久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

您現在的位置: Language Tips> Columnist> Patrick Whiteley  
   
 





 
Hot on the paper trail
[ 2008-12-01 18:08 ]

By Patrick Whiteley

Hot on the paper trail

Winning the paperwork war in China is a challenge that can test an expat's temperament and I was pushed to the limit last week at the counter of a Beijing bank.

Frustrations began to boil over when my Chinese translator friend said to me: "Do you want me to fill out the form? Maybe I can do it better."

"What do you mean?" I moaned. "This form is in English."

After five attempts, I had failed to correctly fill out the Western Union money transfer form despite the fact it was in my native language.

My house back home needs major repairs and I was forced to send back $7,000 - the maximum transfer amount Western Union allows - to pay Fast Eddie the Roofer from Ironbark, Australia.

But there were more holes in my application form than there were in my broken roof.

(One), I didn't use capital letters throughout, (two) I didn't include my father's middle name, (three), I didn't write down my middle name, (four) I kept writing outside the little boxes, and (five) I forget what five was for.

My Chinese friend was right. She could have filled out the form better than me in her second language.

After mustering the concentration of a brain surgeon, I completed the sixth form and passed the all-important paperwork under the bulletproof glass to the teller.

Tasks that take about 15 minutes back home, often take more than an hour in China.

Thank goodness for my Chinese friends who help me weave my way through the maze of banking bureaucracy, and other areas of daily life in the Middle Kingdom.

Sometimes I like being self-sufficient but there is a price to pay when dealing with a mountain of paper work.

Although many banks, and other institutions, now have English-speaking staff, most do not and as I now know the paperwork must be 100 percent correct.

I remember the drama when I applied for my Chinese driver's license. The checklist included a passport, residence permit, original driver's license, medical certificate, and five photographs.

I now know to get the pictures first. I had gone to the hospital for my medical certificate first only to be sent away to get the photos.

Then I discovered the 2.5 cm by 2.5 cm pictures required white backgrounds. I had selected blue, because it was my favorite color, but this was a mistake.

I also selected the wrong photo size. I thought passport size was standard but the license photo needed to be smaller.

Paper work can be baffling, but it can also be used to your advantage, especially if you don't want to be bothered by the boss.

My Sydney buddy often decided by mid-afternoon he was done working for the day so he used paperwork as a cover for his shirking.

Barry would walk to the printer, take out whatever was in the in-tray then walk quickly past the managers, reading the thick wad of papers in his hand.

Sometimes he would take out a pen and write something on the blank papers, as if he was correcting something.

The bosses would look up and see busy Barry, and think: "That's what we like to see, someone who's doing the paperwork."

But Barry was letting the paper work for him.

(China Daily 12/01/2008 page8)

我要看更多專欄文章

 
英語點津版權說明:凡注明來源為“英語點津:XXX(署名)”的原創作品,除與中國日報網簽署英語點津內容授權協議的網站外,其他任何網站或單位未經允許不得非法盜鏈、轉載和使用,違者必究。如需使用,請與010-84883631聯系;凡本網注明“來源:XXX(非英語點津)”的作品,均轉載自其它媒體,目的在于傳播更多信息,其他媒體如需轉載,請與稿件來源方聯系,如產生任何問題與本網無關;本網所發布的歌曲、電影片段,版權歸原作者所有,僅供學習與研究,如果侵權,請提供版權證明,以便盡快刪除。
相關文章 Related Story
 
 
 
本頻道最新推薦
 
Walking in the US first lady's shoes
“準確無誤”如何表達
英國新晉超女蘇珊大媽改頭換面
豬流感 swine flu
你有lottery mentality嗎
翻吧推薦
 
論壇熱貼
 
別亂扔垃圾。怎么譯這個亂字呀?
橘子,橙子用英文怎么區分?
看Gossip Girl學英語
端午節怎么翻譯?
母親,您在天堂還好嗎?

 

主站蜘蛛池模板: 综合在线播放 | 2022免费国产精品福利在线 | 国产在线成人精品 | 日韩免费看片 | 久久国内精品自在自线400部o | 玖草视频在线观看 | 亚洲免费在线播放 | 美国一级毛片视频 | 国产99久久精品 | 中文字幕在线观看一区二区 | 日韩一级视频 | 亚洲精品久久精品h成人 | 永久精品免费影院在线观看网站 | 久久精品一 | 亚洲欧美不卡中文字幕 | 全部免费毛片在线 | 成人爽a毛片在线视频网站 成人爽爽大片在线观看 | 韩国日本三级在线观看 | 成人免费午间影院在线观看 | 亚洲黄色三级网站 | 亚洲国产精 | 99久久国产综合精品国 | 中文精品视频一区二区在线观看 | 久久99热精品免费观看欧美 | 国产精品久久久久久久久久日本 | 中国国产一级毛片视频 | 中文字幕亚洲欧美日韩不卡 | 全部在线播放免费毛片 | 亚洲美女在线视频 | 亚洲线精品久久一区二区三区 | 国产日韩精品视频一区二区三区 | 深夜福利网址 | 久久这 | 久久久小视频 | 欧美日韩视频二区三区 | 欧美精品国产精品 | 欧美日韩在线视频不卡一区二区三区 | 国产欧美一区二区三区观看 | 日本高清福利视频在线观看 | 三级网站在线 | 香港黄页亚洲一级 |