对齐
confirm a shared understanding or decision
Meeting Jargon
Translate alignment, cross-team coordination, and closure into who decides, who acts, and when.
Meeting jargon can disguise whether people shared information, discussed a disagreement, or made a decision. Clear notes preserve the decision, owner, deadline, and unresolved questions.
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What frequent expressions really mean
拉通
connect teams, systems, or handoffs
收口
end discussion with a recorded conclusion
协同
coordinate several parties toward one outcome
卡点
a blocker that prevents progress
Meeting jargon examples
Each example restores the people, actions, decisions, or measures omitted by the Chinese original.
1
Align on the logic
先对齐一下底层逻辑。
Clear English
Confirm the user problem, expected outcome, and two assumptions before choosing an implementation.
The original leaves out: What needs agreement and who decides.
2
Connect resources
后面再拉通各方资源。
Clear English
After scope is confirmed, ask marketing for inventory, engineering for an estimate, and finance for budget approval.
The original leaves out: The parties, resources, sequence, and coordinator.
3
Close the discussion
今天把方案收口。
Clear English
Choose between the two proposals today, record the decision and rejected alternative, then assign the first action.
The original leaves out: The decision-maker, output, and next owner.
4
Coordinate teams
这个问题需要产品和技术协同推进。
Clear English
Product will define expected behavior today; engineering will estimate it tomorrow; the project lead will resolve scope conflicts.
The original leaves out: Roles, handoff, timing, and conflict owner.
5
Remove the blocker
目前卡点比较明确，后续重点跟进。
Clear English
Finance approval is blocking the launch. Chen will obtain a decision by Thursday or escalate it to the sponsor.
The original leaves out: The blocker, resolver, deadline, and escalation path.
Clarity checklist
- Separate information sharing from decision-making.
- Record disagreement instead of treating silence as consent.
- Assign every action to one accountable person.
- Give decisions and deadlines a traceable location.
Questions and templates to reuse
- 1.This meeting needs a decision on 【question】 by 【decision-maker】.
- 2.The conclusion is 【decision】; 【owner】 will deliver 【result】 by 【date】.
- 3.The unresolved disagreement is 【issue】 and will be decided through 【method】.
Jargon in this scenario
对齐 (duì qí)Confirm that the relevant people share an understanding of the goal, scope, roles, or decision.拉通 (lā tōng)Connect the relevant teams, people, systems, or processes so they can work end to end.闭环 (bì huán)Drive an issue to a result, report the result, and state the next step or final status.ownerThe person accountable for moving a piece of work toward its result.