Understanding confusing business conversations

★ 教你聽懂令人一頭霧水的商業(yè)會話 ★

Have you ever attended a meeting only to leave wondering what it was about? If so, you may be a victim of business jargon.

Jargon – words used by a group of people that aren’t generally understood – has both advantages and disadvantages. Many professionals use specialized terms that help them communicate specific ideas that are hard to describe in simple language. Unfortunately, the use of jargon can result in confusion. This is especially true when speakers use terms that their listeners misunderstand or don’t understand at all.

你是否曾參加過一場會議，離開時卻一心只納悶著剛才不知道究竟在講些什麼?若是如此，你也許就是商業(yè)行話的受害者。

行話──亦即某族群所使用的詞彙，非一般人所能理解──有優(yōu)點也有缺點。許多專業(yè)人士使用專門用語來幫助他們傳達難以用簡單話語描述的特定概念。只可惜，使用術(shù)語會令人困惑不解。當說話者使用聽者容易誤解或根本聽不懂的用語時，更是如此。