Ann, George, and Katharine are discussing problems they are having with the new project leader, Caroline.
安、喬治與凱薩琳正在討論他們和新的專案負責人卡洛琳之間的問題。

A: I think we need to talk to Caroline about our problems with her before we go to Jacob.
去向雅各報告之前，我認為我們應先向卡洛琳說明我們的問題。 

K: Agreed. We shouldn't ambush her. I think Caroline can do a good job—she's just trying to change things too much. We need to come to grips with this issue or she's going to run this project off the rails.
我贊成，我們不應該暗算她。我認為卡洛琳能勝任這件事，但她太想要改變了。我們要想辦法解決這個問題，要不然她一定會搞砸這件案子。

G: Exactly. Yesterday she was talking about a whole new system of organizing our data. She hadn't thought it out; it was just an idea, but I had to listen to her talk about it when I really needed to be finishing my analysis. Now I'm afraid she's going to tell me I have to use her new system!
沒錯。昨天她還在談論一個全新的資料整理系統。那只是個想法而已，她根本還沒想清楚。當我忙著要完成分析時，卻要聽她滔滔不絕說著想法。我現在很擔心她會要我使用她的新系統！

A: We have our own ways of doing things here.
大家都有自己做事的方法。

K: And I'm willing to listen to new ways to do things, but not in the middle of a project that we're behind on already!
我是很願意聽取做事的新方法，不過不是在專案進行到一半、我們進度落後的時候！

G: Right. But somehow, when I try to explain this to her, she doesn't get it.
對。不過不管我怎麼跟她說明，她就是不懂。

A: We have to request a meeting with her and Jacob. We can't go on avoiding the problem. I think we should tell them both that we have concerns about the project's management and we want to address them before they become more serious.
我們得跟雅各還有她開個會，我們不能一直逃避這個問題。我認為要告知他們兩位我們對專案管理的擔憂，在問題變得更加嚴重前先通知他們。

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