处理语言障碍

Carol: Send another memo to the Gibberese office. I think we have our wires crossed again.

卡罗尔：把另一份备忘录送到Gibberese 办公室。我觉得我们有出现沟通障碍了。

Art: Don’t you think it would be better to call the office and speak to someone there? You might be able to get to the bottom of the misunderstanding more quickly.

阿特：你不觉的直接打电话给办公室，然后直接和那里的人说，更好吗?你可能更能搞明白误解在哪里。

Carol: I don’t speak Gibberish and we don’t have anyone bilingual in the office to act as an interpreter.

卡罗尔：我不会说Gibberish这种语言。我们办公室也没有懂双语的人可以当翻译。

Art: Which means there’s no one who could translate our correspondence into Gibberish to make things easier.

阿特：也就是说没有人可以把我们回答翻译成Gibberish语言，简化沟通。

Carol: That’s right. And plus, leaving a paper trail is better.

卡罗尔：就是啊。另外啊，最好留一个书面记录。

Art: You mean in case we have to cover our asses.

阿特： 你的意思是说我们需要采取措施，乙方出丑。

Carol: I wouldn’t put it like that, but breakdowns in communication are inevitable and it’s always helpful to be able to trace their source.

卡罗尔：我不会像你那么说，但是，沟通障碍是不可避免的，追踪来源是非常有益的。

Art: Right. Okay, I’ll draft a memo and pass it by you before I send it, okay?

阿特：好。在发送之前我会起草一份备忘录，然后传送给你，怎么样?

Carol: Sounds good.

卡罗尔：听起来不错。

Art: What I don’t understand is why we don’t simply hire people for this office who are fluent in Gibberish.

阿特：我真不明白为什么我们不在办公室里雇佣一些Gibberish说得流利的职员。

Carol: Do you know anyone who speaks Gibberish?

卡罗尔： 你认识会说Gibberish的人吗?

Art: Plenty!

阿特：认识很多啊!


注释：

bilingual.adj.双语的，两种语言的，

例句：She works as a bilingual secretary for an insurance company.

她为一家保险公司做双语秘书.

correspondence. 通信，信件;

例句：No correspondence will be entered into.

将不会和任何人建立通信联系

inevitable.adj.不可避免的; 必然发生的;

例句：Some backtracking is probably inevitable.

有时改变决定可能是不可避免的。

fluent adj.流畅的; 流利的;

例句：He is a fluent speaker of Hebrew.

他说一口流利的希伯来语。

Dealing With a Language Barrier

Carol: Send another memo to the Gibberese office. I think we have our wires crossed again.

Art: Don’t you think it would be better to call the office and speak to someone there? You might be able to get to the bottom of the misunderstanding more quickly.

Carol: I don’t speak Gibberish and we don’t have anyone bilingual in the office to act as an interpreter.

Art: Which means there’s no one who could translate our correspondence into Gibberish to make things easier.

Carol: That’s right. And plus, leaving a paper trail is better.

Art: You mean in case we have to cover our asses.

Carol: I wouldn’t put it like that, but breakdowns in communication are inevitable and it’s always helpful to be able to trace their source.

Art: Right. Okay, I’ll draft a memo and pass it by you before I send it, okay?

Carol: Sounds good.

Art: What I don’t understand is why we don’t simply hire people for this office who are fluent in Gibberish.

Carol: Do you know anyone who speaks Gibberish?

Art: Plenty!