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Employment Permit Issues

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ID: 2434 Upper Intermediate
Obtaining a working visa in China can be a complex and challenging process. One important part of the process is obtaining an employment permit, or 就业证 (jiùyèzhèng) from the Labor Bureau. In this lesson, listen in as someone wrangles with the regulations.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
就业 jiùyè employment
申请 shēnqǐng to apply
to refuse
顺利 shùnlì smoothly
Mike你的就业申请被拒了
Mike Mikenǐde 你的jiùyè 就业shēnqǐng 申请bèi 被jù 拒le 了
Mike, your work permit has been denied!
啊怎么回事啊应该没问题啊我上一份工作办就业证也很顺利
ā 啊zěnmehuíshì 怎么回事ā 啊yīnggāi 应该méiwèntí 没问题ā 啊wǒ 我shàng 上yī 一fèn 份gōngzuò 工作bàn 办jiùyè 就业zhèng 证yě 也hěn 很shùnlì 顺利
Oh, then what do I do? There shouldn't be any problem. My last company got my work permit just fine.
我问过了是工作内容和你的专业问题你大学的专业是语言文学上份工作是翻译没问题但是这次你来是做市场部助理
wǒ 我wèn 问guo 过le 了shì 是gōngzuò 工作nèiróng 内容hé 和nǐde 你的zhuānyè 专业wèntí 问题nǐ 你dàxué 大学de 的zhuānyè 专业shì 是yǔyán 语言wénxué 文学shàng 上fèn 份gōngzuò 工作shì 是fānyì 翻译méiwèntí 没问题dànshì 但是zhè 这cì 次nǐ 你lái 来shì 是zuò 做shìchǎng 市场bù 部zhùlǐ 助理
I asked. It's a problem with the job description and your major. Your university major was in linguistics. Your last job was as a translator so that's fine. However, this time you want to work as a Marketing Assistant.
这有什么关系公司觉得我合格就行啦
zhè 这yǒu 有shénme 什么guānxì 关系gōngsī 公司juéde 觉得wǒ 我hégé 合格jiù 就xíng 行la 啦
What does that have to do anything? The company thinks that I'm qualified for the job. That should be enough.
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