Dos and Donts: 英文會議中的跨文化效能!
Excuse the typos please! 語法錯誤或者錯別字請不要在意，謝謝!
Time for another 知乎LIVE session! 這場LIVE不完全是英文培訓，而是一場跨文化培訓。 雖然本人教英語很糟糕，但是我犯了這麼多文化錯誤，我估計自己有資格談這些東西 
對於非母語人士而言，在跨文化會議中保持專業和高效是非常具有挑戰性的。這個過程當中出現誤解的情形十分普遍，而且我們有時候還可能給外國同事留下錯誤的印象。來到中國以後，當我剛從事作為商業顧問的職業生涯的時候，我完全沒有意識到溝通中的文化差異會造成那麼多的問題。我在中國開展的職業生涯中犯了很多文化錯誤，其數量甚至可謂是數不勝數。當我回想起我早期的職業生涯時，我不敢相信當時的自己是那麼的愚蠢。但是在我見到剛剛從異國他鄉抵達中國的新的外國朋友之後，我發現他們通常也會犯跟我相同的錯誤！
Being professional and effective in cross-cultural meetings can be very challenging for second language speakers. Misunderstandings are common, and sometimes our foreign colleagues may get the wrong impression of us. When I first came to China and began my career as a business consultant, I was completely unaware of how many problems can be caused by cultural differences in communication. I have made so many cultural mistakes in my business career in China that I cant even count them. When I think back on my early career, I cant believe I was ever so stupid. But when I meet new foreigners that just arrived in China from different countries, I
observe that they commonly make the same mistakes that I did!我偶爾也會在企業主面向讓自己很難堪，或是言語冒犯了CEO們，以及在毫不知情的情況下使投資者蒙羞。事實上, 我覺得取得了任何成功是不可思議的!
I have accidentally embarrassed myself in front of business owners, insulted CEOs, and unknowingly humiliated investors. To be honest, I feel it is actually amazing that I achieved any success at all!
很多朋友尋求我的幫助的課題之一就是有關於會議期間該說些什麼才能使他們的跨國同事們能夠看到其專業的一面，這樣他們就不會在不經意間帶來任何的誤解。我已經參加了上百場，很可能是上千場的會議，我認為我最終是有足夠的資歷來對這樣一個主題做一個簡短的培訓的。為了讓這個LIVE變得簡單，我計劃與各位朋友分享會議期間究竟應該說些什麼（以及原因），不應該說些什麼（以及原因），這樣就大大降低了出現錯誤或誤解的可能性。部分示例情形如下：
One subject upon which many friends ask me for help is regarding what to say during meetings so that their international colleagues will be able to see their professionalism, and so they don』t accidentally cause any misunderstandings. Ive participated in hundreds, possibly thousands of meetings, and I think I finally have enough experience to make a small training on this subject. To make this LIVE really simple, I plan to share with you exactly what to say (and why), what not to say (and why) so that mistakes and misunderstandings are impossible. Some example situations are:
希望我們可以愉快地探討這個話題！
- Date: Sunday, March 18th
- Time: 2:00 pm
- Location: anywhere with internet!
英文會議中的跨文化效能！
Hope to see you!
Cheers,
Daniel
微信： weixinhaogaikefu
FAQ: FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) - 墨丹的文章 - http://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/29993171
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