Giving feedback to a colleague · Phrasing positive advice

Phrasing positive advice in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Phrasing positive advice.

Should often gives advice, while have to expresses necessity or obligation. Don’t have to means something is not necessary, not that it is prohibited.

Context: Giving feedback to a colleague. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

Your report is clear, but you should explain the main result earlier.

تقريرك واضح، لكن ينبغي أن تشرح النتيجة الرئيسية في وقت أبكر.

Readers should not need to search several pages for the conclusion.

لا ينبغي أن يضطر القراء إلى البحث في صفحات عدة عن الخلاصة.

You could add a short summary at the beginning.

يمكنك إضافة ملخص قصير في البداية.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: Your report is clear, but you should explain the main result earlier.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: يمكنك إضافة ملخص قصير في البداية.