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39 The Collaboration
協(xié)作
There's nothing more powerful than collaboration between colleagues.
沒有什么力量能比同事間的協(xié)作更強大的了。
How does that coinage go?
那句新造的話是怎么說來的？
“Two heads are better than one.”
“三個臭皮匠賽過一個諸葛亮。”
I wonder who coined that phrase.
不知是誰新造了那個說法。
A collective effort can render even the most confusing problem coherent.
集體努力能將最為錯綜復(fù)雜的問題變得條理清晰，
Coherence is the key to understanding and resolving dilemmas.
而條理清晰正是理解和化解種種窘境的關(guān)鍵所在。
By coincidence, my best friend and I ended up working at the same advertising firm.
純屬巧合，我最好的朋友和我竟在同一家廣告公司工作。
We've had a cohesive relationship ever since we accidentally collided into each other on bicycles in college.
自從在大學(xué)里意外騎車相撞后，我們之間就建立起了緊密的聯(lián)系。
Fortunately, nobody was hurt from the collision and we quickly became friends.
幸好那次碰撞事件中沒有人受傷，我們很快成了朋友。
Since then, we have cohered through thick and thin.
打那以后，無論艱難險阻，我們都會團結(jié)一致，并肩作戰(zhàn)。
Remember the market collapse of 1967?
還記得1967年的市場崩潰嗎？
When he needed a loan to recover from his losses, I helped him.
當(dāng)他需要一筆貸款來彌補損失時，我伸出了援助之手。
When I needed collateral to secure a home loan, he helped me.
當(dāng)我需要抵押品來擔(dān)保一筆家庭貸款時，是他幫助了我。
When a snake coiled is 4-year-old son and sent him to the hospital, we were there with him all right.
當(dāng)他4歲的兒子被蛇纏住、送進醫(yī)院時，我們兩一起守護了他一整夜。
The cohesion benefits both sides and makes each side twice as strong as before.
這一凝聚力對對方都有利，并使得每一方變得比以前堅強上兩倍。
That's why I'm so glad that my colleague and I are collaborating on this special project.
所以，我很高興能在這個特別的項目上與我的同事合作。
There's nothing coincident about how we ended up in the same group.
我們能分到同一組毫無巧合可言。
However, it is a coincidence that the starting dates of our present collaboration coincides with the time we first met last year.
但確實湊巧的是，我們目前這個合作項目的開始日期碰巧跟去年我們第一次相遇時的日期相同。
So what is the purpose of our collaboration?
那么，我們合作的目的何在?
Our purpose is to come up with an advertising slogan that's catchy and that uses colloquial English.
我們的目的就是要想出一個既引人注目又語言通俗的廣告詞。
By using a colloquialism, we hope we can turn the slogan into a household phrase.
通過使用通俗語言，我們希望這一廣告詞能成為家喻戶曉的用語。
