也许你是你公司的合伙人，你和一位同事正在共同做一个项目。
Maybe you are a partner at your firm and you're working with an associate on a project.
莎丽：也许我们午饭时间可以出去喝杯咖啡？这样你能给我讲讲这家公司的情况。
Sally: Maybe we can go out for a coffee at lunch time so you can tell me all about this company?
为给酒店所有者、管理公司或者品牌提供报告和预测所用的市场细分方法也许对于理解你的生意来自哪里是不合适的。
The segments used for reporting and forecasting dictated by ownership, management company, and/or brand may not be the most appropriate in understanding where your business comes from.
也许，你还曾经以自己的孩子能在自己工作过的公司工作而骄傲。
Maybe you’d even have the pride of seeing your kids work at the same company.
不论你是一名自由设计师还是就职于某公司，避免以下15个也许会毁掉你职业生涯的坏习惯。
Whether you work as a freelance designer or in a firm, avoid the following 15 bad habits that might be killing your design career.
因此，公司也许可以支付你，但是它们的债券只能以低于票面价值交易，很可能是因为他们的票息很低。
So, for companies that could pay you back, but their bonds are trading below par, probably because they have a low coupon.
因为CSR无处不在，你也许认为大公司现在已经很擅长此事。
Since there is so much CSR about, you might think big companies would by now be getting rather good at it.
Facebook现在也许还是很安全，但公司无疑想让你打开隐私的盖子，让全世界都能搜索并查看到这些对话。
It may still be, but the company sure would like it if you'd please lift the lid and let the world search and view those conversations.
如果你正在寻找一些灵感，然后用在下一次的公司设计，这也许是不错的选择。
If you're looking for some inspiration for your next corporate design, then this is the place to be.
鉴于项目的高失败率，你也许会认为，即便在项目完成时仅取得某种程度的成功公司也会很高兴了。
Given the high rate of project failures, you might think that companies would be happy to just have their project finish with some degree of success.
你的公司也许有给六个或七个高薪咨询人员的位置，但是当你把比例放大到在你的队伍里有30-40人时，你就会发现市场给你的支付能力有着很大的压力。
Your industry might have room for six or seven well-paid consultants, but when you try to scale up to 30 or 40 people on your team, you discover that it stresses the market's ability to pay.
如果工作很简单或者相对而言，那是你公司中的低阶的职位，短暂的电话面试也许就足以决定谁是最好的应聘者了。
If the job is simple or at a relatively low level in your organization, just one short phone interview may be sufficient to determine the best candidate for a job.
你也许觉得你所在的公司的环境在支持着你，不过不要忘了你正是那个为此埋单的那个人。
You might feel supported by your corporate environment, but keep in mind that you're the one paying for it.
你也许觉得你所在的公司的环境在支持着你，不过不要忘了你正是那个为此埋单的那个人。
You might feel supported by your corporate environment, but keep in mind that you’re the one paying for it.
例如，你也许没有意识到自己在与人交流中大量使用行业或公司术语，甚至在和新员工或外部联系人说话时也是如此。
You may not realize, for instance, that you always pepper your communications with industry - or company-specific jargon, even when speaking with new employees or outside contacts.
如果你很容易满足，在一家小公司的写作或编辑的工作也许就适合你。
If you want immediate gratification, a writing or editing job with a small company is right for you.
你也许会问有哪种愚蠢的公司会用人们难以认出的字体来写产品介绍，不过这我可是看到过的。
You might well ask what kind of an idiotic company would use an illegible font for their product features, but I've seen it done.
当然了，你现在最为迫在眉睫的问题可能是品牌建设，这时从大公司来了一个很有能力的家伙，他也许能解决这个问题。可是从你让他去做市场推介那一分钟起，你就死定了。
Sure, branding might be the big problem you have right now and a kick-ass person from a big company might be able to tackle that, but the minute you need them to work on lead generation you’re toast.
你也许会认为不让国外的卫星拥有美国航天技术就是立法的原意，即使这样做会损害美国公司的利益。
You might argue that keeping American technology out of foreign satellites was always the intention of the legislation, even if that harmed American firms.
也许你的工作与你的兴趣爱毫不相干：大多数公司工作是不会把你对艺术的激情或是下班后的体育活动考虑在内。
Your interests may have absolutely nothing to do with your job: most corporate jobs don't take your passion for the arts or your after-work involvement in sports into account.
但是你也许会疑惑，对于阐述火险来说，这是不是个好例子，因为如果整个城市被烧毁，那么保险公司就会破产，对吧。
But you know, you kind of wonder if that's a good example for fire insurance because if the whole city burns down, then insurance companies would go bankrupt anyway, right?
顺便一提，也许你很好奇，苹果店玻璃立方体怎么都用胶合板给遮起来了，这是因为公司决定重新装修一下，把原来的90块玻璃减少到15块。
Anyway, in case you're wondering why the Apple cube is enshrouded with plywood, it's because the company has decided that 90 pieces of glass is too many and it's replacing them with 15 pieces.
你也许还不是公司里最有效率的人，但你现在已经能做更多的事情了。
You may not be the fanciest guy in the office, but you will do a lot more stuff.
你也许不能把激烈的竞争对手变成合作伙伴，但至少也许你可以和那些没有品牌上冲突的公司建议密切关系。
You may not get fierce competitors to co-invest but perhaps you can get enough closely related companies that you don't have the branding problem I've spoken about.
如果你能正视这种现实，并仍然想把公司前途押在重写上，那么你也许有机会成功。
If you can stare this reality in the eye and still want to bet the firm on a rewrite, you may have a chance of succeeding.
尽管你的主管也许会说“我们会提供你想要的一切”来劝你留下来，但要注意的是，一旦公司找到可以替代你的人，你就很可能被唰掉。
Although your manager may say "We'll give you anything you want" in an effort to persuade you to stay, be aware that this plea may be a diversion until the company finds a replacement.
也许更具侵入性的是，寿险公司要求提供精神疾病住院证明，是否使用过非法药物，以及是否你要申请破产等此类信息。
Perhaps more invasive, life insurers seek disclosure of hospitalization for mental illness, use of illegal drugs, and whether or not you have had to file for bankruptcy.
也许因为你在某个项目上的贡献给公司带来了小小的胜利，否则你的公司就要和其他公司一样被全世界低迷的经济所波及。
Maybe your role in a project caused a mini-celebration at a company that otherwise is sharing in the general gloom of the world economy.
你也许没有听说过贝塔斯曼集团，但你肯定听说过它的众多子公司出版的书籍，包括兰登书屋，矮脚鸡出版社和双日出版社。
You may not have heard of Bertelsmann A.G. but you will have heard of the books published by its many subsidiaries, including Random House, Bantam Books and Doubleday.
你高中或者大学做兼职的那家公司当时倒闭了，可你也许会惊奇的发现你的老上司已经奇迹般的东山再起了。
If you worked a dead-end job in high-school or college, you may be surprised to find out how and where your old boss has moved on.
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