得麻烦江教授 辛苦一趟了
“we'll have to trouble you with this trip.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
给你办这个证 就是方便你办案的 不过
“I got you this badge to help you with the investigation. However,”
得 麻烦 江教授 辛苦一趟 了
“we'll have to trouble you with this trip.”
周瑾
“Zhou Jin.”
“You'll have to go in person, even though it's inconvenient.”
In Chinese work culture, assigning tasks to seniors or experts requires explicit verbal acknowledgment of their labor using terms like 'trouble' and 'laborious trip'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
will have to trouble (someone)
A standard polite formula used to soften a demand or task imposed on a colleague or respected figure.
make an arduous trip / take the trouble to go
An empathetic formula acknowledging that traveling somewhere for work requires effort.
Signifies a change of status and finalizes the polite imposition.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're late, Professor Jiang.”
“What is Professor Jiang busy with?”
“Please, Professor Jiang.”
“Professor Jiang, what's going on?”
“I didn't expect Professor Jiang to have times when things don't go his way.”
“Even Sir keeps talking about you every day.”