more question, please.
- Now our time is up, this will be the last question.
参考：逆に、時間が余っている際に質問を求める
- We still have five minutes left.
- We have about five minutes remaining.
- We have time for one or two questions.
質問する際の表現
質問させていただいてよろしいでしょうか？
- Would you mind if I ask a question?
- May I presume to ask you a question?
- May I ask you a question?
- I wonder if you would tell us ～.
～について知りたい。
- It would be interesting to know ～.
- I’m very interested in ～.
- I’m curious to know ～.
～についてのあなたのご意見は
- What is your opininon about ～?
- What do you think about ～?
- How do you feel about ～?