工作量大

【中式英文】「工作量很大」英文怎麼說? 150 個你會講錯的英文日常用語–工作篇 (1)

工作佔據人生 1/3 的時間,而睡覺佔了另外的 1/3,
等於你有過半清醒的時間都在工作!
花這麼多時間在工作上,
是不是該好好學一下職場英文呢?
以下是幾個最常出錯的工作英文用語,快來看看吧!

我完成了  I’m done

(X) I’m over.

Over 可以翻作「結束,完畢」,但如果說 I’m over.,聽起來會像是說「我結束了,我完蛋了」。所以說,如果要表達自己已經把工作完成時,要用 I’m done. 會比較貼切。Done 在這邊是形容詞,表示事情完成了或是某人做完某件事情,主詞可以是人或事。若想明確地說出自己完成了哪項工作,也可以用 I finished ____. 或是 I’m done with ____. 這樣的句型。 

Richard: Gregg, let me know if you need any help with that report. I know you’ve been under a lot of stress lately.
Richard:Gregg,如果你報告需要幫忙的話跟我說,我知道你最近壓力很大。
Gregg: No need; I’m already done!
Gregg:不需要,我已經完成了!
Richard: Really? Wow! Can I have a look?
Richard:真的嗎?哇!我可以看看嗎?
Gregg: Sure! I’ve already made bound copies.
Gregg:好呀,我已經列印成冊了。
Richard: Gregg, it’s almost 300 pages! How did you get it done so fast?
Richard:Gregg,這快 300 頁了耶!你怎麼這麼快弄好的?
Gregg: I’ve been doing a lot of overtime.
Gregg:我加了很多班。
Richard: (pages through the report) But Gregg, most of these pages are blank!
Richard:(翻閱報告) 但是 Gregg,多數頁面都是空白的耶!

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工作量很大  heavy workload

(X) big loading

把「大」直接翻作 big 是非英文母語者很常見的問題,就像「大雨」很常聽到有人說成 big rain 。但當事物是由「量」來計算時,形容詞應該選用 heavy 而非 big。Heavy 常見搭配用法包括 heavy rain(大雨)、heavy duty(重責)以及這裡談到的 heavy workload(很大的工作量),動詞可以搭配 carry(承擔)或是 have。

Susie: And so it was just 300 pages of nothing?
Susie:所以 300 頁什麼都沒有?
Richard: Well… there was a title page. And he’d had the reports professionally bound. But everything else was blank.
Richard:這個嘛… 有書名頁。而且他還專業地把把報告集成冊了,但其它地方都是空白的。
Susie: I know he’s been carrying a really heavy workload recently.
Susie:我知道他最近工作量很大。
Richard: Exactly. I think the workload has finally pushed him over the edge. I’m a bit concerned about his mental state.
Richard:沒錯,我想工作量最終還是把他逼到絕境了。我有點擔心他的精神狀態。
Susie: Now that you mention it, last week, I did see him using a banana as a cell phone. I’ll go speak to him.
Susie:既然你提到了,我上週的確是看到把香蕉手機用。我會去跟他談談。

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降低成本 lower cost(s)

(X) cost down

開會中常常聽到老闆說要 cost down ,但其實這個說法是不對的。Cost down 是中文的直譯,並不是道地的英文用法喔!如果提到「降低成本」,正確的說法為 lower cost(s),lower 在這邊是當動詞用,表示「降低,減少」。

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Richard: Well? Did you talk to him?
Richard:怎麼樣?你跟他談過了嗎?
Susie: I think this is quite serious. Gregg seems to have gone completely insane.
Susie:我覺得這蠻嚴重的,Gregg 似乎已經徹底瘋了。
Richard: What happened?
Richard:發生什麼事了?
Susie: Yesterday I dropped by his cubicle to try and have a chat about how he’s doing.
Susie:昨天我經過他的座位,嘗試跟他聊了一下他的近況。
Richard: And?
Richard:然後呢?
Susie: He wanted to show me his “secret plans to lower costs in the company’s supply chain”, but his PowerPoint was just full of drawings he’d done of cats.
Susie:他想要給我看他「降低公司供應鏈成本的秘密計畫」,但他的 PPT 卻全都是他畫的貓。

撥打我的手機 call me on my cell (phone)

(X) You can call my cell phone.

這句話也是因為直翻而產生的錯誤,講出來會讓外國人一頭霧水的!Call my cell phone 意思會變成「打電話給『我的手機』」,而不是「打電話給『我』」,所以務必要記得加上介係詞 on 再接 my cell (phone),才會是「你可以打電話到我的手機找我」的意思。

Richard: Gregg? Have you got five minutes?
Richard:Gregg,你有 5 分鐘的時間嗎?
Gregg: Sorry, Richard, I’m just working on a plan to lower costs in the company’s supply chain.
Gregg:不好意思,Richard,我正在處理降低公司供應鏈成本的計畫。
Richard: Gregg… I can see that you’re just drawing pictures of cats.
Richard:Gregg… 我可以看到你只是在畫貓咪的圖案。
Gregg: Sorry, Richard, if you need me, you can always call me on my cell phone. Oh, looks like I’m getting a call right now! Hello?
Gregg:抱歉,Richard,如果你需要我的話,可以隨時打我手機。喔,看來我現在有電話進來了!喂?
Richard: Gregg, that’s a banana! Let me speak to the boss about getting you a holiday.
Richard:Gregg,那是根香蕉!讓我跟老闆談談,讓你放個假吧。

請再說一次 What was that? / I’m sorry? / Pardon?

(X) Please repeat again.

別人說的話沒有在第一次聽清楚是人之常情,這個時候再請對方再說一遍就好。然而常聽到的 Please repeat again. 其實是不自然的說法, 而且 repeat 本身就有重複的意思了,所以後面就不用多此一舉再加一個 again 。道地的說法可以用 (I beg your) Pardon?、I’m sorry?、What was that?,或是直接說 Can you please repeat that?,記得句尾語調要上揚才能表示疑問。

Richard: I was wondering if we could have a chat about Gregg…
Richard:我在想我們是不是能聊聊 Gregg…
Theresa: Gregg? No need to ask, I’ve already given him a promotion and a raise.
Theresa:Gregg 嗎?不用問了,我已經幫他升職加薪了。
Richard: Wait… what was that? 
Richard:等等… 你說什麼?
Theresa: Gregg is showing the exact type of innovative thinking that we need to become number one in the industry.
Theresa:Gregg 展現了我們成為產業龍頭所需要的創新思考精神。
Richard: I beg your pardon
Richard:你說什麼?
Theresa: I’ve asked him to give a presentation to the Board of Directors tomorrow on his secret plan to lower costs in our supply chain.
Theresa:我已經請他明天針對他降低產業鏈成本的計畫項董事會提交報告了。

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投影片 slide

(X) PPT

想必大家對 PPT 這個說詞都不陌生,不管上學還是上班,PPT 都是報告的必備工具。但注意了!PPT 其實是台灣人對 PowerPoint 這個軟體獨有的簡稱,在英語世界裡並沒有這樣的說法。PowerPoint 中的投影片正確說法是 slide ,多張投影片則加上 -s 變成 slides,而投影片報告則是 PowerPoint presentation,不要再說錯啦!

Susie: Did you speak to Theresa?
Susie:你和 Theresa 聊過了嗎?
Richard: She’s given Gregg his own office and made him an executive.
Richard:她給了 Gregg 個人辦公室,還把他升為高階主管。
Susie: I’m sorry?
Susie:你說什麼?
Richard: Theresa is convinced that Gregg is some sort of genius. She’s asked him to show his PowerPoint presentation to the Board tomorrow.
Richard:Theresa 堅信 Gregg 是某種天才,還請他明天向董事會展示他的 PPT!
Susie: What? The one with all the slides of cat drawings?
Susie:什麼?那個全都是貓咪投影片的報告?

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謝謝聆聽 Thanks for listening. / Thank you for listening.

(X) Thank you for your listening. 

從小到大聽到的 Thank you for your listening. 其實是中式英文喔!事實上,your 後面只能接上「事物」,不能接上「動作」,所以如果表達「感謝『你的』聆聽」,只要說 Thanks for listening. 或 Thank you for listening. 就可以了。同理,「感謝你的收看」則可以說 Thanks for watching. 。

Gregg: So, in conclusion, I want you to ask yourself this: Can rabbits even speak Italian?
Gregg:所以總結來說,我想請你們問自己一個問題:兔子會說義大利文嗎?
Board member: I’m sorry, what was that?
董事會成員:你說什麼?
Gregg: Yes. Thanks for listening.
Gregg:好的,謝謝聆聽。
Board member: Oh… I think I see what you’re saying. We need to speak with our customers, not at them.
董事會成員:喔… 我懂你在說什麼了。我們要和我們的客戶對話,不是向著他們說話。
Gregg: (winks) Thank you for listening. 
Gregg:(眨眼)謝謝各位聆聽。
Board member: Theresa, this is one smart man. You do whatever you can to keep him at the company.
董事會成員:Theresa,這小子真聰明,務必要盡一切可能把他留在公司。

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我的意思是 _____ What I mean is, _____.

(X) My meaning is _____.

中文說「我的意思」,很多人會直翻成 my meaning。這句話文法上沒有錯,meaning 是名詞,確實可以表示「意思」,但是不會說 my meaning、your meaning,道地的說法是 what I mean。所以當你要解釋自己所說的話時,可以用 what I mean is, 後面加上一個子句,mean 在這邊則是動詞,表示「意思是」。

Richard: So, after 20 minutes of nonsense and slides of cats, he just winked and said, “Thanks for listening.”
Richard:結果經過 20 分鐘的胡言亂語和一堆貓咪投影片後,他只是眨眼然後說「謝謝聆聽」。
Susie: And what did the Board think?
Susie:那董事會覺得如何?
Richard: They loved it! They gave him a standing ovation! One of them called him “the next Steve Jobs”.
Richard:他們愛死了!還起立鼓掌!其中一個人還稱他為「下一個賈伯斯」。
Susie: Maybe this is all deliberate? What I mean is, he knows it’s the exact kind of “innovative” bullshit that the people who run this company love.
Susie:或許這全都是故意的?我的意思是,他知道經營這間公司的人就愛這種「創新」的垃圾。
Richard: Yes. And by tricking them into thinking he’s a genius, he can get rid of his heavy workload.
Richard:沒錯,而且只要騙他們相信自己是天才,他就可以擺脫沉重的工作量了。
Susie: They do say there’s a fine line between genius and insanity.
Susie:人們的確是說到天才和瘋子只有一線之隔。 

正確的用法都學起來了嗎?
會了這些英文用語,下次在工作場合需要用到英文時除了不會再出糗 ,同事也會對你刮目相看!

 

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