要不然我没法跟客户交代
“Otherwise, I can't explain it to the client.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I replaced that person for your sake. You must do an excellent job.”
要不然 我 没法 跟 客户 交代
“Otherwise, I can't explain it to the client.”
乔海伦 我告诉你
“Qiao Hailun, listen.”
“My neck is on the line with the client, so you cannot afford to mess up.”
Giving a proper 'jiaodai' involves fulfilling obligations and protecting one's professional credibility and face before clients or superiors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
otherwise; or else
Used to introduce the negative consequence that will occur if the previous condition is not met.
unable to give an explanation / cannot account for
Common expression when one cannot justify a failure or explain an outcome to a boss, client, or family.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I can't explain it to my superiors.”
“there's no way I could've reached this client.”
“She has no problem communicating with clients at all.”
“Don't mention your clients to me.”
“Just like when you had dinners with clients, you never told me either.”
“It's not that I won't talk.”