Miva

被这篇文章的标题吸引，读了几行，是我喜欢的风格，贴到这里，如果你也喜欢，那也是乐事一件。

（转）Two extremes in life 生活中的两极
 

It has been so bitterly cold here in Pennsylvania.

I can’t remember a winter being as cold as this, but I’m sure there were colder days.

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昨天公司培训翻译服务规范（GB/T 19363.1--2003），我发现其中有个较费解的术语 -- “服务的可追溯性（Traceability）”。什么是翻译服务的可追溯性？

工作中偶尔会有客户打来电话说：“你们给我翻译的文件找不着了？”或者“我还需要一份打印盖章件”碰到这种情况，通常我们只需让客户告知他/她的名称，公司名称，以及文件翻译的大概时间，就能轻松找到客户所需的文件。

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What will matter?

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes. All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.

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Focus not on what you do for the reader, but on what the reader receives or can do. In positive or neutral situations, stress what the reader wants to know.

请一天假！

An employee comes into her manager’s office to take a day off from work.

The manager replies:"So you want a day off. Let's take a look at what you are asking for. There are 365 days per year available for work. There are 52 weeks per year in which you already have 2 days off per week, leaving 261 days available for work. Since you spend 16 hours each day away from work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days available. “

Ten Tips to Simplify Business Correspondence

1. Simplify languages. Avoid using big or vague words. Use fewer words, but make them count.

2. Shorten sentences. Business people don't have time to read 10-page letters. Cut out run-on sentences. Eliminate extra words as along as it doesn't change the meaning. You can also combine a short and a longer sentence into one to remove extra words.

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Miva Xiong

Address: 1815#,News Building, 2 Shennanzhong Rd, Shenzhen, 518001, P. R China
TEL: 86-755-82091901
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期望薪资（转）

Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Person asked the young MBA fresh out of MIT, "And what starting salary were you looking for?"

The candidate said, "In the neighborhood of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package."