国外有热心网友做了个网站,叫:How to professionally say...
也就是,原本简单的一句话,怎样用英文更委婉甚至更煞有介事地说。
比如,心里的独白是:
That sounds like a horrible idea.
但不要这么说,「职业」一点,换成:
Are we confident that this is the best solution or are we still exploring alternatives?
还如,心里想的是:
Stop assigning me so many tasks if you want any of them to get done.
嘴上得换成:
As my workload is quite heavy, can you help me understand what I should reprioritize to accommodate this new task?
嗯…
怎么越看越感觉这是个国外版的「低情商 vs 高情商」?
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我是大概一个月前在 Hacker News 看到这个开源项目,当时开发者刚上线网站,内容还是以搞笑、讽刺的居多,就是想皮一下那种。
后来,项目在 Hacker News、Reddit 火了一阵,关注量大增,也有更多网友参与进来,内容慢慢也变正式不少,如作者在项目 GitHub 介绍所说:
Based on the responses there it seems like what I started as fun activity can be something more than I thought.
I'll be looking into the possibilities of improving the content to make it less satire and more appropriate for most of the people out there.
当时留意这个网站,主要是图个乐子,然后还觉得当时条目内容大多可作为简明英文的反面范本来用。
没想到一月余过去,网站改头换面,变化不少,作者建站的心态、目标似乎也与当初不同。
这么看来,除了找找乐子,或许也真能从网站条目有所收获呢。
网址:https://howtoprofessionallysay.akashrajpurohit.com
Have fun~
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