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(jīng)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(shù)字.而是根據(jù)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。