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Woman: Hello! I'm very pleased to welcome into the studio today Maurice Beeston, the managing director of Laurel Consulting and an expert in the field of business consultancy.
女：你好！今天我很高興把勞雷爾咨詢公司的總經理、商業咨詢領域的專家莫里斯·比斯頓請到工作室。
I'm sure many of you will be keen to hear his ideas in this important but difficult area.
我相信你們中的許多人，都非常想聽聽他對于這個重要但很難駕馭的領域的想法。
Mr Beeston, thank you very much indeed for sparing us a few moments of your valuable time.
比斯頓先生，真的非常感謝你抽出寶貴的時間來到我們這里。
Man: Thank you. Actually, it's a pleasure to be here.
男：謝謝。事實上，我很高興來到這里。
I feel that consultancy is a very misunderstood area, and I'm always glad of any opportunity to shed a little light on it.
我覺得咨詢是一個很容易被誤解的領域，我總是很高興有機會能闡明它。
Woman: Why do you think it's misunderstood? In what ways?
女：你為什么認為人們會對它產生誤解？以什么方式呢？
Man: Well, when consultants are good, they develop a company's capabilities.
男：嗯，當顧問很好時，他們會發展公司的能力。
But when they're bad, they collaborate with bad managers and actually block change.
但當他們不太合格的時候，他們會與糟糕的經理合作，實際上會阻止改變。
Some promise great success, but there's no way you can ensure that will happen every time.
有些人承諾會取得巨大的成功，但你不可能保證每次都會成功。
So the end result can be that a situation arises in which the profession starts to get a bad name.
因此，最終的結果可能是出現一種情況，在這種情況下，這個職業開始出現壞名聲。
Woman: I see. So what would be good practice -the ideal consultant?
女：我明白了。那好的做法，理想的顧問是什么樣的？
Man: Mmm ... I think there are basically three ...three main types or kinds of consultant.
男：嗯......我認為基本上有三種......三種主要的顧問類型。
The first type is the expert, and their approach is straightforward: "I'm know the answer; you don't;
第一類是專家型，他們的方法很簡單：‘我知道答案，你不知道。
pay me some money and I will tell you.
你給我一些錢，我會告訴你。’
The second type is the process consultant who says, "I know nothing; you know everything and I will help you to exploit that."
第二類是流程顧問，他說，‘我什么都不知道；你知道所有的事情，我會幫助你利用它。’
Now, these are both all right in their way, but it's the third way which actually works best,
這兩種方法都可以，但實際上，第三種方法效果最好，
and that's the consulting partnership which says, "You know a lot and so do I; it's not easy but let's work together on solving the problems."
這是咨詢合作伙伴關系，它說的是，‘你知道很多，我也知道很多。’這不太容易，但讓我們來一起努力解決問題。”
