Miss Lewis: Well, we've finally put the finishing touches on the training programs for next year. Here's a report showing the projected costs as well as the expected return on investment. 　我們明年的培訓項目策劃已經接近尾聲了，這是關于預期投入和預期投資回報的報告。

　GM: Return on investment? How can you have a return on this kind of investment? Can you really calculate the value of these training programs?

　投資回報?這種投資怎么會有回報?你真的能算出培訓項目的價值嗎?

　Miss Lewis: Sure! It's not a real figure, of course. It's just an estimate based on rehiring costs, and the potential lost revenue that results from incompetence.

　當然算過,不過不是確切數字.而是根據雇傭新員工的成本和員工的不熟練造成的潛在虧損作的估計。

　GM: Wow! I'm impressed. So, what's in the cards for future training? Will it be in-house or off-site?

　噢,不錯.未來的培訓是怎樣的形式?就在公司內進行還是去其它地方學習?

　Miss Lewis: A little of both. We'll have a few daylong sessions for things like business writing skills and software training. Those are available to everyone. We also have a variety of other programs based on each department's needs.

　都有一些.我們采用整日課程來進行商務寫作和軟件操作一類的培訓.每個人都可以參加.我們還針對各個部門安排了多種多樣的課程。報關員考試

　GM: Yes, I see that here ... continuing education for the IT department, a time management course for accounting, and team building for sales. Anything planned for HR?

　我看到了,對IT部進行再教育,財務部是"時間管理"課程,銷售部進行團隊建設培訓.有沒有針對人力資源部的培訓?

　Miss Lewis: A holiday, I hope! No, really, we are looking into some courses on motivational techniques. We'll add them to the list when we choose a lecturer.

　我希望給人事部的是一個假期.開個玩笑,我們正在考慮激勵技巧的培訓.選好教師后,就把它們列入項目。