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《来时的路》(中英文对照版) 3.17 没有回程日期的机票

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3.17    没有回程日期的机票

 “Au bon pain, at good pain, what a name!Au bon pain,在好痛里,怎么会有这样的名字!)一向说话比别人慢两拍的Bernard(贝纳尔德)开始打破了沉静,“You are the legend, Yitian.(你是传奇弈田。)

有了Bernard(贝纳尔德)的开头,Roy(诺)也一改刚才的忧郁,一出口就突出了他了夸张,他的幽默,“I heard from Jean Jacque that you got your offer even without onsite interview. Wow, unbelievable, you rewrote the history, nah, her-story!(我听让杰克说你没有去他们公司现场面试就已经得到工作机会了。哇,太不可思议了,你改写了历史!)这个工作offer(录取通知)来得快得像Bernard(贝纳尔德)那天给的,程弈田收到email的时候把信从头到尾看了三遍,然后转寄给Jean Jacque(让杰克)读后确认了,才相信,她可以开始准备美国工作签证的材料了。

“Yeah, I am so proud of her!(是的,我很为她骄傲!)尹伯文端着刚买到的四份甜点走过来。被人夸,弈田习惯了。毕业典礼那天Harald(汉偌德)教授在同实验室的同学们面前狠狠地夸了程弈田,说当她的导师是近10年自己最幸福的事。程弈田是那种更注重实践的同学,没有选择跟他做完博士,是科研界的一大损失,但必定是工业界的一大收益。为了不让弈田搬家时太难,Harald(汉偌德)教授送了一个体积很小的礼物给她。打开看,是一个精美的Swarovski的水晶地球钥匙链。Harald(汉偌德)教授说,弈田的存在将让这个日益衰老的地球变得更美,更纯净,更强大。程弈田笑着舀了一勺甜甜软软的柠檬蛋糕,放到嘴里,并不分辨那天其实她只是运气:她同时见了老板,老板的老板和老板的老板的老板。说实话,那跟onsite interview(去公司现场面试)已经没有什么差别了,就是少了积攒6000迈飞行里程的机会。哈哈,就让它成为江湖上美丽的传说吧。。。

“I am so grateful that you two can come over to send me. I know you are very busy.(我很感激你们两个过来送我。我知道你们都很忙。)程弈田看看尹伯文,说:“As for him, the man who just served us desert, he has time anyway, he is on vacation every day.(对于他嘛,那个刚才给我们送甜点的人,他总是有时间的,反正他每天都在度假。)

“Haha,yeah, right. Yitian, you are getting ruder and ruder to me each every dayyou are referring me as the servant now!(对啊弈田,你现在是对我越来越粗鲁了。你居然叫我送甜点的仆人!)尹伯文站起来,恭敬地向弈田鞠了一躬,"Please let me know if you need anything else, my dear lord?(好吧,主人,你还需要我做些什么呢?)

Roy(诺)笑得前俯后仰,伸腿给尹伯文一脚,“You need to take her to the airport, I mean, you, Jean Jacque, understood?(让杰克,你真的需要送她去机场,听懂没 ?)他的神情比最恶的黄世仁还恶。尹伯文以脚还脚,“Stupid Roy, I can't. Hey, Bernard, time is almost up, present her our gift, she needs to take the T now.(笨蛋诺,我不行。嘿,贝纳尔德,时间差不多到了,给她我们的礼物,她马上要搭地铁了。)”Bernard(贝纳尔德)拿出自己的智能手机,操作了一下,“Done, my dear lord.(可以了,我的主人。)”COO(首席运营官)跟CEO(首席执行官)的步伐完好的保持一致。“Ok, guys, finish your tart. Yitian, let's go down to the platform. (你们赶紧吃完甜点。弈田,我们下去站台。)尹伯文生怕弈田错过了飞机,误了明天新公司的orientation(新员工培训).

Kendall Square(肯都广场)的地铁站就在Au bon pain旁边。50米的路走了15分钟。“I am so glad that you are finally making the way to San Jose. Nice place. Go to my Dad's. He will take care of your super combo!(我很高兴你终于去圣荷西了。挺好的地方。记着要去我爸那儿啊,他会给你弄最好吃的拉面!”Roy抱了抱弈田,重复了他的承诺,很有别怕,那儿咱有人。报上我的大名,他定会罩着你的意味。

Bernard也走过来,他的臂好长,环绕着弈田,用力有点过猛,程弈田差点喘不过气。好在,他很快就放开了,郑重地跟弈田握了握手:“Thank you for extending the 3-week help to 4 months. I am very impressed with your work - what I like most about it is that you keep a very nice work log for us. Simply by looking at a few bullet points every week, I already know what we have progressed. We also appreciate the nice input you made, I know, it's time to think about a real implementation plan.(谢谢你弈田,把原来说好的3个礼拜的帮忙延长到4个月。我非常欣赏你的工作,你的工作日志整理得非常有条理。我只要看看你列出的条纲,就知道我们每个礼拜都做了些什么,都有哪些进步。我也非常感激你的一些好的建议,我们的确到了需要好好想想该怎么进行下一步计划了。)

程弈田仰着头,跟这个不仅身高让她仰止的德国人说,“Thank you Bernard, I  appreciate the compliment, this kind of detailed one. Thank you for telling me where my strengths are. (谢谢你贝纳尔德,谢谢你的夸奖,这么仔细的夸奖,实属难得—把我的强项都列出来告诉我了。)

Bernard(贝纳尔德) 笑着:“Yitian, you deserve the best comment from a COO! Too bad, you are leaving, and too bad we are so poor that we can't even sponsor you.(你值得一个首席运营官最好的夸奖!我其实挺伤心你马上就走了,谁让我们这么穷,都没有办法帮你办工作签证。)

是啊,程弈田何曾放得下她辛勤耕耘了四个月的Movaback, “Bernard, get Movaback on face book and let more people know about this option, and maybe we will get more donation on further trials.(贝纳尔德,把Movaback放上Face Book,让更多的人知道有你们这样的一个选择,也好让更多人愿意给你们后续的临床试验做捐献。)

红线地铁到了,尹伯文又催了起来,“Got it, yitian, we are working on it. You need to go. Go.(知道的,弈田,我们正在做这个事情呢。你需要走了。走吧,赶紧。)

一旁的Roy (诺)还是不放过这最后的机会,冲着Jean Jacque(让杰克)嚷:“Hey, you, you do have green card, don't you? You can get her one too if you make a proposal to her! Dumb ass!(嘿,你,你不是有绿卡吗,是不是啊你?你如果向她求婚不就成了,不就解决她的工作签证的问题了?)

Bernard(贝纳尔德)知道这只是Roy(诺)最后的试探,尹伯文是不会改变主意的,又轻轻抱了抱弈田,说:“ I hope you will like the gift, it's Jean Jacque's idea.(我希望你会喜欢那个礼物,是让杰克的主意。)

程弈田转向尹伯文,向他走过去。刚要伸出双臂,尹伯文指着地上说,“See, I found 5 cents, my money!(看,我找到了5分钱!)" 弈田领会了他的意思,拉着行李,登上了地铁。

站台上,Roy(诺)弯腰捡起那个废弃的塑料瓶,“You don't have balls! (你这个没种的家伙!)说着冲尹伯文仍过去“Your 5 cents! Coward!(诺夫,给你5分钱!)尹伯文也不躲,程弈田似乎看到了他微笑的脸上画着一副尹伯文曾经展现过给她的未来愿景:"Here she returns, the Queen of Operations!(她回来了,运营女王回来了!)"

 

 

 

 

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