一位高管说：“我们不认为他们是英雄。
芝加哥的一位高管说，只要她出国超过一周，就会带着3岁的女儿一起去。
One Chicago executive wrote here that whenever she is overseas for more than a week, she takes her three-year-old daughter.
某金融企业的一位高管说，这让人担心，因为各公司已经感到，在中国，它们的专利技术很容易被盗取。
'It's a worry because companies already feel they are vulnerable in China to having their proprietary technology stolen,' said an executive at a finance company.
多年前向中国出售高铁技术的四家外国公司之一的一位高管说，故障令人质疑中国经营高铁的专业技术。
'it leaves a question mark on China's operational know-how,' said an executive with one of the four foreign companies that sold China high-speed technology several years ago.
“总有一些人说，如果你输钱较少，你就聪明过头了”，一位高管说，“(我们没有跟客户对赌的)证据就是我们也输钱了。”
"There are always people who will say that if you lose less money you are too clever," says one executive. "The proof [that we weren't betting against clients] is that we also lost money."
丰田驻北京的一位高级销售和市场高管说，产品开发时间可能会延长两到六个月。
Product-development times may be extended by two to six months, said a senior Beijing-based Toyota sales and marketing executive.
“他们对情况失控，”一位欧洲的高管说。
"They lost control of the situation," says a European chief executive.
一位宜家高管说，事实上在基辅开一家店比在莫斯科更难。
Indeed, a senior executive of IKEA says that it seems harder to open a store in Kiev than in Moscow.
三星电子一位高管据称对韩国一家报纸说，现在轮到我们把握机会发起攻击了。
'it is our turn now to take the opportunity to attack,' a Samsung executive reportedly told a Korean newspaper.
这种使命感让他们变成“透明人”，一位有过出售公司经验的欧洲高管说，“他们不能冒着交易失败的危险。”
Their sense of mission makes them "transparent", says one European executive of his experience selling a firm. "They cannot take the chance to lose the deal."
现在再设想一下，一位公司高管说：如果我不需要开会，我会更喜爱我现在的工作。
Now imagine an executive saying, 'If I didn't have to go to meetings, I'd like my job a lot more.'
CharlesGrassley,一位资深的共和党人定下了基调，建议说，AIG高管们应该像日本人那样道歉，首先鞠躬，然后可能就是自我了结。
Charles Grassley, a senior Republican, set the tone by suggesting that AIG executives apologise Japanese-style, first bowing and then perhaps committing suicide.
“可以说我们在一个高度安全的环境下运转”，富士康一位高管表示。
"You could say that we operate in a high-security environment," says a Foxconn executive.
现在再设想一下，一位公司高管说：如果我不需要开会，我会更喜爱我现在的工作。
Now imagine an executive saying, 'If I didn't have to go to meetings, I'd like my job a lot more.
一位要求匿名的高管答称，可以十分肯定地说，安全将会不断得到改进。
One senior executive, speaking on the condition of anonymity, replied that it was safe to bet that security would continue to improve.
一位华尔街高管说，“金融服务业会有一些人显示出真正的领导力，并认识到情况的现实性。”
There are going to be some people in the financial-services industry who will show real leadership here and recognize the reality of the situation, ' one senior Wall Street official said.
一位雷曼兄弟的高管说，该公司在前一晚上决定无需筹集更多的资金，因为该公司希望通过出售更多的资产筹资。
One Lehman executive says the firm determined sometime the prior night that additional capital wouldn't be needed because Lehman hoped to raise more money by selling additional assets.
正如一位著名广告业高管曾经说过的：“如果我想从你那里买东西，我会说我自己的语言。”
As a famous advertising executive once said: "If I want to buy something from you, I will speak my own language."
“马丁是仓促提拔的，”一位前高管说。他补充说，只有格林伯格真正把保险和金融分支都把握在手中。
"Martin's was a battlefield promotion," says a former executive, who adds that only Mr Greenberg was really in command of both the insurance and financial arms.
高管们经常亲自接电话。CEO杰利·尼克承认，“我可能会接一位收银员的电话，她可能会抱怨说，‘我的工作时间不够多。’”
Executives frequently answer their own phones. " I may get a call from a cashier, "admits CEO Jelinek," who says, 'I'm not getting enough hours."
高管们经常亲自接电话。CEO杰利·尼克承认，“我可能会接一位收银员的电话，她可能会抱怨说，‘我的工作时间不够多。’”
Executives frequently answer their own phones. " I may get a call from a cashier, "admits CEO Jelinek," who says, 'I'm not getting enough hours."
应用推荐