How can I say, "please let me give you an update "?


I'm a bilingual Japanese/English speaker but I always have difficulty trying
to describe "update" in Japanese. For example, when I'm visiting a company we
work with regularly and want to say, "please let me give you an update (about
our company)", I don't quite know how to say this. I think the closest might
be something like, 「新しい方針について説明させて下さい」However, I'm not necessarily trying to
inform them about a new policy but more about sharing what is new at our
company. Any advice?




If you want to just talk about what's new at the company, you might use
[改新]{かい・しん} or [革新]{かく・しん}. The "newness" of 新しい is already captured in those
words, so you won't have to be redundant.

To be humble, you might want to preface it with [弊社]{へい・しゃ} ("our company").

As for the ending, it depends a little on the context of with whom you are
speaking and when. If you use 〜させて下さい, you are asking them to let you do it,
but it almost sounds pathetic and/or like begging; like you're the `OTL` guy.

If you're in some kind of mutual meeting and they've shared about their
company, and it's _clearly_ your turn to share about your side, you should use
〜させていただきます. "I receive you letting me do 〜". It's a very common way to make
humble statements.

Also, I would probably use 案内 instead of 説明, but again, it depends on the
situation. 案内 is more for what they don't know. 説明 - to me - implies that they
might already have some foreknowledge, and you're simply clearing up any
confusion for them.

So I think I might say something like this:

> 弊社の改新につきまして、ご案内させていただきます。

