Woman: Well, that was an interesting visit to Sandfords this morning.
今天上午对桑福德公司的访问很有趣。
Man: Yes, I'd really like to get the contract with them.
是的，我真的很想和他们签订合同。
They'd be an excellent company for our portfolio.
对于我们的投资组合来说，他们将是一家优秀的公司。
Woman: Absolutely. Talking to the department managers was extremely useful.
当然。跟部门经理们的谈话非常有用。
How did you get on in discussion with the senior management team?
你和高级管理团队讨论得怎么样?
Man: A similar experience, very informative. I was impressed.
跟你体验类似，谈话非常有益。我印象很深刻。
They're operating in a highly competitive market, yet they're totally committed to investment in training.
他们公司处在一个竞争激烈的市场，但他们完全致力于投资培训。
Woman: Not all companies take that view, of course, especially when the economy is on a downturn.
当然，并不是所有公司都持这一观点，尤其是当经济处于下滑的时候。
Man: Quite. Sandfords' view is long-term. Instead of being satisfied that they're already known as a good company to work for,
确实。桑福德考虑的是长远的发展。他们不满足于自己已经被认为是一家值得为之工作的好公司，
they want their management programmes to create an established, committed team and keep those people in the company.
他们希望自己的管理课程能够创建一个成熟、忠诚的团队，并让这些人留在公司。
Woman: The staff I spoke to had plenty to say about the training they received in the past. So did the senior managers.
跟我谈话的员工对于他们过去接受的培训有很多的想法。高层经理们也是如此。
Man: As you probably found out, they've always tried to run their own in-house programmes before, using the knowledge areas of a number of their own personnel.
或许你发现了，他们以前经常尝试利用公司内部的一些知识领域的人员来运营自己的内部课程。
They were very keen for management training to be attended by all managers.
他们非常希望所有管理人员都能参加管理培训。
Of course, they rarely succeeded in getting everyone together at the same time.
当然，他们很少能同时把所有人聚到一块。
Sessions kept getting cancelled and people were generally irritated by the changes to arrangements,
培训课程不断被取消，人们普遍对课程安排的变化感到恼火，
though those sessions that did take place were well received, especially ones on the more specialist topics.
虽然那些举行的培训课程受到了良好的欢迎，特别是关于更专业主题的课程。