反而有一种声音在对我说 你不能当这个销售总监
“Instead, a voice inside me said, "You can't be Sales Director."”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我心里没那么高兴
“I didn't feel that happy.”
反而有一种声音在对 我说 你 不能 当 这个 销售总监
“Instead, a voice inside me said, "You can't be Sales Director."”
如果当了
“"If you do, you'll become the next Xu Yuntian."”
“Something about this promotion feels wrong or dangerous, and my gut tells me to turn it down.”
In Chinese workplace dramas and corporate life, a sudden promotion can sometimes be viewed with suspicion as a political setup or a way to make someone take the fall for existing departmental problems.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
there is a voice (inner voice/intuition)
A metaphorical way to describe one's conscience, intuition, or subconscious hesitation.
Sales Director
Standard corporate title for the head of a sales department in a modern Chinese company.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Making her Sales Director? That's a joke. Keep it down.”
“being Sales Director won't be easy for you.”
“(why did I want to be Sales Director again?)”
“if I actually become the Sales Director,”
“because Mr. Xu has been the Sales Director. He's not anymore.”
“Don't underestimate salespeople.”