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@ 41478 Negotiating a Deadline
A: 小施，最近公司從國外引進了一批生產線，有一些產品說明書需要你翻譯一下。你看，今天下班前完成沒問題吧？
Xiǎo Shī, zuìjìn gōngsī cóng guówài yǐnjìn le yī pī shēngchǎnxiàn, yǒu yīxiē chǎnpǐn shuōmíngshū xūyào nǐ fānyì yīxià. nǐ kàn, jīntiān xiàbān qián wánchéng méi wèntí ba?
Xiao Shi, recently the company has brought a group of new production lines. There are some instruction manuals you'll need to translate. Do you think you'll be able to finish this before the workday is over?
B: 經理，我想問一下有多少內容需要翻譯。
jīnglǐ, wǒ xiǎng wèn yīxià yǒu duōshao nèiróng xūyào fānyì.
Sir, may I ask how much content will need translating?
A: 大概一萬多字。
dàgài yīwàn duō zì.
About 10,000 characters.
B: 那麼多！經理，我覺得今天肯定做不完，我手上還有其他的翻譯工作要做呢。
nàme duō! jīnglǐ, wǒ juéde jīntiān kěndìng zuòbuwán, wǒ shǒushang háiyǒu qítā de fānyì gōngzuò yào zuò ne.
That much! Sir, I don't think there's any way it can be finished today. I still have a lot of other translation work I have to do today.
A: 小施，你是名牌大學的高材生，加個班，趕一趕，應該沒問題的。
Xiǎo Shī, nǐ shì míngpái dàxué de gāocáishēng, jiā ge bān, gǎn yi gǎn, yīnggāi méi wèntí de.
Xiao Shi, you're were an outstanding student from a prestigious university; stay overtime, and catch up. It shouldn't be a problem.
B: 但最近翻譯量多了好幾倍，我這個月每天都在加班。
dàn zuìjìn fānyì liàng duō le hǎo jǐ bèi, wǒ zhè ge yuè měitiān dōu zài jiābān.
But recently the amount of translation has gone up many fold. I've worked overtime every day this month.
A: 我理解你的心情。等忙過了這段時間，我給你放大假，好好放鬆一下。但眼前你還是得辛苦一下。這樣，我給你個底限，明天下班前完成。
wǒ lǐjiě nǐ de xīnqíng. děng máng guò le zhè duàn shíjiān, wǒ gěi nǐ fàng dàjià, hǎohāo fàngsōng yīxià. dàn yǎnqián nǐ háishì děi xīnkǔ yīxià. zhèyàng, wǒ gěi nǐ ge dǐxiàn, míngtiān xiàbān qián wánchéng.
I understand your how you're feeling. Just wait until this busy period is over, and I'll give you a big vacation, and you can properly relax. But for now, you're going to have to work hard. How about this, I'll give you a deadline: finish before the workday is over tomorrow.
B: 啊？！
ǎ?!
Huh?!
A: 別啊了，快去幹吧。你看人家小戴不是效率很高嗎？
bié ǎ le, kuài qù gàn ba. nǐ kàn rénjiā Xiǎo Dài bùshì xiàolǜ hěn gāo ma?
Quit with the 'huh'. Hurry up and get to work. Look at our Xiao Dai, doesn't he have a high rate of efficiency?
B: 他用的是機器翻譯。這樣的確比較快，但錯誤量也大。我可不想為了趕進度而影響了質量。
tā yòng de shì jīqì fānyì. zhèyàng díquè bǐjiào kuài, dàn cuòwù liàng yě dà. wǒ kě bù xiǎng wèile gǎn jìndù ér yǐngxiǎng le zhìliàng.
He uses machine translation. This kind of translation is quite fast, but there are a large amount errors. I really don't want the quality of the translation to be affected because of my hurrying to stay on schedule.
A: 公司最看重的就是你這種認真負責的態度。我相信你一定能完成得很好。
gōngsī zuì kànzhòng de jiùshì nǐ zhèzhǒng rènzhēn fùzé de tàidu. wǒ xiāngxìn nǐ yīdìng néng wánchéng de hěn hǎo.
What the company values most is people with an earnest and responsible attitude, like you. I trust you can most certainly get it done on time and well.
B: 這種技術型的文章翻譯起來很花時間的，我就是通宵也做不完。這樣吧，我今天先完成一部分，剩下的我保證三天內做完。
zhèzhǒng jìshù xíng de wénzhāng fānyì qǐlái hěn huā shíjiān de, wǒ jiùshì tōngxiāo yě zuòbuwán. zhèyàng ba, wǒ jīntiān xiān wánchéng yībùfēn, shèngxià de wǒ bǎozhèng sān tiān nèi zuò wán.
This kind of technical document takes a lot of time to translate. If I worked all night, I still wouldn't be able to finish it. How about this, I'll finish a section of it today, and I promise I'll get the the rest of it finished within 3 days.
A: 這個......
zhè ge......
Well...
B: 經理，你就多寬限點時間吧。
jīnglǐ, nǐ jiù duō kuānxiàn diǎn shíjiān ba.
Sir, just extend the deadline a little bit.
A: 好吧，你說的也有道理。那先完成的先交給我，我好讓其他部門開始相關的工作。
hǎo ba, nǐ shuō de yě yǒu dàolǐ. nà xiān wánchéng de xiān jiāo gěi wǒ, wǒ hǎo ràng qítā bùmén kāishǐ xiāngguān de gōngzuò.
OK, you do have a point. Whatever you finish first, just hand it in to me. That way I can have the other departments get started on their parts.
B: 嗯，好的！
ng4, hǎo de!
OK, sounds good!
A: 小施啊，好好幹，下次有升職的機會，公司會先考慮你的。
Xiǎo Shī a, hǎohāo gàn, xiàcì yǒu shēngzhí de jīhuì, gōngsī huì xiān kǎolǜ nǐ de.
Xiao Shi, do a good job. Next time there's an opportunity for a promotion, the company will consider you first.
B: 嗯，謝謝經理。
ng4, xièxie jīnglǐ.
OK.Thank you ,sir.
Key Vocabulary
引進 yǐnjìn
生產線 shēngchǎnxiàn
說明書 shuōmíngshū
翻譯 fānyì
內容 nèiróng
手上 shǒushang
高材生 gāocáishēng
量 liàng
倍 bèi
放大假 fàng dàjià
眼前 yǎnqián
底限 dǐxiàn
效率 xiàolǜ
機器翻譯 jīqì fānyì
進度 jìndù
趕進度 gǎn jìndù
影響 yǐngxiǎng
看重 kànzhòng
負責 fùzé
態度 tàidu
技術型 jìshùxíng
通宵 tōngxiāo
剩下 shèngxià
保證 bǎozhèng
內 nèi
相關 xiāngguān
考慮 kǎolǜ
寬限 kuānxiàn
Supplementary Vocabulary
最後的期限 zuìhòu de qīxiàn
人才 réncái
寬容 kuānróng
侷限 júxiàn
狼來了 láng lái le
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