我不想影响我们工作嘛
“I don't want it to affect our work.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“We may not work at the same company, but we're on the same project.”
我不想 影响 我们 工作 嘛
“I don't want it to affect our work.”
而且我听说 上周你们夫拉悉达公司聚会啊
“Besides, I heard you had two ladies from your company”
“Let's keep things professional so we don't mess up our jobs or complicate things.”
Invoking collective professional harmony ('affecting our work') is a socially safe way to decline personal intimacy without causing overt offense.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to interfere with work; to negatively impact one's job
A very standard professional excuse used to set boundaries or decline personal advances in Chinese workplaces.
Softens the justification by presenting the reason as obvious, natural, and indisputable.