我有个小表妹，自从看了《二十不惑》以后就迷了心窍，一心想扎进外企~
外企虽好，但是也不好“混”~尤其是和老外交流，你可要留心了。就比如人家对你说“quite good”你难道还以为人家在表扬你？还真没这么简单
quite good
有点小失望
虽然都说老外很直接，但不要忘了，他们也很擅长显得很彬彬有礼。
职场上，老外们将这两种特质融合在一起，就产生一种特殊的化学反应：那就是常常话里有话，弦外有音。
就比如说，老外对你说“quite good”不仅不是在夸你，反而是表示对你有点失望：
I'm quite good because our target was the podium but all in all I had a good race.多维兹索：“原本的目标是能登上奖台，现在有点小失望，但总的来说我的表现说得过去。”除了“quite good”，还有一个表达与其相似“very interesting”，如果你听到老外这么说，千万不要天真地以为你的想法超级棒，棒到让老外眼冒金星，啧啧称赞It turned out to be a very interesting session with a lively debate. 所以当老外同事对说“very interesting”的时候，可不是真的觉得有意思，他们的内心戏大概就像这个表情包一样~还有一个表达，如果你在外企并且经常接触到商务邮件，你肯定会有印象"With the greatest respect”，你知道它是什么意思吗？With the greatest respect“With the greatest respect” 或 “with all due respect” 一般出现在商务邮件里，看起来是个温婉体贴、人畜无害的词。但如果老外真动用这句话，一般来说，基本没啥好事，之后说的话十有八九跟你意见相左......▲ With the greatest respect. 别再扯了！With the greatest respect, could we consider some other options? I would implement only some minor changes..城市套路深，我要回农村…还能不能愉快地交流了？就没有表示夸奖、鼓励的表达了吗？那必须有呀！“You are bad ”就是一个典型的例子：当老外见到你就说“You are bad, You are so bad”，你可千万别炸毛毛，人家可不是说你坏!这个用法其实是一句地道的美国口语表达，真正流行起来是迈克尔·杰克逊的专辑Bad中一句洗脑的歌词“Who's bad？I'm bad, I'm bad！”意思是“谁最棒？我最棒！我最棒！”
I like your idea. You are really bad.老外表里不一起来也是很可怕的，他们的潜台词，你听懂了吗？最后给大家送上完整版大全，来看看职场上老外的那些话，到底有怎样的潜台词。
| 老外的话 | 老外真实意思 | 你天真的理解 |
|---|
| (Italians) are very clever. | | A compliment to (Italians) |
| I disagree and do not want to discuss it further. | He accepts my point of view |
| That is a very brave proposal | | |
| | |
| I was a bit disappointed that | | |
| Oh, incidentally/ by the way | The primary purpose of our discussion is | That is not very important |
| I’ve forgotten it already | |
| | He’s not far from agreement |
| I only have a few minor comments | Please rewrite completely | |
| Could we consider some other options | | They have not yet decided |
| I’m not leaving the house today unless it’s on fire! | He’s probably going to join me later |
| Right, then, I suppose I really should start thinking about possibly making a move… | | He’s considering making a move, but he’s still not sure.. |
| That’s certainly one way of looking at it.… | That’s certainly the wrong way of looking at it.. | That’s certainly one way of looking at it |
| Just whenever you get a minute… | | |
| You have caused complete and utter chaos… | It’s fine, no harm done….. |
| I fully expect the situation to deteriorate rapidly… | I’m sure it’ll be fine!.. |