Sounds great, doesn't it?

聽起來很棒，不是嗎？

An interesting idea?

一個有趣的點子？

But did she really mean it?

但她真的這麼認為嗎？

You had an idea for our traffic app?

你對我們的交通 app 有個點子？

Yes. Well, you know how it tells you

是的，你知道它是如何告訴你

about slow traffic?

交通多緩慢嗎？

Yes.

知道

Well, I thought

嗯，我覺得

we could show how noisy the traffic is.

我們可以顯示出交通的嘈雜程度

That's an interesting idea.

那是個有趣的點子

We can get new clients

我們可以爭取到

who want a quiet journey.

希望擁有安靜旅程的新客戶

It's certainly a different approach.

這的確是個滿不一樣的方法

I've put these graphs in

我把不同程度的噪音

for the different amounts of noise.

用這些圖表來表示

I can see that you've

我看得出來

been thinking about this.

你花了一些時間研究

Yeah.

對

Why are you so happy?

什麼事這麼開心？

Oh, it's Emily, she loves my ideas!

喔，Emily 啦，他很喜歡我的點子！

I'm so happy.

我好開心

I wouldn't be so sure.

我不確定耶

What do you mean?

什麼意思？

Well, people often use euphemisms

人們通常會用委婉的說法

to avoid direct criticism

來避免直接的批評

and to sound polite

聽起來也比較禮貌

words like 'interesting' and 'different'

像是「有趣」或「不一樣」

mean that people can react

這種用詞讓人

without saying anything directly negative.

能夠避免說出任何直接的負面用詞

So it didn't mean that

所以這不代表

she really liked the ideas?

她真的喜歡這些點子嗎？

I'm afraid not.

恐怕不是

How can you tell when someone is doing this?

那要怎麼分辨別人是不是在委婉地給負面意見？

Ok, people often use adjectives

人們很常用

that could be positive

正面的形容詞

but aren't always

但不一定

like

是

'interesting' or 'different'.

「有趣」或「不一樣」

Also, people might use phrases to recognise effort

而且，比起讚賞「成果」，

rather than achievement,

對方通常是讚賞你付出的「努力」

such as "You have really thought about this"

像是「你對這個真的有很多想法。」

and

以及

"You have worked a lot on this".

「你真的做了很多努力耶！」

Pay attention to tone and body language as well.

也不要忽視語調和身體語言

Are they saying

他們是這樣說：

"Well, I can see you've been working on that"

「哇！你真付出了很多努力耶！」

or are they saying

還是這樣說：

"Well, I can see you've been working on that"?

「我看得出來你付出了很多努力...」

You can see more examples of this kind of feedback

在課程的尾聲

at the end of the programme.

你可以看到更多類似這種回覆

I wonder what it would look like

我很好奇如果她真的喜歡那些點子

if she had really liked the ideas.

會是怎麼樣的反應

You had an idea for our traffic app?

關於我們的交通 app ，你有個點子？

Yes. Well, you know how it tells you

是的，你知道它是如何告訴你

about slow traffic?

交通多緩慢嗎？

Yes.

知道

Mark: Well, I thought we could show

我們可以顯示出

how noisy the traffic is.

我們可以顯示出交通的嘈雜程度

Wow, that is an interesting idea.

哇，真是個有趣的點子！

I really like it!

我真的很喜歡！

We could get new clients

我們可以爭取到

who want a quiet journey.

希望有安靜的旅程的新客戶

That is a really different approach,

這是個非常獨特的方法

it's brilliant!

太聰明了！

I've put these graphs in to show

我用這些圖示來表示

the different amounts of noise.

不同程度的噪音

I can see that you've been thinking about it

看得出來你思考得很周全

and I really like it!

我真的很喜歡！