要是被当事人看到的话
“If a client saw us,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不能接触过多
“We should keep our distance.”
要是 被 当事人 看到 的话
“If a client saw us,”
会引起误会 会更加麻烦的
“it'd cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese professional culture places great weight on preemptively steering clear of ambiguity or compromised appearances to protect professional boundaries and prevent unnecessary drama.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if / in case
A staple conditional construction in everyday spoken Chinese to hypothesize scenarios, especially risks.
the party concerned / the person directly involved
A semi-formal noun borrowed from legal contexts used broadly in professional settings to refer to client, subject, or central stakeholder.
Functions as part of the conditional particle frame, setting up the hypothetical prerequisite.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If this is discovered,”
“I don't want people getting the wrong idea.”
“It'll be troublesome if I get recognized when I go out.”
“if others hear that you”