我听说你想当销售总监
“I heard you want to be Sales Director.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“(why did I want to be Sales Director again?)”
我听说 你想 当销售总监
“I heard you want to be Sales Director.”
我会拿命支持你的
“I'll back you always.”
“Don't lose sight of your goal now; I know what you really want and I'm on your side.”
Acknowledging a colleague's unspoken ambition for promotion is often the first step in forming a trusted faction or personal alliance in a Chinese company.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to serve as / to be (a role or profession)
Very common in spoken Chinese before job titles instead of formal verbs like 'become'.
Sales Director
Standard corporate title for the head of a sales division.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“if I actually become the Sales Director,”
“He explicitly stated his support for you becoming Sales Director.”
“So what do you think it takes”
“(why did I want to be Sales Director again?)”
“being Sales Director won't be easy for you.”
“then you're not qualified to be the Sales Director!”