From crawling on the streets to eating bittergourds, some companies in China are infamous for their unique methods of 'motivating' underperforming employees.
从街头爬行到吃苦瓜，中国的一些公司因其独特“激励”表现不佳的员工的方式而臭名昭著。
This time around, a photography studio in Sichuan has come under the spotlight for making its staff drink toilet water as punishment for not meeting their targets, after a video clip of the act attracted widespread attention.
这一次，一段关于四川一间摄影工作室因员工没有达到他们的目标而被罚喝马桶水的视频片段，在网上引起了广泛的关注。
According to reports, three employees were filmed using paper cups to scoop water from a squat toilet, before hesitantly drinking from the cups.
据报道，三名员工被拍到用纸杯从蹲式厕所里舀水，然后拿着杯子迟疑地喝下去。

According to Red Star News, a woman in charge of training new employees at the photo studio had given them several tasks to complete.
据《红星新闻》报道，负责培训摄影工作室新员工的一名女性给了这几个员工要完成的任务。
If they failed to meet the targets they had set for themselves, they would be punished. Some of the punishments included drinking from the toilet and eating earthworms.
如果他们没有达到为自己设定的目标，他们就会受到惩罚。其中一些惩罚措施包括喝厕所的水和吃蚯蚓。
One of the female victims, a long-time employee of the studio, told Chengdu Business Daily that she was deeply affected by the incident, which caused her to lose her appetite for several days after.
其中一名女性受害者是工作室的一名长期雇员，她向《成都商报》透露，针对此事她深受其害，导致她事后几天都没有食欲。
And when she received a link to the video clip and saw herself in it, she decided to file a police report.
当她收到视频剪辑的链接并看到自己在里面的时候，她决定向警方报案。
The photo studio's manager told local media that he was away when the incident took place and expressed shock and anger over the mistreatment of his employees.
照片工作室的经理告诉当地媒体，事件发生时他并不在，并对他的员工受到的虐待表示震惊和愤怒。