我之前在南顿当教练的时候
“When I was a coach in Nanton before,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“yet you talk to me about their needs.”
我之前 在 南顿 当教练的时候
“When I was a coach in Nanton before,”
不夸张地说
“not to exaggerate,”
“I know what I am talking about because of my elite background, unlike you.”
Evoking prestigious former affiliations is a common tactic in Chinese professional discourse to silence dissent and reinforce status.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
previously at; back when I was at
Standard framing phrase used in workplace contexts to cite prior professional track records.
when I served as a coach
A temporal clause specifying professional role and historical context.