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“It’s tougher than I expected, but I still work hard because the safety of the products we provide depends on the work I do. Thinking about others’ safety, my hard work pays off,” says Wang. 王凯说：“尽管这比预期的要难，但我还是要努力工作，因为我的工作决定了我们的产品安全与否。为了他人的安全，我工作再苦也值得。” ‘Social etiquette matters.’ “社交礼仪很关键。” Chen Yu, 22, has worked for a Beijing-based business council for three months. Having graduated from Beijing International Studies University, she now works as an interpreter. 22岁的陈玉(音译)已在北京某商会工作了三个月的时间。毕业于北京外国语大学的她现在是一名口译员。 For Chen a major difficulty lies not only in maintaining her language proficiency, but also in mastering social etiquette. 陈玉面临的首要困难是：不仅仅要保持语言熟练程度，还要掌握社交礼仪。 Last month, Chen’s boss took her to Brunei for a business and investment summit. 上个月，陈玉的老板带她去文莱参加一个商务与投资峰会。 Chen thought she would be the consecutive interpreter, but it turned out that she would interpret simultaneously during the discussion session. 陈玉本认为自己要做交替传译，可后来发现自己要在会议讨论环节做同声传译。 “I was very nervous and afraid of making mistakes,” says Chen. 陈玉说：“我非常紧张，很害怕出错。” But an even harder task was dealing with social etiquette. 面对社交礼仪时，她更是感到难上加难。 As ambassadors and counselors were present at the meeting, Chen needed to be very conscious of addressing others correctly, sitting in the right place, exchanging business cards in the right way, even drinking wine properly. 由于有大使和参赞会出席会议，陈玉需要时刻保持警觉：正确称呼他人，在正确位置就坐，礼貌地交换名片，甚至是喝酒的方式都有讲究。 Chen was grateful that her tutors at university had taught such knowledge and also benefited from her previous experience of translating for a wine dealer. 陈玉很感激大学老师授予的这些知识，此外她之前担任某酒行翻译的工作经历也令她受益良多。 “It was exhausting, but I think I did a decent job considering that it was my first business trip. Now I feel like I can deal with the tempo of my job, even under pressure,” says Chen. 陈玉说：“这让人筋疲力尽，因为这是我第一次出差，所以我认为自己的表现还算不错。现在我觉得，即使面对压力，我也能够安排自己的工作节奏了。” （责任编辑：职场达人） |
