This Business English News podcast examines the topic of offshoring jobs. “Offshoring” means to move part of a company’s operations (usually supporting functions such as finance or HR) to another country – literally “off shore.” Another commonly used term related to this topic is “outsourcing” – this means to use a different company to handle some supporting tasks. The key difference is that outsourcing doesn’t necessarily mean the work is done in a different country.
這節商務英語播客會談論境外生產工作。 “境外生產”也就是將公司生產的部分（通常是支持功能比如財政或人事）遷移到另一個國家——字面上就是“離境”。另一個和此話題相關的術語是“業務外包”也就是讓另一個公司來處理支持功能。兩者的重要區別在于“業務外包”并不意味著工作是在另一個國家完成的。

The topic of offshoring, or outsourcing work overseas, is certainly a popular one these days, and many people in Western Europe and North America are quite concerned that this practice will lead to less job opportunities in their countries. However, our story details a report from a well know management consultancy that concludes these concerns may be exaggerated or “overblown.”
“境外生產”或“業務外包”成為當前一個流行的話題，西歐和北美的許多人對此十分關注，因為那會導致國內的工作機會減少。盡管如此，我們的故事將會詳述來自一家知名管理咨詢公司的報告，報告定論這些擔憂被夸大了或說得過分了。