2020年经济学人 巴托比职场专栏--2020年适用经理人的八项计划(2)

4. Make your priorities for the next year clear, and communicate them well. Is the company (or division) trying to launch a new product? Or to boost sales of existing products? Or to control costs? If you are not sure, then those who work for you will have no idea. That can lead to a lot of wasted effort.

4. 明确明年的工作重点，并做好沟通。公司(或部门)正在尝试推出新产品吗？或者促进现有产品的销售？还是为了控制成本？如果你不确定，那么为你工作的人也不会知道。这可能会导致大量的努力白费。

5. To that end, cut out the jargon¹. The use of pretentious² phrases and complex acronyms³ is generally designed to obfuscate⁴ rather than elucidate⁵. In Bartleby’s experience, the reason people use unclear language is that they have nothing clear to say. If you are sending a general memo⁶ to all the staff, look carefully through it and ask whether you would have understood it on your first day of work. If not, make it simpler. Remember George Orwell’s maxim⁷: “Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.” It applies to other tongues, too.

5. 为此，不要使用行话。自命不凡的短语和复杂的缩写词的使用通常是为了混淆视听，而不是阐明。根据巴托比的经验，人们之所以使用含糊不清的语言，是因为他们没有清晰的语言可以表达。如果你要给所有的员工发一份备忘录，仔细看一遍，问问自己在第一天上班时是否理解了它。如果不是，让它更简单。记住乔治·奥威尔的格言:“如果你能想到一个日常英语中的对等词，就永远不要使用外国短语、科学词汇或行话。”这也适用于其他语言。

6. Listen to your staff. They are the people who are dealing⁸ with customers and suppliers, and grappling with the bureaucracy of the organisation⁹. Their feedback is essential, beyond annual engagement surveys. You hired them for their skill and expertise¹⁰: learn to rely on it. If you don’t trust their judgment¹¹, you have hired the wrong people. If you don’t like listening to employees, go and set up as a sole trader.

6. 倾听员工。他们是与客户和供应商打交道，并与组织的官僚作风作斗争的人。除了年度业务调查之外，他们的反馈也很重要。你雇佣他们是因为他们的技能和专业知识：学会依赖它。如果你不相信他们的判断，那你就选错人了。如果你不喜欢听员工的话，那就去做一个独家贸易吧。

1 jargon   

n.术语，行话

参考例句：

• They will not hear critics with their horrible jargon.他们不愿意听到评论家们那些可怕的行话。
• It is important not to be overawed by the mathematical jargon.要紧的是不要被数学的术语所吓倒.

2 pretentious   

adj.自命不凡的，自负的，炫耀的

参考例句：

• He is a talented but pretentious writer.他是一个有才华但自命不凡的作家。
• Speaking well of yourself would only make you appear conceited and pretentious.自夸只会使你显得自负和虚伪。

3 acronyms   

n.首字母缩略词( acronym的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Scratch the subject of defence and acronyms, abbreviations, and buzzwords fly out. 话题触及国防，缩合字，缩写字和行话就满天飞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some acronyms as scientific terminology are used as a lexical item. 一些科学术语缩写用作词汇项目。 来自互联网

4 obfuscate   

v.使困惑，使迷乱

参考例句：

• He delighted in his ability to obfuscate.他对自己有本事把别人搞得晕头转向感到得意。
• This message might appear if you obfuscate the solution code.如果您对解决方案代码进行模糊处理，可能显示此消息。

5 elucidate   

v.阐明，说明

参考例句：

• The note help to elucidate the most difficult parts of the text.这些注释有助于弄清文中最难懂的部分。
• This guide will elucidate these differences and how to exploit them.这篇指导将会阐述这些不同点以及如何正确利用它们。

6 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

7 maxim   

n.格言，箴言

参考例句：

• Please lay the maxim to your heart.请把此格言记在心里。
• "Waste not,want not" is her favourite maxim.“不浪费则不匮乏”是她喜爱的格言。

8 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

9 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

10 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

11 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。