Part Ⅴ Translation1. This organization is also a manufacturing firm. Here, however, management encourages and rewards risk taking and change. Decisions based on intuition are valued as much as those that are well rationalized. Management prides itself on its history of experimenting with new technologies and its success in regularly introducing innovative products. Managers or employees who have a good idea are encouraged to "run with it," and failures are treated as "learning experiences." The company prides itself on being market driven and rapidly responsive to the changing needs of its customers.
There are few rules and regulations for employees to follow, and supervision is loose because management believes that its employees are hardworking and trustworthy. Management is concerned with high productivity but believes that this comes through treating its people right. The company is proud of its reputation as being a good place to work.
同时,该组织也是一家生产性的公司。然而,在这里,尝试和变革受到管理层的鼓励,受到同样多的重视的是基于直觉的决定与那些很有理性的决定。管理层也为其在尝试新技术、周期性地引进新产品方面的成功而自豪。有好点子的经理和普通雇员都被鼓励“照着去做”,失败则被视为“学习经历”。公司引以为傲的是以市场为导向,能对消费者的需求变化迅速做出反应。
雇员在这里几乎不需要遵循什么规章制度,监督也很松,因为管理层相信他们的雇员都是努力工作的并值得信任。管理层关注高生产率,但是他们认为这采自于公司给予员工的合理待遇。该公司自豪的是他们拥有“是个适合工作的地方’’的好名声。
2. 我在这风光奇异的地方待得时间不长,但我的心灵得到了升华。那天晚上,我斗胆来到宾馆外,去观赏五彩斑斓的极光(northern lights)把夜空照亮。传说如果你对着极光吹口哨,它们就会落到你的脚下。于是我吹响了口哨,发现它们仍待在原先的地方,在寒冷贫瘠的土地上空飘舞。一如那些飘舞的极光,这里同样是一片远离尘嚣的净土。
I didn't stay long in this distinctive and amazing area, yet my spirit was sublimed. On that night, I ventured to go out of the hotel, just to view and admire the colorful northern lights which shone the sky. It's said that if you whistle towards the northern lights, they will fall to your ankles. So I did, only to find that they didn't move at all, waving to and fro above the cold and barren earth. Just like the waving northern lights, here was also a pure land far away from the hubbub.