I see. And are you planning to leave your current job to study, or are you thinking about just taking a yearoff?
我明白了。你打算辭去現在的工作去學習還是請一年的假?
I want to know what my options are, really.
我想知道我能有什么選擇。
I do not want to quit my job or anything and my employers are keen for me to get some more qualifications
我不想辭職,我的老板想讓我獲得更多的資質,
but obviously, it would be better if I could do a course without taking too much time away from work.
但是顯然如果我不用占用很多工作時間又能上課是最好的了。
Right, so you do not really want to do the full time course, then?
好的,那么你不想上全日制課程了?
No, not really. It's also a question of finances.
是的。還有一個資金問題。
You see, my office have agreed to pay the cost of the course itself, but I would have to take unpaid leave if I want to study full time and,
我的公司同意付課程費,但是如果我上全日制課程,我得請無薪假。
well, I do not think I could afford to support myself with no salary for a whole year.
我覺得我無法一整年都沒有薪水的生活下去。
OK. Well, you have two other possibilities: you could either do the part time course
好的,你有兩種選擇。你可以上非全日制課程,
that would be over two yearsand you would not have to take any time off work or you could do what we call a 'modular' course.
這不會占用你的工作時間,兩年完成,或者你可以上模塊化課程。
You could do that in eighteen months if you wanted - or longer, it's quite flexible and it would be up to you.
你可以用18個月完成或更久的時間,這個很靈活,完全取決于你。