well received ≠ 我收到信了！英文 email 常見錯誤：想表示收到、已讀，怎麼講才正確？

很多人在收到 email 後習慣回覆 Well received with thanks，以為這樣是「我收到了，謝謝」。加了一個 well 在 receive 之前，好像是表達感激並告訴對方，這信我已讀過了。但這句話在外國人看來並不是「已讀」。先來看看字典上的解釋：

His speech was well received.
（X）他的演講被讀過了。
（O）他的演講很受歡迎。

well received 不是指「好好地收到」，而是有認同、認可的意思

不要誤會，以為 well received 是「好好地收到」。柯林斯（Collins）字典給 well-received 的解釋是 Having been greeted or reviewed with approval，多用於演講或作品收到很好反應時的回應，指的是 「被認同，或者被檢視過之後得到認可」 。所以當我們用 well received 就會變得「你認同對方觀點」，而不是「我已收到」。

整理一下 well received 的用法：
（X）Your email was well received.
（X）Well-received with thanks.

「我收到信了」最常見用法：

（O）Thank you for your email.（謝謝你）
（O）Thanks for responding so quickly to my request.（謝謝你這麼快回覆）

「我收到信了」較正式用法：

（O）This is to confirm that I have received your email.（確認已收到您的郵件。）
（O）This is to acknowledge receipt of your email.（確認已收到您的郵件。）
（O）We have already received your reply and will get back to you shortly.（我們已收到你的回覆，並很快會回覆你。）

除了 well received，可不可以用 well noted?

和 well received 很像的一個詞是 well noted。那收到別人的 email 裡可不可以用 well noted 回呢？牛津字典上 well noted 的解釋是：Particularly or carefully noticed or observed. 意思是特別且仔細地注意到、觀察到。收到 email，熟一點的可以用：

Noted. (收到了 / 知道了)
Well noted. (來信收悉)

Note 還有一個用法也經常用在 email，就是 as noted，意思是「如前所述」。例如：

As noted in my earlier email…（就像我之前 email 提到的⋯⋯）
As noted above…（一如我前面所說）

（本文出自世界公民文化中心）