We're now witnessing the emergence of an advanced economy based on information and knowledge.
我们正在见证以信息和知识为基础的高级经济形式。
Physical labor, raw materials, and capital are no longer the key ingredients in the creation of wealth.
体力劳动、原材料与资金不再是创造财富的关键要素。
Now the vital raw material in our economy is knowledge.
当前，在我们经济中的关键原材料是知识。
Tomorrow's wealth depends on the development and exchange of knowledge.
明天的财富取决于对知识的开发与交换。
And individuals entering the workforce offer their knowledge not their muscles.
进入劳动力市场的个人，提供的是其拥有的知识，而不是强壮的肌肉。
Knowledge workers get paid for their education and their ability to learn.
技术工人依其受教育程度和学习能力而获得相应的报酬。
Knowledge workers engage in mind work. They deal with symbols: words, figures and data. What does all this mean for you?
技工从事的是智力劳动，他们工作中涉及到的是符号、文字、图像和数据。所有上述情况，对你来说，意味着什么呢？
As a future knowledge worker, you can expect to be generating, processing, as well as exchanging information.
作为一个未来的技术工人，人们期待你从事信息的生产、加工和交换。
Currently, three out of four jobs involve some form of mind work, and that number will increase sharply in the future.
当前，有四分之三的职业岗位涉及智力性操作。未来，这种职业岗位的数量还会大幅地增加。
Management and employees alike will be making decisions in such areas as product development, quality control, and customer satisfaction.
管理人员与操作人员一样，需要在产品开发、质量控制和客户服务方面进行决策。
In the new world of work, you can look forward to being in constant training to acquire new skills that will help you keep up with improved technologies and procedures.
在未来新的职业里，你可以期待不断地得到培训，以获取新的技能，有助于你与技术、流程的改进保持同步。
You can also expect to be taking greater control of your career.
你还可以期待对你自己的职业持有更大的控制权。
Gone are the nine-to-five jobs, lifetime security, predictable promotions, and even the conventional workplace, as you are familiar with.
离开朝九晚五的那份工作、终生保险、可预测的升级、甚至是你熟悉的工作地点。
Don't expect the companies will provide you with a clearly defined career path. And don't wait for someone to empower you. You have to empower yourself.
别指望公司会为你提供一份清晰的职业路线图。更别指望有某一个人会来雇用你，你必须自己为自己作主。