Reference (2)推荐证明

Employee: As you know I’ve been thinking about moving my career in a new direction. I am hoping that you will be able to provide me with a reference to help me jump-start my future.

您知道，我一直都在考虑转行。我希望您能做我的介绍人帮助我开始新的事业。

Boss: I realize that I’m not in a position to offer you the kind of promotion you deserve I’ll gladly do what I can to help.

我知道我不能为你提供你应得的晋升机会。我很乐意帮助你。

Employee: Thank you. I’ve really enjoyed my time here. I’ve grown both personally and professionally with this company.

谢谢您。我在这儿工作得很愉快。无论是为人方面还是工作方面都得以成长。

Boss: And, as well as being a pleasure to work with, you’ve been instrumental in helping us complete many key projects.

和你合作也很愉快，你帮助我们完成了很多重要项目。

Employee: It will be hard to say good-bye. This office has become like a second home to me.

真不想说再见。办公室就像我第二个家。

Boss: My feelings are mixed on the issue too. By helping you I’m losing a valuable and trusted employee. However I think you are taking a step in the right direction.

我也百感交集。帮助你对我意味着失去一个有价值、值得依赖的职员。但是，我觉得你的选择是正确的。

jump-start迅速启动，迅速重新开始

Promotion提拔，晋升

Deserve应受，值得

Be instrumental in在某方面起到关键作用