(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
Still, Google’s seminar is a model that other companies have adopted.
然而,其他企业还是引入了谷歌的这一培训班 。
In just the past few years, this kind of training has exploded at companies across the country.
短短几年内,这种培训就在全国各地的企业落地开花了 。
At Google, about 75% of its 75,000 employees have taken the workshop, and in 2014 the company spent $114 million on its various diversity programs.
就拿谷歌而言,其7.5万名员工中有将近75%的人都接受了培训,2014年一年时间,各种多元化培训课程就花了谷歌1.14亿美元 。
At least 20% of companies in the U.S. now offer unconscious-bias training,
如今,至少有20%的企业都开展了无意识偏见培训课程,
from the Royal Bank of Canada to consultants McKinsey & Co. (“We do that big time,” says its top executive, Dominic Barton) and defense contractor BAE Systems.
其中包括加拿大皇家银行,麦肯锡公司(“我们经常都会开展这个培训,”该公司的全球总裁Dominic Barton透露)以及国防承包商BAE系统公司 。
Almost all of the big tech firms already offer it, including Facebook, Salesforce and VMware, with more joining by the day.
几乎所有的大型技术企业也开展了这一培训课程,包括Facebook, Salesforce,VMware,名单还在继续增加 。
By some estimates, 50% of all American corporations will offer unconscious-bias training in the not-too-distant future.
据估计,不久的将来,美国将会有半数企业提供无意识偏见培训课程 。
Undoubtedly, the popularity of these programs has soared in part because they intentionally don’t cast blame.
毫无疑问,这些课程之所以被热捧,部分原因在于这些课程有意地避开了责任的追究 。
The appeal of the training is that, unlike old-fashioned diversity training, it’s intended to be guilt-free.
培训的吸引力在于,与老式的多元化培训不同,这一课程的目标在于不追究责任 。
However, how much companies talk about equality and inclusiveness matters little compared with how they act.
然而,与他们的实际行动相比,企业们口头上再怎么强调平等和包容都没多大意义 。
Incentives speak louder than any speeches by the CEO, or bias training workshops, or posters on a wall.
比起大佬们的演讲,比起偏见培训课程和墙上那些海报,切实的激励措施要管用得多 。
重点讲解
1.spend (money/time/effort) on... 花费(金钱/时间/精力)去做……
例句:He hasspent all his savingsonthe house.
买房花光了他所有的积蓄
2. By some estimates 据估计
例句:By someestimates, China is the world's largest investor in overseas agricultural land.
据估计,中国是世界上最大的海外耕地投资者
。3. in part 部分地
例句:He did this inpart because he doesn't love her anymore.
他这么做,部分原因是他已经不爱她了 。
4. appeal of ……的吸引力
例句: Part of the appeal of bottled water, after all, was that you didn't have to plan ahead by filling a canteen.
瓶装水的部分吸引力在于,你不需要提前费劲地往水壶里灌水 。