Negotiating a Deadline
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ID: 1478
Upper Intermediate
So you're working in a Chinese company, and your boss is really piling on the work, with unrealistic deadlines. What are you going to do? In today's lesson, we see how a conscientious translator is able to skillfully talk her manager into extending the deadline. (Yeah, acquiring this skill is going to take some practice!)
Jenny,John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 引进 | yǐnjìn | to introduce from elsewhere | |
| 生产线 | shēngchǎnxiàn | production line | |
| 说明书 | shuōmíngshū | instruction manual | |
| 翻译 | fānyì | to translate |
小施最近公司从国外引进了一批生产线有一些产品说明书需要你翻译一下你看今天下班前完成没问题吧
Xiǎo Shī 小施zuìjìn 最近gōngsī 公司cóng 从guówài 国外yǐnjìn 引进le 了yī pī 一批shēngchǎnxiàn 生产线yǒu 有yīxiē 一些chǎnpǐn 产品shuōmíngshū 说明书xūyào 需要nǐ 你fānyì 翻译yīxià 一下nǐ 你kàn 看jīntiān 今天xiàbān 下班qián 前wánchéng 完成méi wèntí 没问题ba 吧
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?
经理我想问一下有多少内容需要翻译
jīnglǐ 经理wǒ 我xiǎng 想wèn 问yīxià 一下yǒu 有duōshao 多少nèiróng 内容xūyào 需要fānyì 翻译
Sir, may I ask how much content will need translating?
大概一万多字
dàgài 大概yīwàn duō 一万多zì 字
About 10,000 characters.
那么多经理我觉得今天肯定做不完我手上还有其他的翻译工作要做呢
nàme 那么duō 多jīnglǐ 经理wǒ 我juéde 觉得jīntiān 今天kěndìng 肯定zuòbuwán 做不完wǒ 我shǒushang 手上háiyǒu 还有qítā de 其他的fānyì 翻译gōngzuò 工作yào 要zuò 做ne 呢
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.
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