完整台词（中英对照）
Phil: How would you describe your job?
你会怎么介绍自己的工作？
Neil: It's really difficult to explain what my job is to people.
要向别人解释我的工作是干什么的，真的很难。
Neil: I think my parents still, after many years, don't really understand what I do.
我觉得我父母到现在，这么多年了，还是不太明白我在做什么。
Georgie: When I have to describe what a friend does to another friend, sometimes I feel like I sound really stupid because I'm, I don't exactly know how to explain it.
当我要跟一个朋友描述另一个朋友是做什么的，有时我觉得自己听起来特别笨，因为我，我真不知道该怎么解释。
Pippa: Today on Office English, we're talking about how to make what you do clear to other people.
本期《职场英语》，我们聊怎么让别人听明白你的工作是做什么的。
Phil: Hello and welcome to Office English, your podcast guide to the world of work.
你好，欢迎收听《职场英语》，你的职场世界播客指南。
Pippa: And I'm Pippa.
我是皮帕。
Pippa: You can find a transcript for this episode to read along while you listen at bbclearningenglish.com.
你可以在 bbclearningenglish.com 找到本期文稿，边听边读。
Phil: So, Pippa, we heard from some colleagues at the start of the programme about their experience trying to tell other people what they do.
那么皮帕，节目一开始我们听了几位同事讲他们向别人介绍自己工作时的经历。
Phil: Do you ever have difficulty understanding people's job titles and descriptions?
你理解别人的职位头衔和描述时，会不会也有困难？
Pippa: Yes, I do have difficulty with that sometimes, and there's often a lot of jargon or generic words used for people's job titles.
会，我有时确实有困难——职位头衔里常常有很多行话，或者泛泛的通用词。
Pippa: So some examples might be producer, project manager, consultant.
比如制作人、项目经理、顾问。
Pippa: And that could mean a lot of different things.
这些词可能指很多不同的东西。
Pippa: So I find that a bit confusing sometimes.
所以我有时觉得有点糊涂。
Phil: I'll tell you what, I actually find it quite difficult to explain my own job to people who don't, who don't work in the same industry.
跟你说，要向不同行业的人解释我自己的工作，我真心觉得挺难的。
Phil: The job title itself says very little, so I tend to find I just describe the things I do every day and hope that people work it out from there.
职位头衔本身说明不了什么，所以我往往是直接描述我每天做的事，希望别人能从中听明白。
Pippa: And we can also find it difficult to see similarities with other jobs, other industries and recognise the skills that we use.
我们也很难看出自己的工作和其他行业工作的相似之处，认出自己用到的技能。
Pippa: So in this episode, we're going to talk about describing your job to people within your organisation, outside your organisation, and also how to describe your job when you want to apply for a new job or change career.
本期我们聊三个场景：向组织内的人、组织外的人介绍你的工作，以及想申请新工作或转行时怎么介绍。
Phil: OK, Pippa, let's start by talking about describing your job to people within your company.
好，皮帕，我们先聊向公司内部的人介绍你的工作。
Phil: Um, what do you need to consider when you do this?
嗯，这时你需要考虑什么？
Pippa: Well, think about what you do rather than just your job title.
嗯，想想你实际做的事，而不只是职位头衔。
Pippa: For example, you could say, 'I look after sales', for example, or 'I handle client complaints', and those two phrases just basically mean I'm responsible for, this is the area that I work in.
比如你可以说「我管销售」或「我处理客户投诉」——这两个短语基本就是说：我负责的是这个领域，这是我工作的范围。
Phil: And it can be helpful to give some context and talk about how your job relates to other people and other departments in your organisation.
给出一些背景也有帮助：谈谈你的工作和组织里其他人、其他部门的关系。
Phil: Sometimes we say where you sit within the organisation.
有时我们说你在组织里「坐在哪个位置」。
Phil: So you might say, 'I work a lot with' a particular person or a particular department.
你可以说「我跟某某经常合作」——某个特定的人或部门。
Phil: And then you also might say you report to and you're talking about your manager, because it may be that people know the same manager.
然后你还可以说你「汇报给谁」——说的是你的经理，因为对方可能也认识这位经理。
Phil: And so that helps them understand what you're working on.
这能帮他们理解你在做什么。
Pippa: Another thing that might be useful to do, for example, in a meeting, is to tell people when they should contact you or in what situations they might encounter you at work.
另一件有用的事（比如在会议上），是告诉大家什么时候该联系你，或者在工作中的哪些场合他们会碰到你。
Pippa: So you could say something like, 'if you ever have any questions about this element, you should email me'.
你可以这样说：「关于这部分，有任何问题都可以发邮件给我。」
Pippa: And then that makes it really clear when the people that you're meeting are going to actually interact with you at work.
这样就非常清楚：开会的人在实际工作中什么时候会跟你打交道。
Phil: Of course, organisations have their own internal jargon, the language they use within the organisation.
当然，组织都有自己的内部行话——组织内部使用的语言。
Phil: But of course people who are new to your organisation might not know that jargon yet.
但新来的人可能还不知道那些行话。
Pippa: Yeah, and sometimes people who've been there a long time, still don't really understand it.
对，而且有时候待了很久的人，其实也不真懂。
Pippa: They just use it every day.
只是天天在用罢了。
Pippa: So, we've talked about how to describe your job to people you work with.
好，我们聊了怎么向共事的人介绍你的工作。
Pippa: But what about people outside of your workplace, perhaps friends and family or maybe clients and customers?
那工作场合之外的人呢——比如朋友家人，或者客户？
Pippa: Do you need to approach this differently, Phil?
菲尔，这时需要换一种说法吗？
Phil: I think it does depend on the context.
我觉得确实要看场合。
Phil: So if you're, if you're meeting someone as part of your job, maybe you're at a conference or you're meeting a client, you've got to keep things formal and professional.
如果你是因为工作见人——比如在会上，或者见客户——那就得保持正式、职业。
Phil: So you might say, 'I represent' and then the name of your company, and you'd probably say something like, 'I'm responsible for' and then say what you're responsible for.
你可以说「我代表某某公司」，再说「我负责……」，讲清你负责什么。
Phil: Um, but yeah, you probably keep it on quite a formal level there, which would be different if you're talking to your friends, wouldn't it?
嗯，这种场合语气会相当正式——跟朋友聊天就不一样了，对吧？
Pippa: If you were talking to your friends, you might just talk more generally.
跟朋友的话，你可以说得更笼统些。
Pippa: You might say 'I mostly work on' or you might find a relatable element.
你可以说「我主要做……」，或者找一个对方能共鸣的点。
Pippa: So you could say something like, oh, 'do you know this product or this company?
你可以这样说：「你知道这个产品或这家公司吗？
Pippa: My work is similar to that'.
我的工作跟那差不多。」
Phil: Now, one common time we need to talk about our current job is when we apply for a new one.
我们要介绍现在的工作，最常见的时机就是申请新工作时。
Phil: Um, it can be difficult to clearly explain your jobs and skills, and especially if you're planning a career change, which means to work in a different area to the one that you've worked in before.
嗯，要把工作经历和技能讲清楚可能很难——尤其是你打算转行的话，也就是去一个和你以前不同的领域工作。
Pippa: So in this situation, you want to say what you do and then give more detail.
这种情况下，你要先说你做什么，再给出细节。
Pippa: For example, you could say 'I have a background in' a particular area, 'which in practice means' and that phrase in practice means allows you to introduce what you do day to day, what your job actually involves.
比如你可以说「我在某个领域有背景」「实际上就是说」——in practice means 这个短语能引出你每天具体做什么、你的工作实际包含什么。
Phil: And a really useful expression we have here is transferable skills.
这里有个非常有用的表达：transferable skills（可迁移技能）。
Phil: And what we mean by that are the skills that you have, that you use in your current job, or a job you've done in the past, which you can transfer to a different job and you can use them.
它指的是：你在现在或过去的工作里用到的技能，可以迁移到另一份工作中继续使用。
Phil: So you might say something like, 'I have a lot of experience with sales.
你可以这样说：「我在销售方面经验很多。
Phil: I'm very good at persuading clients, so I think I'd be useful in this role'.
我特别擅长说服客户，所以我觉得我能胜任这个岗位。」
Phil: That's an example of a transferable skill.
这就是一个可迁移技能的例子。
Pippa: And it might be good to in your application for a job for example, talk about why you'd like to change.
在求职申请里，最好也谈谈你为什么想换。
Pippa: So acknowledge that you've worked in a different area and that you're maybe changing to a slightly different one.
大方承认你以前在另一个领域，现在也许要换到一个稍有不同的领域。
Pippa: So you could say something like 'I'd like to apply my skills to a new challenge', and then you're not just trying to hide that you haven't worked in this area before.
你可以这样说：「我想把我的技能用在新挑战上」——这样你就不是在遮掩自己没在这个领域干过。
Pippa: That's it for this episode of Office English.
本期《职场英语》就到这里。
Pippa: But if you'd like more tips for applying for jobs in English, try the Job Applications series on our website.
如果你想了解更多用英语求职的技巧，可以试试我们网站上的 Job Applications 系列。
Pippa: There's a link in the notes below this episode.
链接在本期节目下方的说明里。
Phil: We'll be back next week with another episode to help you with your business.
下周我们会带着新一集回来，帮你搞定商务——