About me

I make sure I have enough depth and breadth in my knowledge so that I can troubleshoot and fix issues quickly, example: example 1: Our corporate website (a WordPress build managed by an external vendor) suddenly started redirecting to a staging environment. The vendor struggled for hours with no solution. Thanks to my self-taught background in white hat hacking, I pay close attention to subtle metadata. Without any prior PHP or WordPress architecture experience, I analyzed the HTTP response headers​ and noticed an X-Redirect-By tag pointing to a specific plugin. I identified the rogue plugin, disabled it, and resolved the issue within minutes. The root cause was later confirmed as a misconfiguration by a vendor's new hire.

example 2: We discovered a fake app impersonating our company. While the team spent hours trying to reverse engineer the app to read the source code, I took a different approach. By analyzing the mobile traffic (packet sniffing) and performing a reverse DNS lookup on the suspicious domains, I traced the attacker's server location in about ten minutes—saving us from a rabbit hole of decompiled code.

example 3: I don't just stop at resolving issues; I scrutinize whether the fix aligns with the original design intent. For instance, in the vendor-built Kafka microservice system, I identified critical bugs causing full state resets upon recovery—which contradicted the initial design. Since the original developers had left and no one fully understood the core engine, the vendor's patch felt like a band-aid solution. By conducting a deep-dive analysis, I proposed a more robust fix that was truly consistent with the engine’s architecture.

hi, i'm xxx, i've working in IT industry for 15 years, i have my own website sharing my IT knowledges for free, it covers traditional software development/blockchain/eithical hacking and hardware like raspberry pi and arduino. my last job experience is mainly focusing on java development using spring boot and spring cloud components, we developed clearing system from scratch and i partipicated in all lifecycles from system design to deployment and migration to cloud, and i also implemented serveral side projects on my own for example the btcp funding rate calc. my personal hobby is both exploring new IT technics and dive down existing technics in my personal time, for example when i explore blockchain I was very curios about ECDSA and it triggered my insteresting of connecting the dots from AES RSA i previously learned in https with this ECDSA, so i self learned Professor Christof Paar's online cryptography course to understand how cryptography involved from shift cipher to public-key cryptography, FROM RSA TO Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems, AND then to better understand the underpin cyclic groups, i self learned Abstract algebra group theory.

and along the way i understand that not all the cryptography set up are safe, some may have vulnerbilities, then i tried one of it called padding oracle and i successfully passed Encrypted Pastebin test on hacker101, i very enjoyed the moment when I can understand the whole theory and technica and utilize it successfully.

It's always being my great feel of statisfaction when i understood IT knowledges which i already know from another perspective or grasp a new skills, for example the first time i can view a software product from hackers point of view and can exploit the vulnerbilities i identified, the first time i can assembly some arduino hardware pieces and make it work. in summary, i love to use my known kownledges and also egar to learn new things so that i can keep building my own knowledges palacess making the exsiting ones stronger and adding new ones.

talking about my weekness i think firt i'm not a smart person or genius person, i have to devote myself and put a lot of time to get result, i don't like to say i understand this thing or that 100%. another one should be that i don't quite like to memorize all the details, i believe most normal people like me when we have explored so many different areas of IT knowledges, it's quite challenge for me to remember every details of each techinics, that's why i have my own website and github repo, what i do is lazy loading, i keep notes and organize the kownledge base nicely and then clear from my memory, for example when i use redis i'll read through my notes and quikly pick up the most important details that i need and load it into my active brain zone, when i don't use it i'll gradually clean it from my brain, i'm not sure how other people can memorize so many things all the time but that's the way i do it, probably a weekness.

optimized: Hi, I’m XXX. I have been working in the IT industry for over 15 years. I also run my own website where I share IT knowledge for free. The topics cover traditional software development, blockchain, ethical hacking, and hardware projects involving Raspberry Pi and Arduino.

In my most recent role, I mainly focused on Java development using Spring Boot and Spring Cloud. My team developed a clearing system from scratch, and I participated in the full software lifecycle, including system design, development, deployment, and cloud migration. I also built several side projects independently, such as a BTC perpetual funding rate calculator.

One of my biggest interests is continuously exploring new technologies while also deeply understanding existing ones. For example, when I started learning blockchain, I became very curious about ECDSA. That curiosity led me to connect it with concepts like AES and RSA that I had previously encountered in HTTPS and cryptography.

To gain a deeper understanding, I self-studied Professor Christof Paar’s online cryptography course, where I learned how cryptography evolved from classical ciphers to public-key cryptography, from RSA to elliptic curve cryptography. To better understand the mathematical foundations behind these systems, I also self-learned abstract algebra and group theory.

Along the way, I realized that not all cryptographic implementations are secure, and some contain vulnerabilities. I became interested in security research and experimented with attacks such as the Padding Oracle Attack. I successfully completed the Encrypted Pastebin challenge on Hacker101. I really enjoy the process of understanding both the theory and the practical implementation, and then applying that knowledge successfully in real-world scenarios.

What gives me the greatest sense of satisfaction is gaining a deeper understanding of technology from different perspectives or mastering new skills. For example, the first time I viewed software from a hacker’s perspective and successfully exploited a vulnerability I identified, or the first time I assembled Arduino hardware components and made them work.

In summary, I enjoy both applying my existing knowledge and continuously learning new things. I like building connections between different areas of technology and strengthening my overall understanding over time.

As for my weaknesses, first, I don’t consider myself a genius or naturally gifted person. I usually need to invest significant time and effort to truly understand something deeply. I also tend to avoid claiming that I understand something “100%” because technology always has more depth to explore.

Another weakness is that I don’t try to memorize every technical detail permanently. After exploring many areas of IT, it becomes difficult to retain everything in active memory all the time. That’s one reason why I maintain my own website and GitHub repositories as structured knowledge bases.

My approach is somewhat like “lazy loading” in software engineering: I organize and document knowledge clearly, and when I need a technology again — for example Redis — I can quickly review my notes, reload the important concepts into active memory, and become productive again efficiently. When I stop using a technology for a while, I naturally let some low-level details fade. I’m not sure whether this is a weakness or simply my personal learning style, but it’s how I manage knowledge across many technical domains.

General

Brief​ = 做减法（给摘要） Brief me on the project. Articulate​ = 练表达（说清楚） Articulate your thoughts. Elaborate​ = 做加法（展开说） Could you elaborate on that?

Business Result - Upper-intermediate Student's Book

Note: the language in this unit is more common in British English than American English.

rapport renowned

Don't spend too much time on this. It isn’t important. I'd like to spend a little less time in meetings and more time actually doing some work. Too few people have applied for the post. We don’t have enough good candidates. Hardly anyone internally has applied. They are nearly all external. Lots of time has been spent on this. Too much in fact.

We've always stay​ true to our principle of fairness to the customer and the supplier. Companies in the 21st century which don't act​ responsibly are likely to receive bad publicity. How about donate​ more time to helping a charity? All our employees take an active part in our fund-raising activities. If we did more videoconferencing and less flying, we'd reduce​ the impact we have on the environment. Currently, this factory doesn't comply​ with regulations on the disposal of waste water. All our subsidiaries share a strong commitment to supporting the local community.

We are not involved in the corruption​ scandal. Customers will ask questions about our credibility​ if we don't do something quickly. He says he isn't prejudiced against older applicants but he never employs anyone over 40. We want to be described as an ethical​ business.我们要做一家有底线的企业，并且希望外界也这样看待我们。 Appearances can be deceptive – he seems friendly but be careful!

They're offering people over 55 the chance to take early retirement​. They've asked me to move to Sales, but it seems like a sideways平级调动​ move. Many women in my position reach a glass​ ceiling and can't go any further. It's only a temporary secondment​借调 for six months while a colleague goes on maternity leave. 1,300 workers have been laid off​ from a factory in Marseille. To retain​ our key staff, it may be necessary to offer additional incentives. We found that bringing in flexitime reduced staff turnover 人员流动率 指员工离职率​ and in fact increased applications from skilled people. Many employees prefer plenty of job mobility​ “岗位轮换”或“职能流动” to staying in one place for the whole of their career. In order to get on​ in life 生活中成功是固定搭配, it's who you know, not what you know.

I suggest you weigh up all the options before you make a final decision. Sometimes you just have to trust your own instincts rather than spend more time analysing facts. As long as everyone else has confidence in your decisions, then things will probably work out OK. I simply can’t decide between the two options. Which do you think is better?

fairness: Company agrees to pay workers from other countries an equal amount. bribery: CEO paid colleagues to take part in illegal financial activities. discrimination: Woman to prosecute company for paying her less than male colleagues doing the same job. 它确实不是个完整句子，但这是故意的。这是报纸标题写法（headline style）A woman is taking legal action against the company / is going to prosecute the company​ for paying her less than male colleagues doing the same job. generosity: Business owner leaves fortune to charity. greed: Shareholders take profits while workers receive no pay rise. outgoing： He loves socializing and meeting people. That’s what makes him a good marketing manager. pragmatic： We need someone who takes a practical and realistic attitude to any kind of task. impulsive： The reason for her success is that as soon as she hears a good idea she takes action – she doesn’t wait to hear what the problems might be. creative： If you work in design you need to be a person who likes to come up with original ideas. conventional： I like a traditional approach to decision-making. tactful： The CEO is diplomatic and good at talking to people about difficult matters. detached： He’s good at staying out of office politics and doesn’t get involved. methodical：Our accounts manager does things step by step. As a result, she never makes mistakes!

Journalist: Will the fact that so many companies are now outsourcing lead to major job losses over there? Politician: Certainly jobs in sectors such as telecommunications and IT could be affected. Journalist: But this means skilled workers are out of work. Where will they find new jobs? Politician: Well, of course, companies will retain their core activities which will always need well-qualified people with expertise. I also want to add that outsourcing is necessary for companies to gain through a competitive edge. Without streamlining their operations they won't survive in the global economy.

Business communication skills

You can check the details with Amalie. She 's coming in​ later this afternoon as arranged. One day, when I have enough money, I'm going to start​ my own business. The flight from Jakarta lands​ at 5 p.m. your time according to my e-ticket.

Sorry about the late delivery. Let me call the warehouse to check and I'll call you straight back.

Statistics show that export growth is at 5% this year. You will notice on this chart how many jobs have been lost. Have a look at these figures. A further point to mention is that Bangalore has a high-trained workforce. Let's turn our attention to the effects of this. Looking at this slide, we can see the reason for the fall. We've looked at India, so let's move on to China. This next part relates back to what I was saying earlier. Before I go today, I'd like to leave you with some food for thought 值得琢磨的东西 / 让人回去想一想的点子、问题或提醒（不是真食物）. The message I'd like to send you away with today is this.

A: I'm really sorry, I completely forgot the time. B: No problem, I was busy too.

A: When are you back in the office? B: I'm not sure. I'll let you know before I leave today.

A: What we need to decide on today is what to include in the repatriation package. The areas we need to discuss are salaries, education for children and the request for loans to buy houses. Let's look at what our options are. One option would be to offer a basic package to everyone. B: Sorry, but it just wouldn't work if we offered everyone the same. For example, you have some people with no children and some with five. Then you have people already with a house and those with nowhere to live when they get back. A: Well, supposing we gave everyone the same salary rise as a percentage? B: That's a good start. And then what I propose is that we take each person case-by-case. So if you guaranteed equal pay rises, I think they'd let you bargain more easily with other incentives. A: Good. That sounds like a plan. So, a recap. If I look at realistic figures for the rise, you'll spend some time looking at each individual's needs. OK? B: I'm happy with that. I can even talk to each of them by phone before the official meeting ...

A: We'd like to invite you to the theatre this evening. B: That would be great. What's on? A: It's a Russian theatre company performing Hamlet. B: That sounds really​ interesting.

A: If you're free, we'd be delighted to see you​ at dinner this evening. B: Sorry, but I'm meeting someone for drinks at six. A: Oh well, you're welcome​ to come later if you change your mind.

A: While you are in Italy, it would be a good idea to​ visit our supplier in Salerno. It will save time and money later on. B: That makes sense. A: Ask them to show you round their factory. It's well worth a visit.

A: Looking at the facts. They’re here in black and white. We are overspending. B: What you say is right, but there are some good reasons. We’ve had to invest in more advertising and marketing in order to grow. A: Yes, but that was budgeted for last year. What I mean is we’ve spent money on unplanned items. A classic example is this list of expenses. I’m not convinced that all these are necessary. Look at this restaurant bill for over $200! A: Exactly. But that is a marketing cost. Clients have to be taken out. B: In other words, you’re saying our staff should go to the most expensive restaurants they can find. A: Obviously I think it would be crazy for an employee on a business trip to only choose expensive places on their own. But with clients it’s important. B: Jens, what’s your position on this? C: As far as I’m concerned, until we set clear limits and give our staff written guidelines on travel expenses, we’ll always have this discussion … B: … but the drawback is that every trip is different. It’s hard to say there’s one rule for every type of expense. A: Hang on. Let’s hear what Jens has to say. C: In my opinion we need to define what they can and can’t do. A: Good idea. Let’s draw up some action points …

budgeted​ — "that was budgeted​ for last year" At core: put into the official spending plan and approved in advance, not improvised. A company's budget is the forward-looking document where Finance says: we may spend £X on Y, and here's the cap.When something was budgeted, it passed that process — it's been earmarked, the money is (supposedly) set aside for it, and spending it isn't itself the scandal. In this speaker's mouth it's doing a rhetorical job: "Advertising & marketing — fine, I actually agree those cost money. Those were budgeted, so I'm not complaining about those. What I'm complaining about is the stuff that wasn't​ — the unplanned creep." So the native-speaker connotation​ is: legitimate / authorized / expected vs. off-the-books / ad-hoc.Saying "it was budgeted" is a way of drawing a line — this spend has a paper trail; the rest doesn't.

take out​ — "Clients have to be taken out." The phrasal verb is take someone out​ = host them socially at your expense​ (typically dinner, drinks, a show, golf, etc.), andit's understood that you're paying specifically to build/maintain the relationship. I'll take you out for dinner→ I'm treating you. In business: take clients out→ client entertainment / hospitality​ as a recognised category of spend. The key nuance: it's not just "go out together." It carries who's paying​ + the instrumental purpose​ (relationship management, deal flow, goodwill). That's why A uses it defensively — "That $200 isn't waste, it's the cost of doing business. Client relationships require face-time and a meal on us." (There's also a faint old-school corporate flavour to it — "taking people out" is the kind of thing strict companies now police heavily with per-diems and written policies, which is exactly the argument C is about to make.)

description of the graph

Overall Summary

The graph illustrates the total number of cumulative jobs exported from the United States over a 20-year period, from 1992 to 2012. The vertical axis represents the number of jobs in millions, while the horizontal axis shows the years. Overall, the trend is one of massive and consistent growth, with the total number of jobs increasing almost fivefold by the end of the period.

Initial Phase (1992–2000) In 1992, the baseline for cumulative jobs exported was extremely low, starting at just 0.6 million. Over the next eight years, the graph shows a steady and linear increase. By the year 2000, the figure had risen to approximately 9.2 million, indicating a significant acceleration in job exports during the 1990s.

Acceleration Phase (2000–2008) The growth continued into the 21st century without any significant decline. The rate of increase remained high, pushing the cumulative total past the 20-million mark around 2006. By 2008, the graph reached its peak value for the observed period, hitting 28.7 million cumulative exported jobs.

Recent Trends (2008–2012) After reaching its zenith in 2008, the graph shows a slight downward movement. However, the decline is minimal, and by 2012, the figure had only decreased marginally to 28.1 million. Despite this minor dip towards the end of the period, the overall level remains exceptionally high compared to the starting point.

a description of the line graphs: Dips slightly:​ A small drop. Sharp increase:​ A steep rise. Highest/Lowest point:​ The peak/trough. Steady decline:​ A consistent fall. Plateau:​ A period where the value stays relatively flat. Trajectory:​ The path or direction of the data. Crashes dramatically:​ Falls very sharply. an upward trend surge, climb, soar, skyrocket, boom, rise steadily the highest point peak, climax, summit, record high, maximum a downward trend decline, slump, plummet, collapse, nosedive, fall sharply the lowest point trough, nadir, rock bottom, minimum, all - time low stability remain steady, stabilize, plateau, hold constant, maintain equilibrium fluctuation vary, oscillate, swing, seesaw, experience ups and downs

Sales shot up dramatically and surpassed all our expectations. The coverage rate decreased steadily by 10% every year. There was a slight rise in unit price from £0.75 to £0.77. The marketing department has grown considerably in the last three years and doubled its size. A gradual rise in raw material prices has slowly but surely eroded our margin. Up to now we have ignored the rapid growth in the sector but the growth is so fast that we cannot continue to do this. There was a sharp and noticeable jump in wastage in a very short time. The online marketing costs are dropping slightly. However, the decline is so small that we shouldn't include it in the final figures.

Let's move on to the statistics. In the 1960s we spent about 25% of our household income on food, but this has now actually dropped from 10% to 15%. However, the proportion of the average food budget that we spend in restaurants and on takeaways has risen dramatically from 2% to 33% in the same period. Most importantly, I would like to point out that annual national expenditure on ready meals fluctuated somewhere between £250 million and £300 million just 10 years ago but this has now jumped from nearly £400 million to almost £700 million. This has resulted from an increase by 100% in the numbers of single households and a decline in the time we spend cooking our main meal. This was around 2.5 hours in the 60s but has fallen significantly and today stands at 15 minutes. What does all this mean for us in the packaging industry?

1. To our surprise, it was the sales of Product A that took off over the Christmas period with sales 51% above target and Product B that slumped with sales 34% below target. As a result, we are redesigning the packaging for Product B and are forecasting that sales will recover by Easter. If this does not happen and sales show no improvement, we will seriously have to consider taking Product B off the market.

2. In this period, Brand A's market share slipped from 9% to 8% and Brand B's share plummeted from 6% to just 1%. Our Brand Z rose from 10% to 25%. If we look at the budget for TV advertising during this period, we can see clearly that Brand Z doubled its budget from €250,000 to €500,000. The print advertising budget emained stable during the same period but was concentrated on the target market.

3. I'd now like to focus on the carbon dioxide content. Have a look at this graph. There have been unexpected fluctuations in the carbon dioxide content since the first unit was installed three years ago. It has fluctuated between 0.33% and 4% as we have experienced multiple failures. The units are now working efficiently and carbon dioxide content is held steady at 0.33% and we expect this to stay at 0.2% by the end of the year.

4. Let's move onto the statistics. In 1900, 15% of the workforce was aged over 55 and by 2000 this had grown significantly to 33%. We expect this to jump to roughly 40% by 2030. Life expectancy was approximately 46 years in 1900 but this has soared dramatically to round about 80 today. What does this all mean for us when we look at the question of age diversity?

Tip If you describe a lot of trends, use a wide variety of vocabulary and be dramatic. Sales rocketed in the third quarter is more dramatic and tells your audience more about the trend than Sales increased in the third quarter, for example.

"Okay, let’s have a look at these two line graphs.

Starting with the top graph:​ The overall trend here shows a significant decrease over the year. At the beginning of the year, in January, the figure starts at around 60%. It then dips slightly​ in February, but then we see a sharp increase, reaching the highest point​ of the entire year—almost 90%—in March. After this peak, the line goes into a steady decline throughout the middle of the year. There’s a small plateau or slight flattening during the summer months of June and July, hovering around the 50% mark. However, it continues to fall after that, hitting the lowest point​ at the very end of the year in December, where it drops below the 25% line, to roughly 20%.

Now, looking at the bottom graph:​ This graph follows a very similar pattern, but the figures are generally lower. It also starts in January, but at a much lower point—around 40%. It increases gradually to a peak in March, although this peak is noticeably lower than the first graph, sitting at about 55%. From March onwards, it follows a downward trajectory. By the end of the year, in December, the line crashes dramatically. It falls well below the 20% grid line, ending up at approximately 10%."

Making Suggestions/Invitations:

A. Inviting People Why don't we have dinner together​ this weekend? Shall we start the project​ tomorrow? Let's go to the library / go to library​ on Saturday. Do you fancy going to the cinema​ this evening? How about fishing on Sunday? Would you be keen on studying​ later? Are you up for meeting up​ this week?

B. Phrases for accepting e.g. I wouldn't miss it for the world. That sounds great! I'd love to. Count me in!​ It's a date.

C. Phrases for Declining Invitations

I am not up for​ that. I don't fancy​ that. I'm not into​ that. That's not my cup of tea. - only for negative

D. Dealing with Project Problems

Think of a common problem together that one of your customers might complain about. If you are in the customer role try to think form their perspective. What is the problem? What action do you want and when do you want it? For the staff role try to think of how you can keep the customer satisfied whilst making sure you do not promise something you cannot deliver. Try to make sure you reach a WIN-WIN situation.

Customer:

"Hi. I'm calling about the software update. It was supposed to be ready this morning, but I still haven't got the download link. I'm a bit stuck here. Any chance you could check on that for me?"

Staff:

"Hello, sorry about that. Let me have a look... Right, it looks like we hit a small snag with the final checks. I can't promise it'll be there in the next ten minutes, but I can chase the tech team for you. As an apology, I'll add an extra month of support onto your account, free of charge. Does that sound alright?"

Customer:

"That's fair enough, cheers. Just as long as I get it by lunchtime."

Staff:

"No worries. I'll drop you an email the moment it's live. Thanks for your patience."

Passive/Active form

A business award has been given to him.→ He has been given a business award. We expect he will leave straightaway.→ It is expected that he will leave straightaway. You are being fired. I have made the final decision.→ You are being fired. The final decision has been made. Sue still hasn't fixed the problem with all the computers.→ The problem with all the computers hasn't been fixed by Sue yet. Everyone knows that the CEO will retire next year.→ It is known to all that the CEO will retire next year. Employees will answer all customer complaints within five working days.→ All customer complaints will be answered by employees within five working days. Somebody locks up the warehouse at ten.→ The warehouse is locked up at ten by somebody. You were phoned while you were out.→ Somebody phoned you while you were out. They are promoting you to office manager.→ You are being promoted to office manager by them.

Question Forms:

- Yes/no or closed questions
    "Is anybody sitting here?" / "Are you a student?"
- Tag questions (反意疑问句 )
    "It's so hot today, isn't it?" / "...I haven't seen you in class before, have I?"
- Declarative statements with rising intonation (陈述句升调)
    I'm a second year student, and you?
- Open questions
    Are you a student or​ is it for work?
- Choice questions
    So you're not​ from around here?

John: Excuse me is anybody sitting here? Jane: Uh no... I'll just move my bag. John: Thanks... I need a sit down.... It's so hot today, isn't it? Jane: Erm... yeah, I guess so. John: Anyway, my name's John. How about you?/And you? Jane: Jane John: Okay... so... Didn't I see you in here yesterday? About 3 o'clock? Jane: Nooo, don't think so, this is my first time. John: Oh...... okay...... I thought I saw you here yesterday with Tom Hawk. We went to school together. Do you know him? Jane: No, sorry. Don't know him. John: Everybody knows Tom. So you're not from around here? Jane: No.. no, I moved here recently. John: Okay... Soooo... what are you reading? Anything interesting? Jane: Oh, nothing really. Just some book for research. John: Are you a student or is it for work? Jane: Err... I'm a student. I study English at City University. John: Really, I'm studying English there too! What year are you? Jane: I'm a second year student. John: So am I but I haven't seen you in class before, have I? Jane: No, I only study part time so I usually go in the evenings, and you? John: I go everyday during the week usually with Mr. Russell? Have you studied with him? Jane: Yeah, I have. He's so boring. Did you understand that lecture last week about William Shakespeare? I mean what are we supposed to write about for that assignment. John: No idea. What did he mean........

强化词 (Intensifiers) 与形容词的搭配

In a competitive business, you can only succeed if you see a new gap​ in the market​. I think you'll need about €50,000 as start-up capital​ to launch your new company. If you look at our business plan​ you'll see it contains our financial estimates. I'd rather borrow the money from my parents than have to share the profits with a venture capitalist. If I lend you €30,000 to set up the business, what do you expect will be the return​ on my investment? A business angel could give you some extra financial backing​, until you start making a profit. We made use of our large network contacts​ and found people who could help us.

This project is extremely​ risky. Be careful! Their plan is absolutely ridiculous. My new member of staff is totally​ useless. You've been incredibly​ helpful. Thanks a lot. This system is really​ complex.

(Conversation 1)

A: Jose, I don't believe it! B: Tanya! How are you? What have you been up to? A: Oh, the same old things... still working for TTB. What about you? B: I've had a couple of jobs since I left TTB but I've just set up on my own. Which reminds me. Could you do me a favour?​ A: Sure. B: The thing is, I've been looking for a document recently on website insurance. I think I left it at TTB. A: Well, I'm not sure. Send me the details and I'll see what I can do.

(Conversation 2)

A: It's good of you to meet me this morning. B: Don't mention it. When was the last time we saw each other? A: At that conference in Lisbon. B: That's right. How's life treating you?​ A: Not bad, though I've had problems with my employer. Actually that's the reason why I asked to meet. Could you put me in touch with anyone who might have a position, since you're well known in the business? B: I'll certainly think about it.​ Why don't we have a drink first. Then let's talk about it over dinner.

时态

现在进行时表将来 当英语想表达“我已经计划好了的未来”时，经常偷懒直接用“正在进行”的形式。 We've booked places and we're staying​ at the Westin Hotel. 什么时候进行时表将来最“自然”？ 有具体的未来时间状语： We are staying​ there next week. I'm meeting John tomorrow. We're flying to Paris next Monday. 谈论旅行/行程计划： We are going​ to Rome, and then we are flying​ to Athens. 表示“一段时间内持续的状态”： She is living​ in London for the next month.

现在完成进行时 (Present Perfect Continuous) vs. 现在完成时 (Present Perfect Simple) 动作持续用 doing，结果状态用 done。 I've been calling her all afternoon and she still hasn't got back to me. They've sent me the final report. I just need to check it. I've been workingin this department while two of their staff are away. I hope they've been keeping you busy. How much longer are you on secondment here? We've finally agreed the deal and the contract has been signed. She's applied for a new job. I think the interview for it is next week. Hello! I haven't seen you for ages!

Being polite and diplomatic 礼貌策略 (Politeness Strategies)​ 和 缓和语 (Hedging)

A. 情态动词与间接请求 (Modal Verbs & Indirect Requests) Requests (asking somebody else)

1. Can you Can you 默认「咱俩没那么生分/这事太小不值当客套，我预期你大概率顺手就办了」；Could you 是主动退半步加缓冲，潜台词是「我知道这事儿麻烦/咱没熟到我能直接支使你，我先放低姿态问你方不方便」
2. Would you mind
3. I was wondering if you could?

Permission (asking something for yourself)

1. could I
2. I wonder if I could
3. would it be a problem for you if I

Offering help

1. Can I Can I 是「走个口头流程，我默认你不会拦我/这事儿小到你不至于不许」；Could I 是把「批不批准的最终决定权」完全递到对方手里，明明白白告诉他「我知道这事儿归你管，我真的在等你点头」
2. would you like me to
3. would it help if I

母语者才知道的反常识潜规则（中式英语最容易踩坑）

❌ 根本不存在「永远用Could就更礼貌」的规则：你对亲哥说「Could you lift that end of the sofa for me bro?」他绝对笑你「你丫喝多了？叫你哥帮个忙还整这么外道？」过度客套反而显生分、像你在讽刺他。

地位/金钱关系会直接推翻亲疏逻辑：你是付了钱的消费者，对服务员说「Can you take this wrong order back?」完全合理，没人觉得你粗鲁；但你免费蹭朋友的车，哪怕你们穿一条裤子，也得说「Could you drop me off at the 7-11?」

冷礼貌场合会用Could you当「带笑的警告」：邻居家音响吵到凌晨3点，你上去敲门脸绷着说「Couldyou pleaseturn that down?」（重读could和please），比骂街还冲——这时候用Can you反而像泼皮吵架，Could you就是「我给你留最后一次体面，赶紧关」

Suggestions

1. Shall we
2. Perhaps we should
3. why don't we

B. 委婉表达与模糊限制语 (Mitigation & Hedges) There will be a delay.

↔ 1. I'm sorry, but it looks like there will be a small delay.

There is a problem.

↔ 2. There seems to be an issue with this. It's nothing serious.

I disagree.

↔ 3. To be honest, I think it might be better to ... (+ alternative)

↔ 4. Yes, I can see what you're saying, but do't you think that ... ?

That gives us very little time.

↔ 5. Actually, that doesn't give us much time.

I think it's better to ask Liyu.

↔ 6. Wouldn't it be better to ask Liyu?

Quality will be a problem.

↔ 7. What about quality? Can we be sure it will be okay?

It will be very expensive.

↔ 8. It might be quite expensive. / It won't be cheap.

C. Rewrite each sentence using the words in brackets. Make them more polite/diplomatic.

Can we meet again next week? (wonder/could) I am wondering if we could meet again next week?

You've made a mistake on the invoice. (there/seems) There seeems to be a mistake on the invioce.

The quality is low. (not very) The quality is not very good.

Shall I speak to Mr Baker? (would/you/like) Would you like me to speak to Mr Baker?

Your estimate for the cost is low. (might/ little) Your estimate for the cost might be a little low.

We should wait. (wouldn't/better idea) Wouldn't it be a better idea to wait?

It's a bad idea. (honest/I'm not sure/good) To be honest, I'm not sure it's a good idea.

Let's cancel the project. (perhaps/should think about) Perhaps we should think about canceling the project.

Controlling a narrative and telling a story

1. Introducing the story Phrases Did I ever tell you about...? Have I ever told you about...?
2. Sequencing Phrases Then what happened was... After that... Then... Later... So... Suddenly Anway
3. Phrases for keeping the listener involved You'll never guess what happened next. You won't believe what happened. You can imagine what it was like. Can you guess what happened next?
4. Phrases for returning to story after interruption So anyway... As I was saying... So where was I...
5. Ending an anecdote In the end... To cut a long story short...

Story: The Ultimate Bad Day of Paco

(1. Introducing the story) Did I ever tell you about​ the worst night of my friend Paco’s life? You think you have bad days, but trust me, Paco’s takes the cake.

(2. Sequencing Phrases) It started so innocently. He was just lying in bed, fast asleep. Then what happened was, the bed frame completely collapsed under him! He woke up with terrible back pain.

(3. Phrases for keeping the listener involved) Limping to the bathroom to ease the pain, you'll never guess what happened next. He stepped right on a rusty nail! He screamed, jumped back in shock, and ended up slipping down the entire staircase. When he looked in the mirror, he had two massive black eyes—he looked like a panda.

(2. Sequencing Phrases) After that, things didn't get better. He took some painkillers, but they were so strong that he immediately threw up everywhere. Later, still clutching his aching back, he managed to call the doctor to schedule an emergency appointment for the morning.

(3. Phrases for keeping the listener involved) You won't believe what happened​ when he was waiting for the taxi the next morning. While standing at the curb, a stray dog ran up and bit his leg! He was hopping around in agony, which is exactly when the taxi pulled up.

(2. Sequencing Phrases) Suddenly, as he was getting into the cab, a speeding car came out of nowhere. The impact sent Paco flying. So, he ended up with a compound fracture in his arm—the bone was literally sticking out!

(4. Phrases for returning to story after interruption) Okay, deep breaths... so anyway, the ambulance finally arrived. The paramedics put him on a stretcher to carry him inside. As I was saying, just as they lifted him, one of them tripped, and Paco slid right off the stretcher back onto the pavement. This time, his leg snapped too, and yes, the bone came out.

(5. Ending an anecdote) In the end, they rushed him to the ER. The doctor gave him a shot, but even then, fate wasn't done with him. The needle snapped clean off and stayed stuck in his skin! To cut a long story short, if you visit Paco today, you’ll find him lying in a hospital bed, wrapped from head to toe in bandages like a mummy. It’s been one disaster after another!

电话/会议

I was talking on the phone and suddenly got disconnected.

Business Terms

CAPEX abbr. 资本支出（capital expenditures） value proposition 企业或产品通过独特价值吸引客户的策略性陈述 A strong ‌value proposition‌ clearly communicates how your product solves customers' pain points better than competitors.（强大的价值主张需清晰传达产品如何优于竞品解决客户痛点。） touch points 强调用户与企业、品牌或产品产生互动的具体节点（如广告、客服、产品界面等） Effective marketing strategies require mapping all customer ‌touch points‌, from social media ads to post-purchase follow-ups.（有效营销策略需规划所有客户触点，涵盖社交媒体广告至售后跟进。）

steering group 指导小组/steering committee 指导委员会

• a committee that decides on the priorities or order of business of an organization and manages the general course of its operations. The steering committee has approved the revised budget for next quarter.‌（‌指导委员会‌已批准了下季度的修订预算。） Professor Lee chairs the steering group responsible for curriculum updates.‌（李教授负责领导课程更新的‌指导小组‌。）

increase visibility into operational efficiencies and bottlenecks improve customer service and retention

geographic expansion / corporate expansion Geographic expansion increases operational costs but diversifies revenue streams The CEO prioritized corporate expansion through acquisitions immune to industry hype 对行业炒作免疫

seed budget The startup allocated a ‌seed budget‌ to prototype development.（初创公司为原型开发分配了‌启动预算‌。） blow budget Unexpected costs ‌blew the budget‌ for the marketing campaign.（意外开销‌超出‌了营销活动的‌预算‌。）

Staying relevant Staying relevant means finding new ways to offer added value, support the team, and contribute. The world is a competitive jungle and unless you dial in on how you can differentiate your company or skill set, Darwin's evolutionary theory will have some real personal meaning happy path 保持竞争力‌意味着不断探索新的方式‌提供附加价值‌、‌支持团队‌并‌做出贡献‌。世界如同一个‌竞争丛林‌，若不能‌明确制定‌如何使企业或技能脱颖而出，达尔文的进化理论将对个人产生‌现实意义‌。‌顺境之路‌

buy in 入股参与或理念认同 The venture capital firm aimed to ‌buy in‌ 30% of the company’s shares, but eventually chose to ‌buy out‌ the entire business.（风投公司原计划购入30%股权，但最终决定全资收购。） buy out 全面收购或终止关系 Lack of employee ‌buy-in‌ often leads to failed reforms, whereas a hostile ‌buy-out‌ may trigger legal battles.（员工缺乏认同常导致改革失败，而恶意收购可能引发法律纠纷。） upsell 劝说购买更昂贵或更多商品 The waiter tried to ‌upsell‌ customers by suggesting a larger drink for an extra $2. crosssell 推荐相关或互补商品 E-commerce platforms use AI to ‌cross-sell‌ items based on browsing history.

Thermal coal 热煤 coking coal 焦煤 Market Relevance 市场相关性 指产品或服务与当前市场需求、竞争环境或消费者需求的匹配程度，侧重战略层面的适配性 Strong demand from China and India still makes Indonesian grades more relevant due to their cost efficiencies. 来自中国和印度的强劲需求，仍使印尼（产品）品级因其成本效益更具市场相关性 Indonesia’s renewable energy research ‌makes its coal grades more relevant‌ in Asian markets despite environmental concerns。 （尽管存在环境争议，印尼的可再生能源研究使其煤炭品级在亚洲市场更具相关性。）

Freight vs. Cargo‌： Freight 强调运输过程及费用，Cargo 侧重货物本身属性； ‌Freight vs. Shipping‌： Shipping 特指海运，Freight 覆盖多运输模式

subdued demand 需求不旺 "growing steel demand in india and southeast asia offers some support, but may not fully offset potential moderation in China" 可译为： ‌“印度及东南亚地区钢铁需求的持续增长提供了一定支撑，但可能无法完全抵消中国市场需求潜在放缓的影响。”

business sentence

Light provisioning will be provided 在航空、航海、技术文档等高度标准化的领域，沟通的首要原则是清晰、客观、避免歧义。使用被动语态能将注意力集中在关键的动作或状态上。例如，在航空通信中，说“The landing gear was extended”（起落架已放下）比“The pilot extended the landing gear”（飞行员放下了起落架）更简洁、焦点更突出。它弱化了个人因素，强调标准程序已被执行这一事实本身。 ​ 如果使用 “is going to be provided”，会隐含一种“（我们）打算/计划提供灯光”的意味。这会给通知带入一丝“主观意图”的色彩，仿佛这个决定是某个操作员临时起意或系统刚刚计划好的，反而削弱了通知作为既定程序的确定性和可靠性 。

Prepare the service startup steps after XXX patches the system this weekend.

business dialogue

hi bro, can help check when is the cut off time for this file to upload, lattest by what time? it's not hurry , just enquiry <= Hey bro, I believe it should be done before the daily 'Shift Market Price' task runs at 6 PM — just to confirm, the file you upload only contains the last price, right? But I'm curious: since you guys aren't sure about the latest time, how do you normally decide when to upload it? I mean, by rights, Peter should have sent you a daily operations manual or something that tells you what to do when and what the dependencies are — that's why I'm asking.

hi  , gotten news from xx that DMP is over. you guys can revert the DEV environment back to normal. <=Just to clarify, do you mean shutting down the environment? Since it's a testing space, there isn't really a 'default' state to go back to. If it's no longer needed, we can decommission it.

I'm looking for a role that offers more stimulation. I find highly repetitive tasks​ can be a bit demotivating over time.

I wish to make a formal complaint. I'm not satisfied with the current arrangement regarding my workload and compensation. I'd like to formally raise a grievance.

My colleague left, and I've taken over. The boss says I'm doing brilliantly, but there's been zero compensation​ for the extra workload./Apparently, praise is the only compensation​ I get for doing two people's jobs now.

Jus reach home.​I need to put the kids to bed​ tonight, so shall we hop on a Tencent Meeting​ tomorrow to go through this together?

Do you want me to manually trigger​ these jobs now, or just wait for the auto-run tonight​ to generate the reports?

Please refrain from performing any operations​ while I am backing up the database.

Hi xxx, sorry for delay, on sick leave today. Just approved your ticket Hope you feel better soon! Take care.

Testing shows there is no impact on the xxx system, which is now retrieving api data normally. However, I suspect this is infrastructure-related. Could you please investigate why some user accounts were locked on both the xxx and xxx system?"

The PostgreSQL user on the xxx Server​ appears to be locked by an admin. Since xx is currently unavailable, I’ve raised a access ticket and it is now pending approval from xxx."

I’m familiar with fast-forwarding, but this was my first time manually generating operational reports. I quickly skimmed through the cron job to understand the dependencies.

Upon checking, these three files appear to be generated by mctrl, specifically from a process called ‘FEE OVERRIDE RECON’. Could you please give it a try?

By the way, could we schedule the release for May 30th? xxx (the vendor providing the 4‑eye check for me) isn’t available until then. Alternatively, I can handle it myself if government regulations permit—I’ll confirm this during this week’s CAB meeting.

I’ll be out this morning for a half day. Can I check back with you this afternoon? /Just a heads-up that I’m on a half-day leave today. May I circle back to you regarding this matter this afternoon? /Taking a half day off today. I can look into this for you once I’m back this afternoon.

A:​ "Hey, just a heads-up, we actually already covered this question earlier." B:​ "My bad! Think I missed that. Could you run through it again?" A:​ "This was asked already lol." B:​ "Ah sorry, must've zoned out. What was the answer again?" A:​ "Just so you know, I addressed this point previously." B:​ "Apologies, I might have overlooked that. May I trouble you to re-explain it?"

are you guys available to do the fast forward in DEV at 4pm today? <=Just to clarify, what exactly/specifically do you mean by 'fast forward'? Is that the deployment process or something else?/Quick question on terminology—what does 'fast forward' refer to here?/

could you help assist in porting/copying/migrating full UAT data to DEV, let us know when its done, OPS will clean the data. <=Done. UAT data has been ported to DEV.Please proceed with the data cleanup.

we noted that the DEV don't have the xxx accounts (UAT have these accounts), could you assist in porting these position accounts over to DEV <= currently there is no automated script​ to selectively migrate only those specific accounts from UAT to DEV. The only available option on our side would be a full UAT data refresh into DEV, which means all existing DEV data would be overwritten.

Just to clarify, we aren't the owners of the content. We handle technical support only, but the pages themselves are maintained by other departments. Unfortunately, we don't have the latest files on hand. Just to reiterate, the page source lists LCD as the author, so they should logically have the records. As IT, we are completely blind to the changes made on their end. I can fix technical errors (like broken links), but for missing files or content updates, I simply don't have the data to act on. This really needs to go back to LCD. Different pages belong to different departments. They are responsible for updating their own content, and IT has no visibility into the changes made on their end. Therefore, they should logically have the records. While they sometimes request IT assistance for updates, they remain the content authors. Ping me anytime for tech stuff. For content, I can point you to the authors, or​ if you already have the correct source files, I can help push the update. Thanks!

Found a quirky thing in Excel: when you merge cells, the data lives in the top-left cell only. The rest are basically blank.

we don't have accounts that match this account number. Understood. It's odd that this account number was included; perhaps Peter added it by mistake. I'll go ahead and remove it. Could you please do a final sanity check on all the accounts listed below to ensure everything else is correct? Thanks!

This data was prepared by XXX. Given his usual high standards, this seems quite uncharacteristic of him. Could we double-check if there’s a mismatch elsewhere, or if the source file might have changed?

oh i thought you asked me to update the jira ticket and assign xxx as the checker, maybe i misheard

I’m currently getting up to speed with these operational workflows. Having focused primarily on coding before, I’m still building my confidence in handling these daily routines. I’ll be looking to learn a lot from you guys—thanks for your patience and guidance! I’m in the process of familiarizing myself with these operations. My background has been more code-heavy, so I’m still getting the hang of these day-to-day tasks. I really appreciate your support as I navigate this learning curve. I’m just starting to dive into these ops. I used to live in the code all day, so the daily routine stuff is pretty new to me. Definitely need to learn from you all—bear with me as I get up to speed! <= No worries, can hit me up anytime

Hi xxx, just to let you know I will be rotating the Monday morning shift with you Thanks for letting me know. Could you please share the shift roster? I’d like to confirm who is scheduled for next Monday—will you be taking the first shift or shall I?

We do not currently have an internal penetration testing program. Regarding external pentests on the XXX system, I don't recall any recent assessments

Hi [Name], quick check on the Clearing System pentest history. I only have records for Web/Mobile, and I’m not sure if xxx received anything either. Since IT Gov usually coordinates the external side, do you know if this was ever done?

I noticed XX sent an email to XXX regarding a position account closure issue. Could you clarify if there are any manual steps we need to take in our clearing system​ related to this?

The current head of the IT department ousted his predecessor through underhanded means. Hailing from the Infrastructure department himself, he lacked a solid grasp of the company's project development landscape—and indeed, no meaningful progress was made on projects during his tenure. His top priority now? To outsource the entire IT department while keeping only his original Infrastructure team intact. Here’s the lowdown: This guy basically clawed his way to the top by shoving out the old IT head. Since he’s from infra, he’s totally lost when it comes to actual project work—and surprise, nothing got done under him. Now? He’s pushing to outsource the whole IT crew so he can just keep his own infra team safe and sound. Classic self-preservation play: dodge the blame for the mess, keep his power base, and call it a “smart move.” Total win for him, total loss for the company.

Forgot to add Forgot to add: please CC me on the email. Forgot to mention / Forgot to say I forgot to mention that Peter will make​ the firewall change on Saturday—it’s for the testing environment. Forgot to include Apologies, I forgot to include the attachment in my last email. Forgot to tell you Oh! I forgot to tell you, Mark got promoted! Slip my mind​ It completely slipped my mind to send you the report. Overlook I overlooked the part about the budget in our meeting. Neglect to​ (忘记 / 疏于 —— 较正式，带点自责) I neglected to inform you about the schedule change.

I didn’t initiate the cookie consent request—this was actually LCD’s requirement. It’s best to check with them directly, as I can only provide technical support.

Hi bro, just to confirm—are the most critical​ times Monday morning (5:30-6:30) and every business day around 6:30 for the Settlement Price publish, is that right? I'll stand by​ those critical time points to be there in case anything needs support.

xxx is inquiring/asking whether we have the source code for xxx—it seems it's not in our GitLab repository. xxx has asked if we possess the xxx source code, as it appears to be missing from our GitLab.

A:​ The meeting has started—please join us.

B:​ I'm attempting to join, but it's stuck on "joining" and I haven't managed to get in yet. Probably a network lag.

Hi XXX, have they decided who you’ll be handing over to? If not, could we start the handover sessions? I’m a bit worried that since your last day is approaching, they might assume I know all the details like you do—so maybe we should kick things off just to be safe.

I’d assumed you’d tasked XXX with the installation—she attempted it moments ago and messaged me in the group about the snag she ran into.

You never mentioned it was a testing environment—I’d assumed you were installing it on the production environment.

If the yum installation fails, we’ll need Peter to help check the yum repository.

I can’t find the email—have you added me to the loop? 我现在找不到那封邮件——你把我加进信息共享圈了吗？ I couldn’t find the email—have you added me to the loop? 我刚才没找到那封邮件——你把我加进信息共享圈了吗？ I don’t see the email—have you added me to the loop? 更口语化

=> can fast forward to today's date? He’s here pressing me now, so let me be clear: <= "Hi bro, just to clarify—the batch tasks have been stuck in a time loop​ since several months ago, so there’s no shortcut around the manual grind. I’m already in the thick of it, doing day-by-day manual triggering to advance the system one day at a time. For some dates, I even have to double up on operations​ to clear the backlog properly. I know it’s tedious, but I’m chugging through it methodically to get us back on track. Appreciate your understanding as I work through this step by step!"

Summary of the Issue:

The root cause is not a bug in your Java program itself, but a mismatch between the CSV data format and Excel's automatic interpretation.​ The problem is triggered by Excel's behavior, and the Java program's output can contributeto the confusion.

Detailed Explanation:

• CSV Files are "Dumb" Text:​ Your Java program correctly writes data to the CSV file as plain text strings (e.g., "07:50:00", "1998-02-02 15:55:00"). A CSV file does not contain any formatting rules.
• Excel's "Smart" & Problematic Guessing:​ When you open a CSV file directly in Excel (e.g., by double-clicking it), Excel tries to be helpful by automatically guessing the data type for each column. It scans the first few rows to decide. If the first rows contain strings that look like standalone times (e.g., "07:50:00"), Excel may incorrectly classify the entire columnas a Time​ data type. It then applies a Time-only number format (like mm:ss.0), which is why you see 55:54.0—the underlying full datetime value is being displayed as if it were only a duration of minutes and seconds, hiding the date portion. Solutions:

A. For Immediate Fix (Handling Existing Files in Excel): select column, right click, format, custom B. For a Permanent Fix (Java Program Best Practice):

Modify the Java program's export logic to write consistently and unambiguously formatted​ datetime strings. The most reliable standard is ISO 8601​ format.

Format:​ "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"(e.g., 1998-02-02T07:50:00)

Why it works:​ This is an international standard. Excel and other tools recognize it clearly as a full date and time, drastically reducing the chance of misparsing. Ensure everyrow in that column uses this complete format.

The display error is Excel's fault​ for applying an incorrect number format based on its automatic guess. However, you can prevent this guesswork​ by ensuring your Java program exports datetime values in a uniform, unambiguous, and complete ISO 8601 format. This is a data formatting best practice, not a bug fix.

remind you / give you a reminder 更直接、通用，是标准表达

give you a nudge 更随意、温和，像朋友间的悄悄话 非正式沟通，如同事、朋友间温和催促 Just a friendly nudge—don’t forget to submit your report by Friday! give you a heads up Give me a heads up if you’re running late—we don’t want to start without you.

Here are the updates:

1. The iOS app has been recreated. However, the release is currently pending the renewal of our iOS Developer Account.
2. Regarding the Google Play Store, there are new requirements for new app releases. The vendor estimates it will take about two days to make the necessary fixes.
3. For the APK direct download on our website, I will upload the file tomorrow once my access ticket is approved.

Hi Andrew, quick heads up—TOM mentioned we’re probably launching an ETH perpetual contract soon (still not 100% confirmed though). He suggested I reach out to you about the tool I shared with JACK last time—it might just need some config tweaks. I think UAT’s already been tested, so I just need your double-check to be sure. Just wanted to give you a nudge so you don’t forget when you’re back. Let me know if you need any details in the meantime! Thanks.

Hi team, could you help with this Google Maps profile issue?

First off(“off”在这里是虚词，无实际词汇意义，主要用于加强语气，使“first”的表达更口语化、更自然。类似的用法还有“right off”（立刻）、“straight off”（直接），其中的“off”均不承担具体语义，仅起到强化表达效果的作用。), I’m not sure who created this Google Maps profile or which account was used—if anyone recognizes the account, can you just log in with it and hit "edit profile"? That’s the easiest way to sort this out.

If no one knows the original account, another option is to use the "suggest and edit" function (I circled it in red here). But heads up—using a Google account linked to our business is better for this. Right now, the only account I have access to is [email protected]. Do you have a more appropriate business-linked account we can use instead?

A: Hi @xxx , need help on xxx. Sorry, i couldn't find a xxx chat group. B: Sure, what's the specific issue? / Okay, could you please describe the problem? / Certainly. Could you please provide more details about the problem?

A：I have made the payment, have you received it? (attached a screenshot) B: the picture you send is blur ,Pls send us clear picture A: ok wait, i made a mistake B: Hey! Wanted to follow up on the payment screenshot. The last one came through a bit blurry, so we couldn't make out the details. If you need any help with the process, just give me a shout

说 “The last one came through a bit blurry” 将问题归结于“传送过来”的状态，比直接说 “The screenshot you sent is blurry”（你发的截图是模糊的）听起来更委婉，对方更容易接受。这是一种常见的商务沟通技巧

”make out“ 暗示你已经尝试去辨认了，但确实因为清晰度问题而失败。这比简单的 “I can’t see” 更能说明问题所在，并促使对方提供更清晰的信息。

Our PM gave us a heads-up​ at the last meeting​ that all our systems may need to support 24/7 operation​ in the future, following new investment. Each system owner now needs to evaluate the manpower required, determining whether we should develop in-house​ or purchase a new system​ to meet this requirement.

Could you please provide the high-resolution original image? I'd like to use it for the banner and would appreciate it if the brightness could be adjusted to match our other banners.

ok you need it by today？ Yes, please. If you could, that would be great. Thank you!

Hi xxx, our website vendor has sent the invoice and it's now in our internal processing stage. Could you kindly confirm if the approval flow is as follows:

1. Obtain approvals from​ Finance , and LCD

2. Then initiate Annex A signing​ by the same parties

Is this correct?

Hi [Name], quick question on the Annex A signing sequence: Should Finance sign after Tom has signed, or should LCD sign first?

Hi Peter, my colleague was curious about the rationale behind upgrading to the new version. I mentioned it's a best practice for security and performance, but would you have any additional insights to share?

Hi Peter, gentle reminder on the upgrade rationale! If no further comments are needed, we’ll finalize this as the official explanation.

Hey xxx, free to sync on the haircut logic later? Want to ensure I'm on the right track.

so is the new product already returned from api? Yes, but typically only after the product is officially launched. APIs usually connect to the production database, so only data from launched products is accessible through the API.

All APIs will return complete data when available. For testing, ensure the testing API environment is fully populated with the required data (there seems to be a gap in data handover from Bob to me). For production, data will only be accessible after the official launch.

Hi team, I've identified a gap in the data handover from peter to me. To resolve this, could you confirm whether Bob had set up the testing API for you yesterday? This will help me ensure data continuity and proper configuration.

Based on this, it appears testing APIs were never utilized from the outset. Let me also search through document backups to verify if any testing APIs existed previously.

I would like to schedule a brief meeting later today to provide an update on the CAMT053 test. Please let me know what time would be convenient for you.

This is to confirm that the settlement price displayed on a Monday (before 7:00 PM) should be the one from the previous Friday.

The 'Accounts' category in the Excel file appears to be empty. What is the best way to verify its accuracy, regardless of whether it contains data or is supposed to be blank?

touch base vs discuss Would it be possible to connect briefly today at your convenience to discuss the clearing repository permissions? do you have a few minutes today to touch base on the clearing repo permissions? Thanks!

Is UAT testing performed in a test environment? If yes, how is the test environment maintained and how does xxx make sure it represents the production environment at the time of testing?

"To my knowledge, there is no test environment. You should probably confirm with the Finance Department or the person who purchased this service. As far as I know, Yonyou provides their service by having users log into their system. All services are offered by Yonyou and are not hosted on our end."

Are there scheduled jobs / batch jobs set up within the Yonyou application?

If applicable, please provide details of the scheduled jobs in the system showing the job names and frequencies.

"To my knowledge, no scheduled or batch jobs are configured on our end. If you are referring to business-process-related jobs (e.g., financial closing, automated reports), I recommend confirming with the Finance Department, as the IT team only manages user access and does not handle business-domain configurations.

If your question pertains to scheduled jobs on Yonyou’s side (such as system backups or data synchronization), note that these are fully managed by Yonyou. Their internal processes are not visible to us, so we do not have details regarding job names or frequencies."

Example 1

what should nostro reconcile behavior be like for 910am? Not all banks have jpy in their statement < I’m not entirely sure I follow — from the code perspective, we simply compare the opening and closing balances on the bank statement against our internal records. If there is no Nostro balance (e.g., certain banks do not report JPY), then there is nothing to reconcile, so no action is triggered. That’s how I currently understand the logic. you should tell me this earlier let me verify the code < didn’t expect you no check , pls verify thx Understood. Please note that without the SWIFT token, my ability to investigate is limited. Going forward, please share all​ potentially relevant information upfront so I can verify thoroughly. Thanks. pre-empt you first, go through code today, then tomorrow our side will also know at 910am 提前打招呼（为了不打扰对方或避免后续误会） 中文对应：​ “先跟你说一声”、“提前同步一下”。 < thanks for sharing all the info, this is the first time i see put these pieces together，previously i implemented the code by following the tech design docs without the view from business operation perspective, previously the mode is more like issues happened, xxx ask me, then i dive into the code, now the mode is shifting, please do not assume I have any business context, you can just treat me as a blank paper, share anything you think might have impact,eventually i hope can map all your business views with the codes i implemented, thanks again! thanks Liu Yue！we all both are just trying to ensure nothing goes wrong. we'll continue raise queries to you and both deciphering the query and answer together. 多磨合磨合 only xxx appear in reconcilation. seems like accts without statement will not appear < The results are in line with yesterday's investigation./ The findings align with yesterday’s investigation./ As expected, this matches yesterday's findings./ The outcome is consistent with the investigative results from yesterday./ This confirms yesterday's preliminary investigation.

Example 2

any updates require to SFTP files regarding JPY collateral? < What updates are needed for the JPY collateral SFTP files? Historically, JPY is one of the currency that has negative interest rate. Right now, the interest rate has gone to positive interest rate. on the month JPY is on negative interest rate, we need to do internal booking to NCS. It is chargeback to clearing member. This is the input file we upload to sftp, then sftp will generate 5 output files, screenshot from UAT < ok, means: 1. This scenario already tested in UAT, you just want to confirm whether prod is ready, right? 2. currently no member with jpy collateral, so not urgent? yes, got time for you to find out

Bro, this dev env, will be able to help correct it? < just update it to xx, right? ya coz that field is gray out for me, unable edit < hi bro, it's the same on my side, we can't modify via the UI because it's ID referenced by other db talbes, since it's dev, i can try updating it directly via DB(including all referenced data), Is it okay to proceed with the DB update? If something breaks, can we restore Dev using the latest backup from UAT? Or do you have a local backup source you'd prefer I use? Might need to be careful < I'm a bit confused why we need to be careful with the Dev​ DB data. Since it's Dev, if nothing has been customized there, we should be able to simply restore it using UAT data anytime. Restoring Dev with UAT data is by far the easiest approach. coz i dunno what to expect < No problem at all. I thought you were already aware of this, but thanks for clarifying. Now I understand the situation better. On the dev abaxx name thing can ignore now since if ops decided to use uat/ dev the uat data is copied to dev so I think not meaningful to spend too much time on how to edit that name now.

Then about the jpy collateral sftp files, you explored? < I've just started looking into it. This morning, I needed to prioritize finishing a few other urgent tasks first, but I'm on it now. Sorry, think it’s just my tendency to check on things. JPY collateral interest change is a monthly thing. So in between month we would not be using it. Maybe this could give you better clarity to plan own timeline It’s real in use only when JPY is negative interest rate. Right now it’s a positive interest rate so I think roughly this can give you a gauge also Not chasing you immediately I’m sorry coz ad hoc ad hoc come ask a question 在这个语境下，tendency不是什么贬义词，而是对方在自嘲或自我解嘲地说自己的一种“个人习惯”、“固有秉性”或“职业病”。 直译：​ “抱歉，我觉得这可能只是我‘爱多嘴/爱操心/爱确认’的毛病又犯了。” 潜台词：​ “哎呀，不好意思，我这人就是有点强迫症，看到事情总想跟进确认一下，你别介意。” no problem, bro, i should thank you for let me know the scenario it's very helpful if facing any issues in the future It's best for me to learn the business logic ASAP. Then, when real issues pop up, I can help resolve them smoothly. Let me know if anything looks wrong (e.g., the XX name). I'm guessing we might use Dev for DMP, so I'll check those settings now just to be prepared./I'll review the configuration beforehand.

< Hi [Name], I've reviewed the JPY collateral SFTP setup. The functionality is already in place, so no changes are needed since the logic remains unchanged. Regarding DMP, per Confluence, it recommends using the Dev environment. Thanks! Hi [Name], I checked the negative interest rate logic. It looks like it’s been there untouched for a while and supports both +/- rates fine.

Since I didn't write it and there's no docs, I can't fully vouch for the internal logic (some code looks a bit iffy, but might be intended). As long as it works, I'd prefer not to touch it for now. Let me know if we hit any bugs later!

Example 3

A (colleague):Hey, I’m planning to take leave from May 1st to May 7th. B (you):Got it. That’s fine. No worries. A:Just wanted to check if that works for you. B:Yeah, that’s okay. I’ll make sure I take my leave on different dates so we don’t overlap. A:Perfect, thanks. Since it’s just the two of us handling this, we should avoid being away at the same time. B:Exactly. I’ll schedule mine accordingly and make sure there’s coverage. A:Great, appreciate it. B:No problem. Enjoy your break!

Example 4

=> hi xxx has created a withdrawal, but the value date they put as 22 may 2026. will there be any issue if we were to process the withdrawal today? <= Thanks for flagging. I need to review the code logic first​ to see if processing it today against a future value date will trigger any errors. By the way, is this the first time this has come up? / Quick qn: Is this a new scenario? / Just checking, is this actually a precedent? => we havent experience before. last time i dunno <= is there a specific reason they set the value date to 22/5 instead of today?​ I'm trying to determine if this was a mistake or intentional. If it's an error, should we ask them to amend it, or would it be better to cancel and recreate the request? Do we know why the value date was set to 22/5 instead of today?​ Based on my review of the code, there shouldn't be any restriction preventing a future value date from being processed. => i have yet to communicate with xxx, want to check system behavior with you first before contacting. so i know what to expect of system behavior <= Code-wise, we allow it. But not sure how the bank side will handle it.​ Like, do they block the funds now and release on 22/5?​ And will there be any interest implications?​ I have no visibility on that part.

= Err bank will only process and settle the withdrawal according to the value date <= if the bank processes it on the value date, then we're all good from our end. Let me double confirm again just in case.

=> I would expect the nostro for CNH won't be settled today, the status will be "released", only until 22 May bank side settle the transaction then only we receive the confirmation message and the nostro ledger matched, status change to "settled", plese help to confirm this statement also <= As mentioned earlier, I don't have visibility into the bank's internal processing. However, based on standard practice, your assumption is logically correct: the bank should settle on the value date (22/5), triggering our confirmation and Nostro matching.

That said, if the bank were to send the confirmation today instead, it would indeed cause an exception in our clearing system logic.

=>

1. If bank don’t send confirmation today all schedules will complete successfully? 2. If bank send confirmation, any remediation like manual matching confirmation? <=
2. Yes, if the bank doesn't send the confirmation today, the scheduler will complete successfully.​ I don't see any blocks in the code.

2.It's not a matching issue. The core risk is that the system could create duplicate entries in the Nostro balance table.​ In that scenario, we'd likely have to perform a manual DB update, which is highly risky and strictly a last resort.

With the DMP currently underway and XXX's interview scheduled, my bandwidth is completely stretched.​ Given the load, I'd strongly advise against releasing it today—it's too risky. Since they set value date to 22/5, they shouldn't expect settlement today.​ Just release it tmr.

=> Eh can release tomorrow? [Facepalm] I didn’t know can go this route as well <= I don't see any code-level issues. If releasing today is a concern, we can simply advise them to submit a new request tomorrow instead.

Example 5

hi xxx, Bank send the statement after 7.30am. will it recon itself if left it on its own? not urgent, else I was thinking can leave it to tmr and see whether the schedule will reconcile itself at 7.30am，just asking only, no worries

Hey, looks like the auto-reconciliation probably won't fire tomorrow. Ever run into this before? Might be safer to just do a manual one. i think havent do manual before ba oh, so you mean you never did manual reconcile? i went to lookup history, seems i performed before which is a bit weird for me haha Oh, so you havedone it before! That makes way more sense. I was about to say, if you've really never touched it, that would be a miracle. The bank's timing is never that perfect!

ok look different perspective, if leave it there will anything else be affected?

from code, so far i don't see any impact, but probably from business logic we should always handle it properly

Example 6

you want to do morning shift

internal monologue describing your confusion in English:

"Wait, why is he asking me if I want the morning shift? Next Monday is already mine. It’s literally on the schedule.

Is he asking because he forgot? Or is he actually trying to see if I’ll give it up? Maybe he wants to swap shifts but doesn't want to say it directly. Or... did something change that I don't know about? Am I mixing up the dates?

I better clarify this, because I don't want to lose my shift or agree to something I didn't mean to."

Yeah, that's what I have on my schedule for next Monday too / Yes, I'm scheduled for the morning shift next Monday. Is there a change? / I am, but are you looking to switch or did you need that day off? / Oh, I thought it was my shift. Am I remembering that wrong? / I thought we were taking turns—this week is yours and next week is mine, isn't it?

business email

attaching the document for xxx's benefit/reference/information

For the participating departments (xxx,,xxx), kindly confirm the representatives who will participate in the exercise and attend training. Attendance is compulsory for these representatives. Please inform RMD of any scheduling conflicts by Monday, 11 May 2026. Hi [Name], I have a conflict as I've applied for half-day leave on the morning of 12 May and the afternoon of 13 May. Would it be possible to reschedule? If not, I can still join via mobile. Thanks!

hi ， kindly assist in verifying the figures for the period of April 2026

Hi [Name],

Verified for April 2026. All figures align except Reportxxx (OI). Screenshot attached below.

kindly find the revised report11, kindly help to confirm again

Hi [Name],

Thank you for sending the updated version. I've checked the figures, and they are now aligned. Appreciate your help!

很多人在看英文文件或邮件时都会对 “have yet to”​ 和 “have not yet”​ 感到困惑 这两句话的意思几乎完全一样，都可以翻译成“还没有”，但它们在“语法结构”和“使用场合”上有区别。虽然意思一样，但老外在使用时有微妙的心理区别： Have yet to（更高级、更正式） 场合：​ 常用于商务邮件、正式报告、法律文书中。 语感：​ 它不仅陈述了“没发生”的事实，还隐隐透露出一种“我一直在等，希望这事赶紧发生”的期待感 Have not yet（更日常、更直接） 场合：​ 口语、日常交流、普通的聊天信息。 语感：​ 纯粹的客观陈述，说明到目前为止动作还没发生。

I have yet to receive the DR Technical Steps used during the Actual DR Exercise on 11 Apr 2026. Appreciate if this can be done today. <=Regarding the document for [...], [XXX] confirmed that it was sent earlier. Please let me know if you still can't locate it.

below is the interview feedback for candidate whom we interviewed just now, feel free to edit/add in your comments. if no further comments, pls also let me know so i can sent out asap <= Reviewed and I'm aligned with the feedback. No further comments from my end. Please go ahead and send it out. Thanks! / All good from me, no additional comments. Feel free to send it out. Thanks! / Looks good to me! No changes, please fire away. Thanks!

Subject:​ Request to reschedule JPY changes deployment (Handover period)

Hi [Name],

Following up on the xx changes previously handled by xxx. Since I have just completed the handover, I need to conduct a thorough review to ensure there are no impacts on production.

Regarding the go-live scheduled for next Monday, given the tight timeline, I won't be able to complete a full impact analysis in time.

As you mentioned we can manually update the xxx.csv file as a temporary measure, could we postpone the xxx system changes until next weekend? This will allow me sufficient time to verify everything properly.

Thanks for your understanding. <= Thanks for your assistance. After department internal discussion, we think it is workable and we will manually add the rate into the xxx file for the next week. I have looped xxx in this email, you can contact him if require any further input from Risk Department. => Thank you for the confirmation and for arranging the manual update of the rate in the xxx file. That sounds good to me.

I will proceed with a thorough review of the changes this week to ensure everything is ready for next weekend.

Also, noted on xxx from Risk Department. I will reach out to him if I need any further clarification.

Subject:​ Re: Summary of Changes for Nov 2026

Hi [Sender's Name],

Thank you for sending over this comprehensive summary. It's incredibly helpful as I get familiar with the upcoming changes for November 2026.

We will review the points you've raised, check our internal status, and follow up as needed.

Thanks again for your support.

Hi,​

I’ve verified the figures—there’s only one tiny difference: 123.125. I think it should normally round up to 123.13, but yours is​ 123.12. Could you just confirm if there are 2 gold holidays​ (that might affect the rounding)?

A minor discrepancy​ was found in the figure 123.125: expected 123.13 (per rounding rules), but actual is 123.12.

<= Hi peter,

We have confirmed that there are 2 gold holidays, Christmas Day (25 Dec) and Boxing Day (28 Dec) for Q1 2022.

We have noted in our R-Script, it will round down the number “5” as seen below. Thus, your figure of 123.13 is correct and we have updated this figure in the excel. Please let us know if there anything else.

Once we have your confirmation, we will proceed accordingly. => Hi Peter,​

Thank you for confirming the 2 gold holidays (Christmas Day and Boxing Day) and updating the figure. The explanation about the R-script rounding logic makes sense, and we confirm the corrected figure of 123.13 is accurate.

All figures are now consistent, so please proceed with the next steps. Let us know if you need any further input from our side.

Thank you for your attention to detail!

Subject: New User Account Credentials for XXX System

Hi [Recipient's Name],

I’ve set up a new user account for you in the XXX system. Here are your credentials:

Username: xxx

Password: xxx

Please use these details to log in. If you encounter any issues, feel free to reach out—I’m here to help.

Best regards,

hi xxx, seeking your approval to grant xx access to gitlab for test project. @xx, could you assist to grant xx acess to test project once xxx approves this request? <= Hi [Recipient’s Name],​

I’ve granted [xx] access to the test project​ following [xxx]’s approval—as requested. Please let me know if [xx] encounters any issues logging in or needs additional permissions.

Thank you for coordinating the approval process!

Hi XXX,

I’ve sent a private message to xxx with my input: Basically, yes—we do use non-essential cookies (such as the Google Analytics [GA] cookie). For the cookie banner implementation, we’ll need to ask the vendor to either install a plugin or customize the source code.

@xxx, you mentioned you’d follow up with the vendor on this—please keep me posted on any updates when you have them. I’m happy to assist if you need support reviewing options.

Johnny, please arrange for a 13 seater minibus on Monday, 27th may at 8pm. Pick up will be at 19, china street. Contact person I will let u know on Monday. It will be a one way trip from china street to 121, katong shopping centre. Let me know the details once u have them. Dear ***, The driver's name is **. His h/p: ******. Minibus vehicle no. *. I will update for any changes. Feel free to call me on my hp: for any queries.

hi team, kindly acknowledge the email and whether there are any patches for your systems. Please use the attached form to identify and assess vulnerabilities or patch updates under your care. < Noted, thanks. Our website doesn't use [XX Plugin] or [XX Theme], so we're unaffected.

Hi xxx,

The iOS Developer Account (Account ID: [Insert Account ID if applicable]) for our mobile app project has expired. Vendor needs to use this account to publish a new app, so we have to renew it. Seeking your approval. Thanks.

Dear [HOD's Name],

I am writing to seek your urgent approval for emergency changes made to the TESTAPI to resolve the OI display issue on the website/chart page.

Upon investigation, I identified that the issue was caused by a code discrepancy in the TESTAPI server. The project was originally developed by Bob, and the deployed code had not been updated since his departure. It is unclear why the production code was inconsistent with the GitLab repository.

I have now corrected the code to align with the repository and ensure consistent functionality. The fix has been documented in the following Jira ticket for your reference:

www.xxx.com/ddd

Could you please approve this emergency change at your earliest convenience? Should you require additional details or discussion, I am available for a quick call or meeting.

Thank you for your support.

hi xxx, could you assist to check and provide the following: xxxxx <=Please find the requested [specific document, e.g., report, quotation] attached as requested.

hi xx, the xxx account has an oustanding balance of xxx on invoice xxx tht is now 55 past due..... <= Hi [Recipient's Name],

Thank you for your email. We have reviewed the outstanding balance mentioned for Invoice [Invoice Number] and would like to clarify that our records indicate this invoice was fully paid last year upon renewal, and the associated license remains active.

To help resolve this discrepancy, we have provided details below:

Invoice Number: [Invoice Number]

Payment Date: [Specify the exact date of payment]

Payment Method: [e.g., Bank Transfer/Credit Card]

Transaction ID/Reference: [Include the specific payment reference number]

License Period: [Effective Date] to [Expiration Date], confirming current validity.

Could you please verify the status at your end and confirm if the payment was possibly misapplied or if there is any missing documentation on our side? We are happy to provide additional proof of payment or cooperate closely to resolve this quickly.

We appreciate your prompt attention to this matter and look forward to your update.

Best regards,

hi xxx, we refer to the Maintenance Package received. Gratefu if you could kindly confirm that Mr. peter is a director of xxx Pte.Ltd. and has the authority to enter into the agreement on behalf of the company. Where relevant, please also share supporting documentation for our records. <= Dear peter,

I am forwarding the request from our Legal Department below regarding confirmation of your directorship and signing authority. Could you kindly reply directly (with Legal copied) to clarify and provide the necessary supporting documentation? <= Dear [Legal Team],

I confirm that Mr. peter is a duly appointed director of xxx Pte. Ltd. and is authorized to enter into agreements on behalf of the company.

For your records, please find attached a copy of the latest [BizFile / Company Business Profile from ACRA] reflecting his directorship.

Hi [Name],

I have no further comments on this./This looks good to me—no further comments from my side. Thanks!

Thank you!

[Your Name]

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Thanks for the update.​ I wasn't included on the earlier emails, so let me review the thread first to get up to speed. I'll then connect with Bob next Monday to discuss it.

Thank you for filling me in.​ As I wasn't copied on the previous correspondence, I will need to go through the email history to fully understand the situation. I plan to discuss this matter with Bob next Monday and will follow up with you thereafter.

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Hi [Name],

I've added the new banner and timeline as requested. For the images, I've reused what was available in our media library. Please let me know if you'd like to change them.

Also, for the FX timeline, the text appears a bit too long and is overflowing the current design.

Best,

[Your Name]

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Dear [Recipient's Name],

I hope this email finds you well.

Could you kindly review and approve the ​2025 Website Maintenance Contract​ along with the attached invoice at your earliest convenience? Please let me know if you need any additional details.

Thank you for your time and support.

Hi [Name],

Seeking your approval on the ​2025 Website Maintenance Contract​ and attached invoice. Let me know if you need any changes.

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Subject:​​ Re: Authorization Clarification for Annex A Sign-off

Kindly note that Richard is not authorized to act in the capacity of CFO and sign off the Annex A.

Currently the official CFO designation rests with our CEO, Peter.

Regards, Tom

Hi Tom,

Thank you for the clarification. Noted that ​Peter (CEO)​​ remains the designated approver for Annex A in the absence of an official CFO.

We’ll ensure to route the document to him for signing. Appreciate your guidance!

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Hi [Name],

Thank you for the clarification. I was just about to reach out to Nelson, but I’ll hold off and wait for Finance to follow up on the remaining steps.

Appreciate your guidance!

Hi Peter,

Thank you for sharing this—much appreciated!

Hi [Name],

Thanks for sending these documents over. I've reviewed the attachment and everything looks in order.

Appreciate your help!

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Hi [Name],

The LCD team has reviewed the quotes, invoice, and our existing ​Master Service Agreement. The vendor has already revised the invoice per peter's comments.

Could you please ​sign Annex A​ at your earliest convenience? Let me know if you need any additional details.

Thanks for your support!

Dear Finance Team,

Please find attached the signed documents for your reference. Kindly proceed with the payment arrangement at your earliest convenience.

Thank you for your assistance.

Hi [Name],

May I postpone the update to tomorrow? I need Infra's assistance to whitelist my IP for admin page access, but they're on leave today.

Let me know if this works for you.

Dear [Name],

I've completed the update as requested. Please review at your convenience and let me know if any adjustments are needed.

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Hi [Manager's Name],

The attached invoice is due soon, and the vendor has followed up for payment.

Could you please review and approve it at your earliest convenience?

Thank you,

[Your Name]

“has followed up” (现在完成时) 在商务沟通中通常比 “is following up” (现在进行时) 更专业、更常用

​视角​：强调 ​动作的完成及其对现在的影响。它表达的意思是“供应商已经跟进过了（这个动作完成了），而我们现在收到了这个信息，需要处理它”。

​隐含意义​：关注的是“跟进”这个事实本身，以及它给我们带来的结果（即我们需要行动）。它听起来像是一个客观的、已经发生的事件陈述，为我们的请求提供了一个中立的理由。

The vendor is following up. (现在进行时)​​

​视角​：描述 ​当前正在发生的动作。它表达的意思是“供应商此刻正在跟进”。

​隐含意义​：这会给人一种“供应商正在紧盯着我们”的紧迫感，甚至可能带有一丝被催促的压迫感。在某些情况下，可能会被解读为你在向经理传递压力。

Example 1

Hi Peter,

While I recognize that xxx (formerly xxxx) has been a long-standing partner, we still need to ensure that this renewal aligns fully with our updated governance requirements.

Before moving ahead with the signing of Annex C.pdf, it would be helpful to address the following points:

• Documentation: Pease share the MSA dated 1 Jan 2023 for legal review • Procurement waiver / quotations: Under GA updated procedures (refer to attached) three quotations are required for items exceeding $1,000. Could you please confirm the estimated value of this package? If it exceeds the threshold, we will need either the additional quotations or a clear justification a clear justification for a waiver explaining why xxx is the only viable vendor.

Thank you.

Hi Mike, As spoken, we’d like to see GA’s advice on whether the renewal of our website maintenance services with xxx requires us to follow the procurement process of obtaining three quotations for items above $1,000.

Hi Jane’

Considering the nature of the engagement and the cooperation history, we suggest treating this as a single-source procurement.

Hi Mike, Thanks for your advice and confirmation in treating this engagement as a single-source procurement.

Following this, @Tom, may we kindly request LCD’s attention to review and proceed with the signing of Annex C.pdf accordingly. For ease of reference, we have attached Annex C.pdf, together with the invoice, the Website Development & Maintenance Package, and MSA dated 1 Jan 2023 for your review and necessary action.

Thank you.

Hi Jane,

Thank you for the documentation. It appears that Annex C.pdf was not included in the attached.

Could you please share the Annex C.pdf file? We will conduct our legal and provide comments within three business days

Thank you.

Hi Tom,

Please find the attached documents for your review and any further comments, prior to onward circulation.

The review has been conducted on the basis that the IT Department and the Finance Department have reviewed the relevant terms of the Master Service Agreement, Statement of Work, and invoice and have no outstanding queries in relation to their respective roles and responsibilities.

Thank you.

Best regards, Jack

Hi Jane,

Please see legal comments.

For your review and follow up.

Thank you.

Hi Finance,

Kindly assist to review the comments raised by legal (copied over from a previous version).

Thank you.

Hi Jane,

No comments for renewal contract and SoW. Pls ensure the supplier issue Tax Invoice after agreement signed(revised invoice & due date).

Hi Tom,

Finance has provided their comments and confirmation following their review of the renewal contract and SoW in the email below.

Please let me know if you have any further comments. If there are none, I would appreciate a clean copy of the agreements for signing, as well as LCD’s and Finance’s sign-off on Annex C.pdf, prior to proceeding with the CEO’s signature on the agreement.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Hi Finance,

Please find attached Annex C.pdf for Finance sign-off.

Thank you.

Hi Jane,

Annex C.pdf has been completed. For your follow up with Vendor.

Thank you.

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Hi Vendor!

Thanks for the phone call earlier! Just to recap what we discussed.

We note that there is a discrepancy in the late payment terms between the invoice and the xxx SG Website Development & Maintenance Package.

The invoice states that “1.5% of the monthly balance will be charged as late payment fee after 30 days,” while the website maintenance package states that “late payments will be charged at an interest 5% per month.”

Could you please confirm which of these terms is correct and provide an amended invoice or maintenance quotation accordingly?

Additionally, just to confirm, will you be issuing a separate invoice for Q3-Q4 1998?

Thank you for your clarification, and we would appreciate it you could provide us with the updated copy as soon as possible.

Hi Jane,

Thanks for the call earlier. I’ve amended the quotation and aligned it with the invoices, updated to 1.5% payment fee. Yes, For Q3–Q4, we will issue a separate invoice in early June. Thanks.

Hi Vendor,

Thank you so much for your prompt action. My apologies, could you also assist to standardize the phrasing on the invoice to be the same as the quotation? i.e. “Late payments will be charged at an interest 1.5% per month.”

Appreciate your help! Thank you!

Hi Jane,

Please find attached amended invoice 756. Thanks.

Hi Vendor,

Please find attached the signed quotation. Kindly provide us a fully-signed copy once you have signed as well.

Thank you.

Hi Jane,

Please find attached signed copy.

Thanks.

Hi Vendor,

Apologies, I missed out one point earlier – could you also kindly re-issue the invoice with the invoice date and due date updated now that the agreement has been signed?

Hi Jane,

Please find attached updated invoice. Thanks.

Example 2

Hi Peter,

Thank you for your patience. Please find our comments below. Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Kind regards, LCD

++ Comments ++

Website Maintenance – OOO

Master Agreement Comments (While this Master Agreement was signed in 2022, please take note of the below)

Termination (Clause 10): XXX may by 90 days’ notice in writing terminate the Master Agreement, including the Schedule at any time. Nonetheless, such termination will not affect the SOWs which are in force.

Intellectual Property Rights (Clause 5): Please note that no intellectual property rights of either party are transferred or licensed as a result of any agreement entered into between the parties.

Fees (Clause 7): Fees relating to works provided by the supplier will be set out in the Schedule to the Master Agreement. The Supplier will invoice XXX for all sums due under the Master Agreement in two stages, 50% upon execution of the Schedule and 50% upon going live, and XXX shall pay such sums within 30 days from the date of invoice. In the event that XXX considers the invoice invalid or incorrect for any reason, it shall notify the Supplier in writing and state the reasons for withholding payment. Failing which, XXX will raise no objection to any such invoice and will make full payment in accordance with it.

Confidentiality (Clause 11): XXX shall maintain the confidentiality of the supplier’s confidential information and shall not without the supplier’s prior written consent, use, disclose, copy or modify the supplier’s confidential information other than as necessary for the performance of its rights and obligations under the agreement.

XXX SG Website Development & Maintenance Package • Please confirm that the scope of work required is accurately reflected. • Please note that additional items and quantities exceeding the quantity and scope of work listed will be separately charged as Variation Order. • Please note the details relating to cancellation fees (Paragraph 9 of “Terms & Conditions”). • Please inform OOO Pte. Ltd. that there is some inconsistency regarding when invoices need to be paid. In this document, it is 30 days. However, in the invoice, it is 15 days. Please confirm which is the accurate one which should be relied on. ++ End ++

Hi LCD,

Thank you for your guidance and critical reminders regarding the agreement clauses.

As requested:

Revised quotes​ and corrected invoice​ attached, now fully aligned with:

Clause 7.4: Payment terms explicitly adjusted to 30 days​ (previously 15 days).

Attachment naming:

[Vendor]_Revised_Quote_20240703_v2.pdf

XXX_Invoice_#[Number]_30DayTerm.pdf

Confirmed actions:

Vendor reissued documents within 1 business day upon our request.

Accounting will process payment upon your written confirmation​ of compliance.

Next steps:

If further revisions are needed, please advise by EOD today​ (to meet vendor payment cutoff).

Ready to schedule a brief call to discuss Clause 5/10 implementation.

Appreciate your partnership in ensuring airtight compliance.

Best regards,

Peter

Hi [Name],

Yes, I confirm the scope of work is accurately reflected. Upon receiving LCD's approval, I will initiate the Annex A signing process.

Thanks,

Peter

Example 3

Dear DR Participants, As part of our final preparations for the Disaster Recovery exercise scheduled this Saturday, 1 April 1998, IT Governance will be conducting a DR Briefing session tomorrow to align all participants on the exercise objectives, expected flow, individual roles and responsibilities, communication protocol, and key expectations for the day.

The session is intended to ensure that everyone is clear on: • The overall exercise scenario and timeline, • Incident escalation and communication flow • Departmental roles during the exercise, • Testing scope and expected deliverables, • Key decision and escalation points, and • The communication updates / actions expected from each team during the exercise.

Please find the presentation deck attached for your preview.

Your attendance is important to help ensure a smooth and well-coordinated exercise.

Thank you for your support and cooperation.

Please be informed that the rollback has been successfully completed, and the environment has been fully restored to the primary site as part of the exercise.

Thank you, everyone, for your participation. This concludes the DR exercise. Kindly retain all notes and timelines for post-event reporting and review.

Dear Colleagues,

The IT team, together with participating business units, has successfully completed the Disaster Recovery (“DR”) Rehearsal conducted today, 1 April 1998, to validate our system resilience and recovery capabilities.

As the exercise was carried out outside of business hours, all staff are advised to monitor and verify their respective systems upon resumption of work on Monday.

Should you encounter any system-related issues or abnormalities, please report them promptly to the IT Helpdesk for investigation and resolution.

Please note that this was a planned exercise.

Thank you for your cooperation and support.

I will be sending for OT on behalf of everyone for this exercise.

Dear HR, Please find below the list of participants involved in our DR exercise on Saturday, 1 April 1998. @xxx for your acknowledgement and approval please.

Dear colleagues, Off-in-lieu for 1998 DR Exercise had been credited accordingly, as per below table:xxx

Example 4

Hi all,

As XXX meeting was not convened today, please find below for the overall status updates.

Please also note that there will be a change freeze during the CNY period. Only emergency changes will be permitted. Normal XXX meetings and change processing will resume after CNY.

The change freeze period is from xx to xx.

@xxx, for your acknowledgement and approval to the Change Freeze.

Hi xxx,

Please find below under 1. Upcoming changes / New Jira ticket for the upcoming changes this weekend.

For your approval before disseminating to the rest of the team.

Thank you.

Example 5

This is my first time handling this task, so I’d appreciate your guidance.

I noticed that the file you provided is missing AUPO, 1BTC, and ETH​ compared to the current UAT stress test scenarios. Could you please advise whether I should remove these items​ or keep them as is?

We provided parameters for “Gold,” which collectively refers to AUP, AUP1, AUP10, and AUP100, as they all share the same reference price.

During the previous UAT for the first batch of FX Perpetuals, we submitted the stress test parameters intended for production configuration after testing. These excluded other planned but not yet launched products such as 1BTC, 1BTCP, ETH, ETHP. I am not certain what the usual practice is regarding whether such products should remain in UAT, but they will not be included in this round of testing.

Screenshots from the last UAT reflect the products present in the system; however, the number of stress test scenarios aligns with currently launched products, which implies that unlaunched products were not included. <= I’ve set up the UAT environment for your testing. Please let me know if everything looks correct on your end. Happy to answer any questions if needed!

RMD has successfully tested and verified the stress test results, and there are no issues with rolling out to production. Please ensure that unlaunched products are excluded from the production release. <= Noted, thanks for the updates, do we have a scheduled date for the production release yet?

= No specific date, at your earliest convenience. <= Hi [Name], just a heads-up! I've deployed it to the prod-parallel env​ and all looks good. Created the Jira ticket, and we're targeting next weekend​ for the Prod release (pending CAB review).

deploy= 【纯技术黑话，仅限技术内部用】 release= 【业务/版本视角的正式词，对技术/业务都能说】 roll out= 【最万能、最不冒犯的词，全场景通用，尤其适合你写邮件的场景】 push= 【最轻量、最非正式，仅限小改动/客户端场景】 Just a heads-up: 它的底层潜台词是「这件事你此前没预期/不知道，我先给你打个预防针别让你撞见懵圈」 Quick sync on that param change we discussed:/ Following up on our earlier thread about the param tweak:直接锚定「就是咱们之前邮件里跟的那件事」，开门见山，完全不会有任何「你突然通知我啥新事」的歧义 Further to our previous emails about the config parameter update:/ As flagged in our earlier thread,Further to...是英式商务邮件的神级固定开头，专门用来接「双方早就在跟的待办事项」，潜台词就是「这不是新消息，就是我们之前说的事完成了，我给你同步进度」，公事公办但没有FYI那种甩锅的冷感 we rolled out the recent changes to production last weekend./We've completed the rollout of the latest changes to the production environment last weekend》 Could you help verify on your side when you get a chance?/Could you double-check​ on your side when you get a moment, please?/Would you mind checking on your side at your convenience?/Can you check on your side when you have a min Let me know if anything looks off, thanks!

Example 6

< There won’t be any additional charges to include a Cookie Banner for the xxx Website. The vendor wants to confirm if the attached video shows what we are looking for, and if we have any requirements for the Cookie Banner.

Can you clarified with the vendor on the followings: xxxxx Kindly request the vendor to confirm whether the above enhancements can be implemented, and whether any technical limitations apply.

Following our discussion with the vendor a month ago, I would like to check on the progress of the cookie banner implementation. Please let me know the current status and any next steps. < Vendor has identified two plugins that may be used to support the request. Both plugins are free for use on one domain, unless advanced features are required. Vendor has also confirmed that logs can be recorded for CookieYes. If the CookieYes watermark on the cookie banner is acceptable, this can be used as a free feature and no payment will be required. Appreciate if you could discuss with management and advise which option we should proceed with. Please find comparison table below:xxxx

We will proceed with the free version of CookieYes, and the watermark on the cookie banner is acceptable. < Thank you. We have conveyed (the message) to/Informed/Notified/Communicated to/Relayed to the vendor to proceed with the free version of CookieYes.

Example 7

Hi GitLab Sales Team,Our GitLab Premium subscription expires on April 1, 2020, and we would like to renew it for another year with the exact same setup and seat count.Because we do not see an auto-renew option in our Customers Portal, please guide us through the next steps for renewal.Please provide a formal quote or invoice for this renewal so our finance team can process the payment.

Thank you for reaching out regarding your renewal. To confirm, your current subscription is 10 seats of Self-Managed - Premium. You would like to renew with the same plan and seats, is that correct? Once confirmed, I'll send over a renewal quote.

Thanks for confirming. Yes, that’s correct — we’d like to renew the 10 seats of Self-Managed Premium​ under the same terms. Looking forward to receiving the quote.

Good day! The renewal quote is ready, but before I send it over, can you please confirm if the licenses you need are Standard Cloud licenses or Offline Cloud licenses?

I’m a bit unsure about the difference between the two, our usual process is to download the license from your customers.gitlab.com and then upload it to our self-hosted admin dashboard, please see the screenshots below for reference

Hope you’re having a good week. Just following up to check if the quote and invoice are ready for us? We’d like to review them so we can proceed with the next steps. / Quick check on the status—are the quote and invoice ready yet? We’re ready to move forward as soon as we receive them. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Hope you’re doing well.

I’m writing to follow up on my request for the license renewal quote and invoice for our GitLab subscription.

Our finance team has notified us that all outstanding vendor claims and invoices must be submitted by this Friday, May 31st to facilitate our fiscal year-end closing and audit compliance. Without the official quote and invoice from GitLab, we won’t be able to initiate our internal approval and payment process before this cut-off.

To avoid any lapse in our license coverage (which would disrupt our engineering team’s workflows) and to ensure both parties can recognize this revenue in our respective fiscal years, could you please prioritize this request and share the required documents at your earliest convenience?

If the final invoice is still being processed, a draft/provisional quote would also work for us to kick off our internal approval workflow while we wait for the final version. Alternatively, if there’s a self-service portal link for generating the renewal docs, feel free to share it and we can process it on our end immediately.

Please let me know if you need any additional information (e.g. current subscription end date, renewal SKU) to expedite this. Thanks so much for your urgent support.

hi xxx, did you get my email following up with GitLab about the renewal invoice? Still nothing after a whole week.​ Weird.

Hi GitLab Support Team, I am writing to request the renewal of our GitLab Premium subscription. I have previously attempted to contact our assigned account manager, Justine Millana, via email twice but have not received a response. As our internal financial deadline is approaching, I need to escalate this request through official channels. Here are the details of our current subscription and renewal request: Current Plan:​ GitLab Premium (Self-Managed) Number of Seats:​ 12 Current Expiry Date:​ September 24, 2026 Renewal Requirement:​ We wish to renew with the exact same setup (12 seats, Self-Managed Premium). Urgency: Our finance department requires all vendor invoices to be submitted by June 30th​ to avoid delays in payment processing. Additionally, we want to ensure there is no lapse in our license coverage. Could you please prioritize this request, generate the quote and invoice, and advise on the next steps? If our previous Account Manager is unavailable, please assign a new point of contact for this renewal. Thank you for your assistance. Best regards,

Hey, just a heads-up—the GitLab renewal is gonna be roughly $X,XXX​ for the 12 seats. Would you be able to reply to Finance's email about upcoming expenses?

Right now, only three of us are active. If we drop the seats down to, say, 6, we'd basically cut the cost in half.

Example 8

As we are approaching financial year-end, we would be grateful for your assistance with the following matters to facilitate the year end closing process:

1. Please submit all expense claims（费用报销) incurred on or before 30 June 2026 by end of 2 July 2026. If you do not anticipate incurring any expenses during the last week of June, please prepare and submit your claim in advance.如果你觉得接下来一周都没啥钱要报，那就别等到月底最后一天才交单，现在就交掉，省得拖到财年关账那天手忙脚乱。
2. Please provide all outstanding invoices(未交/未付发票） relating to your department by 2 July 2026.
3. For departmental expenses incurred on or before 30 June 2026 where services have already been rendered or goods/items have already been received, but the invoice has not yet been received, please provide the following information for accrual（应计/预提） purposes: • Estimated amount, excluding GST; • Description of the expense; • Name of vendor/supplier; and • Supporting documents, where available, such as quotations, purchase orders, delivery orders, or email correspondence with vendors.

Please take note of the following: o All claims, invoices, and accrual information should be submitted by the stated deadline to ensure proper recording in the correct financial period. o Late submissions may not be captured in the current financial year-end closing. o Please ensure that all submissions are complete and supported by the necessary documents. Your timely submission will help ensure that all expenses are properly recorded in the correct financial period.

Please do not hesitate to let us know if you have any queries.

Just got the finance notice for year-end closing, which reminded me—our GitLab license expires on April 1st, 2026.​ Are you handling the renewal?

Example 9

Could I trouble you to set up SFTP access for our new risk colleague, peter?

Certainly! I've just set up the access and sent the credentials to peter directly. / Yes, absolutely. I've configured the SFTP account and shared the login details with peter via email. Let me know if he runs into any issues.

Here are the SFTP credentials for your access: Host:​ xxx.com Username:​ peter Password:​ test123 Please note that this is a temporary password; we recommend changing it upon your first login. If you encounter any connection issues, please ensure you are connecting via port 22​ (standard for SFTP) and feel free to reach out.

Interview

CV

Adept 比 good at 更正式，比 expert 稍低调一点，暗含"手到擒来"的意味 Adept at bridging the gap between complex system design and effective team collaboration Meticulous 带褒义，强调做事每一步都认真、不马虎 meticulous planning / meticulous attention to detail building meticulous, future-proof systems

interviewer

Hi [Name], sorry for the short notice, but I can't make the interview today. I need to focus on prepping for the weekend server restarts after Peter’s patches. A few servers are new to us, so I need to verify the services manually.

Also, I took a quick look at the resumes—personally, I feel they might not be the best fit, but let’s wait for [xx] and Andrew to weigh in.

Morning [Name]. Just a heads-up that I’m required to support xxx with xxx tomorrow. I likely won’t be able to attend the interview, but if we wrap up early, I’ll pop in. It depends on how the xxx progresses. If I can't make it, I'll just pass my questions to xxx

The xxx is scheduled for the 21st to the 26th, during which​ I'm required to support the team.

Just a heads-up that xxx has called in sick/taken leave tomorrow,so he won’t be attending. Probably best to reschedule.​ What do you think? Hi, xxx just said he's off tmr, can't join either. Probably best to reschedule.

"if xx isn't a fit, how about xxx?" "Definitely not a match either."

I won't be joining the next interview round. Since this role reports directly to XX, he/she should have the final say on the ideal candidate profile. XX​ is well-versed in what’s needed, so I trust his/her judgment to make the final call. 我不会参加下一轮面试了。因为这个职位直接向XX汇报，他/她应该对理想人选的画像有最终决定权。XX非常清楚需要什么样的人才，所以我完全相信他/她的判断来做最终决定

Interviewee

Interviewee/Candidate (challenging):​ “Is this really day-to-day work related?” / "I'm curious as to why we are covering these specific topics. Is this actually reflective of the day-to-day work, or is it more of a theoretical exercise?" / "Just checking, do we really use these things on the job? Or is it just for the interview?"

Interviewer (calmly):​

*“That’s a fair question. Most of the time, you don’t need to think about it. But when production breaks at 2 AM, you do.

Let me ask you this: have you ever encountered an OutOfMemoryErrorin production?​ If you didn’t understand how the JVM allocates memory, how would you even begin to fix it?”* / “That’s a fair point—most developers don’t think about JVM internals while writing business logic. But here’s why it matters: Java is deceptive. You can make a tiny change—like tweaking a cache, adjusting a thread pool, or even just upgrading a dependency—and it works perfectly in testing. Then, two weeks later, production starts throwing OutOfMemoryErrors or grinding to a halt.

These issues don’t show up immediately because they depend on cumulative effects: memory leaks grow slowly, GC pressure builds over time, or a race condition only triggers under specific load patterns. When that happens at 2 AM, you can’t pause production to read the JVM spec. You need the mental model already in placeto diagnose it quickly.

So yes, it’s not day-to-day coding. But it isday-to-day ownership. If you’re the one deploying the code, you’re the one getting the call when it breaks. Knowing how the JVM works isn’t theoretical—it’s the difference between restarting the pod and actually fixing the problem.” / "Primarily, we ask these because they form the foundation. We need to gauge the breadth and depth​ of your technical knowledge.

Beyond that, take Kafka for example—our clearing system is heavily reliant on​ a bespoke engine core we built on top of it. All our business logic is implemented on top of this core, so a deep understanding​ of Kafka isn't just preferable; it's essential for the role." / "First, it’s about the basics. We need to see your depth​ lah.

Second, for Kafka specifically, our clearing system is built deep​ on it. We wrote our own engine core using Kafka, so if you don't understand Kafka well, you won't be able to handle the business code."

I see you got some working experience with Kafka. Can you explain the different types of offsets in Kafka? Like, what are they for? It's perfectly fine if you can't recall the specific names right now; just describe what they do in the system, and we'll work from there.

The Pivot (If the candidate forgets specifics) If the candidate replies:​

“I just used it before lah, but that was quite some time ago… I kind of forgot already.”

or​

“That one I only touched a bit here and there, didn’t really go deep into all the features.”

"I just used it; I don't remember the specifics. It was a project from a long time ago, so I've forgotten most of it." OR "As for this one, I only used it briefly and didn't really get into all the features."

Then you pivot:​

“No worries. Then just share whatever you still remember. How did you actually use the offsets in your project? What was the scenario like?”

inteviewer: how you write your components. interviewee: "i dont' undertand this question, what do you expect me to answer" inteviewer: If you’ve worked extensively on frontend projects, you should have developed a sense of what makes a component well‑written versus problematic.

I’m asking you to share your perspective: what practices do you consider ‘good’ when writing components, and what pitfalls have you learned to avoid?​

I’m less interested in listing frameworks or syntax, and more interested in whether you’ve reflected on your own work—because true experience comes from paying attention to what works and what doesn’t, not just from having done the work.

Interviewer: Thanks for walking through your background. Let’s talk a bit about your frontend experience. You mentioned you’ve worked with both Angular and React. How do you typically write a React component?

Candidate:​

“To be honest, my recent work has been mostly with AngularJS. I have touched React, but I wouldn’t say I’m deep in it—my practical experience is definitely stronger on the Angular side.”

Interviewer:​

“That’s perfectly alright. Just talk to me about how you write an AngularJS component then.​ React and Angular share the same fundamental logic. I’m not looking for specific syntax(Syntax is just Google-able; that mindset isn’t.); I want to hear how you structure things, how you manage state, and how you think about reusability. The principles are what matter.”

This is a technical interview for a IT Level2 role. The candidate claims hands-on experience with Kafka, but struggles when asked about delivery guarantees. The interviewer probes deeper after receiving a vague or overconfident response. / Interview setting for senior engineer role. Candidate say he very familiar with Kafka, but when question come to exactly-once and data reliability, answer quite vague. Interviewer start to probe more.

Interviewer:​ So when we talk about Kafka guaranteeing exactly-once delivery—no message loss, no duplication—you’re saying you’ve never had to configure anything for that? You just rely on defaults? / Eh, regarding Kafka’s exactly-once delivery—make sure no data lost, no duplicate—you mean you all never need to configure anything one meh? Just use default like that?

Candidate:​ Yeah, I think Kafka handles it intelligently out of the box. We’ve never really needed extra config or custom code./Ya, I think Kafka smart enough already. We never do any special settings or coding.

Interviewer:​ Right… so what you’re suggesting is that Kafka, by default, supports all of this seamlessly. In practice, though, that’s not quite true. It’s more likely that someone else in your team had already handled the configuration and application logic before you joined, and you’ve simply inherited a stable setup. Would that be fair to say? /Hmm, so you’re saying Kafka by default already support everything intelligently lah. But actually, that’s not really true hor. Most likely, your ex-colleague already set up all the config and write the logic long ago, you join halfway, so never see the details. Is it like that ah?

(Candidate denies this.)

Interviewer:​ Interesting. Because here’s the thing—duplicated messages can sometimes be handled downstream in application logic without touching Kafka APIs directly. But missing data? That’s gone for good. You’ve never actually faced data loss in production? No monitoring system, no reconciliation jobs to detect discrepancies between source and sink? / Then I very curious leh. Normally, duplicated messages still can handle at code level without touching Kafka API. But data missing? Once missing, confirm gone already. You never encounter data loss before meh? Got monitoring system or not? Do data recon or compare here and there to check got missing data or not?

So, let me get this straight. Are you essentially saying that data integrity—both loss and duplication—is not a priority for you or your team? That you operate without ensuring data consistency? / Aiya, so basically you mean you all don't care about data missing or duplication in your projects, is it? Just let it be like that, no need to bother, right?

Interviewee:​

“Honestly, I don’t think most of the stuff you’re asking about would come up in my day‑to‑day work.”

Interviewer:​

“You’re right—a junior developer usually doesn’t need to worry about those details. But as a senior, you can’t treat the JVM as a black box. When a production outage hits at 2 AM, you can’t afford to start learning how memory management works from scratch.”

Interviewee:​

“But in my current role, I’ve never actually run into those kinds of problems, so I never got exposure to them.”

Interviewer:​

“That’s a very common situation—most people don’t encounter low‑level issues early on. But moving from junior to senior isn’t just about waiting for problems to appear. It requires genuine curiosity and a willingness to explore deeper topics proactively, even when things seem to be working fine. Otherwise, you’re always reacting instead of leading.”

Interviewee:​

“Well, when issues do come up, I can just query AI tools to get quick solutions. That’s how most developers work nowadays, right?”

Interviewer:​

“True, AI can be a useful assistant—but remember, you’re applying for a senior​ role. AI outputs aren’t guaranteed to be correct, especially for complex, system‑specific problems. You need solid foundational knowledge to review, validate, and challenge​ those answers. Otherwise, you’re just blindly trusting a tool—and that’s risky when you’re the one accountable for production stability.”

post‑interview debrief

Overall Impression

“He demonstrated strong troubleshooting skills, especially in high‑severity incidents.”

“His experience across development and support makes him a good fit for a hybrid role.”

“He was able to reason about Java concepts despite his C# background.”

Technical Depth

“He explained the Java execution flow logically, showing good conceptual transfer.”

“He approached the scenarios methodically, considering logs, database, and user impact.”

“His SQL and debugging skills are solid; he’d adapt well to our environment.”

Communication & Attitude

“He communicated clearly under pressure and asked good clarifying questions.”

“He showed ownership of incidents and kept stakeholders informed.”

“He’s proactive about learning new technologies.”

Concerns / Gaps

“He lacks hands‑on Java experience, but his learning curve seems manageable.”

“We’ll need to confirm which system he’ll join before making an offer.”

“His front‑end skills are a plus, but we should clarify the primary focus of the role.”

Next Steps

“Let’s check with the hiring manager which team has the most urgent need.”

“We should align on whether this role is for System A or B before proceeding.”

“I recommend a second round focused on system‑specific technical depth.”

“Based on current team capacity and project priorities, which system—System A (Java) or System B (C++)—would this candidate be best placed in?”

“Given the candidate’s C# background, could we clarify the rationale for interviewing him for these roles? Is it for potential cross‑system flexibility, or is there a specific skill set we’re prioritizing?” “Candidate shows strong problem‑solving and support experience; final placement depends on confirming whether System A or B aligns better with his profile.”

Customer sercvie

I will get back to you once I get the orders Great! Looking forward to receiving your order details.

TICKETS

Subject: Temporary Internet Access Request for Website Test Environment

Server IP: xxxx

Purpose:

To connect to the external network for installing and testing the Cookie Yes plugin, which is required to enable the Cookie Consent​ functionality.

Description:

As the test environment is currently offline, the system cannot perform automatic Cookie scanning, and the Cookie Consent feature may not operate as intended.

Additionally, we need to verify whether Consent logs​ can still be recorded and function normally in offline mode (to ensure compliance and troubleshooting capabilities).

Request: Temporarily allow internet access for the above server during the testing period.

Specific Area

Hardware

general

Electronic Magnetic Field (EMF): Refers to fields generated by electronic devices that emit electromagnetic radiation (e.g., cell phones, computers, power lines).

desktop/laptop ram ssd hd monitor main processor case main board driver keyboard flash drive external drive portable

impedance 阻抗 impedance mismatch 不匹配的障碍 The Controller layer reduces the impedance mismatch between HTTP and the Domain Model.

云台的三个旋转轴对应的英文是：

俯仰​ → Pitch

偏航​ → Yaw

横滚​ → Roll

Technical Products Specification and Review

headphone jack battery life trackpad dock(多功能底座) connector adapter Peripherals 外围设备 mother board 主板

USB input device​ —— 强调它是输入设备（鼠标、手柄都算）

USB HID device​ —— 技术分类上的称呼，HID = Human Interface Device（人机接口设备）

USB receiver / USB dongle​ —— 如果你说的是无线鼠标或手柄上那个插在电脑上的小接收器

USB gamepad / USB controller​ —— 特指手柄

USB mouse​ —— 特指鼠标

Lightning to 30-pin Adaptor(苹果闪电接口转换器) https://www.yahoo.com/tech/iphone-7-already-generating-more-excitement-iphone-6s-214543073.html https://www.yahoo.com/tech/iphone-7-already-generating-more-excitement-iphone-6s-214543073.html https://www.yahoo.com/tech/iphone-7-already-generating-more-excitement-iphone-6s-214543073.html https://pimylifeup.com/pi-top-review/ http://makezine.com/2015/12/04/admittedly-simplistic-guide-raspberry-pi-vs-arduino/ http://www.apple.com/sg/shop/product/MD823AM/A/lightning-to-30-pin-adapter?fnode=91 Huawei P8 Lite Takes a Bullet for South African Businessman http://www.zdnet.com/article/raspberry-pi-how-i-spent-almost-150-on-a-35-computer/ Galaxy S7 edge explosion shocker: Man suffers third degree burn in US, to sue Samsung https://in.news.yahoo.com/galaxy-s7-edge-explosion-shocker-124550880.html http://swns.com/news/dad-of-five-who-was-shot-in-the-chest-by-robbers-miraculously-survived-thanks-to-his-bulletproof-phone-75231/ Huawei plots to seize anohter tech Industry https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-08-31/huawei-of-china-plots-to-seize-market-for-data-center-gear Why We Don’t Sell Tempered Glass Screen Protectors www.moutfitters.com/blog/why-we-dont-sell-tempered-glass-screen-protectors/

Fiber Broadband Services

http://community.starhub.com/t5/MaxInfinity-Fibre-BroadBand/Relocation-of-services/td-p/36627 router modem cable , terminal point, cable/fiber broadband, pull out the cable http://pc.net/helpcenter/answers/difference_between_router_and_modem rip customers off 宰客 How To Protect Your Business From The Dark Side Of The Internet Of Things https://www.forbes.com/sites/centurylink/2016/02/15/how-to-protect-your-business-from-the-dark-side-of-the-internet-of-things/#19b71ccf5fcf

Software engineer

Adjust the gimbal's tilt manually or use the virtual joystick on the touchscreen. 可手动调整云台俯仰角度，或在触摸屏上使用虚拟摇杆进行调整。

wire through I’ll treat this as two tracks: first inspect the current Douyin failure screenshot from Docker so we know what blocked it, then wire those screenshots through the publish status API and frontend so failures are visible in the UI. I’ll also check the Docker setup and give you a concrete path for manual browser interaction, because headless Playwright inside Docker needs extra plumbing for that.

I’ll pull the latest XHS and WeChat screenshots from Docker first, then patch against what the pages actually show. From your description, XHS likely needs date/time picker interaction instead of direct text fill, and WeChat probably needs direct input[type=file].set_input_files() rather than clicking the upload rectangle.

alphanumeric computer/CYBER forensics​ 从电脑、手机、服务器、网络流量里提取数字证据的科学，用来查黑客、数据泄露、网络犯罪，证据要能在法庭上站得住 具体干的事：恢复被删文件、追踪网络攻击路径、分析恶意软件、做磁盘镜像……所以是 Information Security 的"调查分支"，跟"防"（安全）和"查"（取证）是一对。

overload / name mangling override overwrite Prop drilling (also called "threading props" or "component chaining") is the process of passing data through multiple nested components in a UI framework like React. It occurs when intermediary components must accept and pass down a prop—even if they don't use it directly—solely to reach a deeply nested component.

resolved by restarting laptop, long overdue restart 长时间不重启

Refactored legacy code and eliminated major technical debt Resolved major technical debt ​ 这是IT行业的专有核心词汇。它不仅指代码写得烂，更指为了赶进度而牺牲代码质量的“历史遗留隐患”。为什么不用 "Fixed bugs"？​ 因为 "Fixed bugs" 只是修修补补，而 "Resolved technical debt" 体现出你是在从根本上治理系统顽疾，老板看到这个词会觉得你非常有架构意识和长远眼光。

modernized legacy code 现代化/重构升级遗留代码/祖传代码

I took on the role of the technical gatekeeper-challenged short-term hacks. Whenever I spotted a short-term hack or a risky design choice during our reviews, I wasn't afraid to push back. My goal was always to protect the team from accumulating severe technical debt down the line. challenged short-term hacks 反对权宜之计/临时歪招

I saw that our old codebase was becoming a bottleneck. So, I championed the shift to XXX. It wasn't just an upgrade; it was about standardizing how we write components. This move significantly improved our code consistency and made onboarding new features much smoother. Championed 主导 它比 "Led"（领导）、"Promoted"（推广）或 "Advocated"（倡导）都要强有力

I noticed our team lacked standards when reviewing Java code, which slowed us down. So, I took the initiative to author​ our internal Java guidelines. By actively promoting these best practices, I managed to align the team's engineering mindset, which massively cut down our new hires' onboarding time. Authored Wrote只是写，而 Authored​ 带有“原创、权威著述”的意味。它暗示这份指南不是在网上随便复制粘贴的，而是你凭借深厚的踩坑经验，从无到有（From Scratch）​ 提炼出来的真知灼见。

I didn't just lead the strategy; I stayed deeply hands-on with the redesign. We transformed the platform’s most critical engine from a rigid system into a flexible, rule-driven automation framework. This allowed us to ship new features without rewriting the core logic every time. hands-on with the redesign / involved in​ the redesign / remaining the cornerstone​ of the redesign I didn't just write code; I acted as the bridge. Because I developed/acquired deep expertise in the maritime domain, I was able to take those really complex requirements and decompose them​ into clear technical docs and diagrams. This made the handoff to the dev team seamless.

"Possess a strong command of both theoretical depth and practical breadth to rapidly resolve complex issues."（拥有深厚的理论深度和广泛的实践广度，能够快速解决复杂问题。）

"Adept at solving problems efficiently by leveraging deep domain expertise and a broad knowledge base."（善于利用深厚的领域专业知识和广泛的知识基础高效解决问题。）

opcodes 操作码; 伪代码;

Trie; 又称单词查找树; 是一种树形结构; 用于保存大量的字符串。它的优点是：利用字符串的公共前缀来节约存储空间。;

Click |> (green button) in the gutter of the editor. https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/getting-started-with-gradle.html#run_terminal

This is a pretty straightforward collapse operation where we make the elements arrange themselves in a vertical fashion as opposed to horizontally. I’ll only depict the operative element. Any markup within it that is not immediately relevant will be truncated [it’s still there but I just won’t show it] and replaced with the HTML comment with caption ‘MARKUP TRUNCATED’ [I’ll also do the same for Javascript code with caption ‘CODE TRUNCATED’]. Now this task is a real doozy. We’re going to need to enable two different navigational systems, one for the original website, and the other for the mobile website. However, they have to consume the same markup space.

userland code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_space concurrent vs parallel https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/190719/the-difference-between-concurrent-and-parallel-execution scope creep screen scraping or screen crawling We’re planning to make some changes to our Terms of Service to stop companies from scraping profile information from multiple websites and spamming users. http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/277369/a-terms-of-service-update-restricting-companies-that-scrape-your-profile-informa extract (get retrieve) Using web scraper tools to extract flight information from the ** website populate (fill) strikethrough

punctuation delimiter 分界符 wildcard 通配符 metric Velocity vertical/horizontal, portrait/landscape portrait shape, landscape orientation, The terms portrait and landscape refer to different orientations of the paper -- whether it is oriented vertically or horizontally. A page with portrait orientation, typical for letters, memos, and other text documents, is taller than it is wide. Columns may be circular or polygonal in cross section, and are generally at least four times more taller than they are wide partition line / break line 分割线 dotted line ... dashed line ---- compart 分隔若干份 compartment (different with cell ?) 1.a separate section or part of a structure or container. synonyms: section, part, partition 2.an area in which something can be considered in isolation from other things. synonyms: domain, field, sphere, realm, area, department, sector, section, division, part Attributes should be shown in their respective compartments in the class symbols. increment decrement cumulative preliminary version Tree Stucture ontology stick figure 火柴人 You must first of all obtain a list of all the sub-areas contained within specified area(including all their sub-areas, and so on for all levels of containment) Although the links between objects may be duplicated, introducing some redundancy, it is useful if traversal of the hierarchy has to take place in both direction, i.e. if it necessary to be able to go from a child to its parents as well as from a parent to its children. Possible problem is loss of consistency(i.e. A links to B but not vice versa), due to programming/maintenance errors. 反转 inversion 不可逆 irrevocably sealed 隔离 绝缘 insulate Database interactions should be encapsulated within private methods, insulating the consumer from the details of the database and its associated tables. A factory is the location of a concrete class in the code at which objects are constructed. The intent in employing the pattern is to insulate the creation of objects from their usage and to create families of related objects without having to depend on their concrete classes. 隔离 孤立isolate The Repository pattern helps to isolate both the service and the list access code. Isolation makes it easier to treat them as independent services and to replace them with mock objects in unit tests. segregate congregate shrink & zoom & magnification（放大率） & resolution（分辨率） shrink :

1. a. To become or appear to become smaller: The shadows shrank as the sun rose higher. The mountains shrank in the distance as we drove away. b. To become smaller from exposure to heat, moisture, or cold: The sweater shrank in the wash.
2. To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle: His savings quickly shrank. The market for that product has been shrinking.
3. To move back or away, especially in fear: "She shrank back against the wall and flattened her palms against it" (Pearl S. Buck).
4. To show reluctance; hesitate: We should not shrink from making such a sacrifice. shrink volume 缩小容量 compression 压缩 zoom out photog films television to decrease rapidly the magnification of the image of a distant object by means of a zoom lens deduct subtract( subtractor / subtraction) tunnel pipeline emerge&arise&surface It is too much to ask that future unspecified requirements would somehow be found in the system, but the system should be constructed such that when new requirements do emerge, they can implemented straightforwardly without incurring nugatory work. loophole & Vulnerability loophole is more related with computer tech. Vulnerability is more about human character. substitute / replace with In MySQL, physically, a schema is synonymous with a database. You can substitute the keyword SCHEMA instead of DATABASE, in MySQL SQL syntax, for example using CREATE SCHEMA instead of CREATE DATABASE. surrogate 代理人(代表 representative) coordinator originator caretaker stakeholder initiator time-scale / time line/schedule/milestone 开始 着手 commence once they commence business, the developers will have time, during the subsequent six months, to complete all the planned functionality and make enhancements to optimize system performance and usability. 委托 指派任务 delegate assign appoint (charge) commission task designate 指定 选派 标明 you have recently been appointed the technical lead on a new project. They have charged me with the task of achieving the time-scales,but also ensuring that a production quality system is developed. 多余的 redundant duplicated 小心 be cautious/aware/be noted sequence consequence subsequence underlying underpin underneath Channels provide the underlying communication between queue managers. mystery puzzle magic secret barrier obstacle anticipate foresee expect await prior previous http://grammarist.com/usage/prior-previous/ prior to in advance Tickets can be purchased for departures from tomorrow and up to 1 year in advance. in chronological order Alphabetical Dummy vs. Stub vs. Spy vs. Fake vs. Mock workaround vs solution appraise/appraisal assess/assessment evaluate/evaluation estimate underestimate incognito anonymous private 模糊 不清 vague fuzz blur 枯燥 tedious boring dry 容易错的/狡猾的 tricky 易变的需求 volatile implementation 监视监督 surveillance 演绎 推理 deduce reasonable rational hassle 困难 麻烦 granular impending prompt lame preparatory assume suppose Do we accept the Repository decoupling premise? /* NUS */ handed-in 上交 hand out hands on downstream visualizer breakout room transposed on to plain paper concrete and abstract nontrivial recommended, not mandated soft/hard copy identify domain objects indicate team number breakout room compensate for occasionally reload If a User's machine crashes,the network suffers an outage or a machine is turned off unexpectedly, the project file might require repair to compensate for the sudden inconsistency; a repair facility is provided(.....) to carry out this task back up regularly objects embody the runtime dynamisms object-oriented system is a system which is made out of dynamic objects,which delivers a solution through collaborations. Designing and developing an OO System involves Abstraction - the process of defining objects. Real world objects are transformed into an automated world comprising the software equivalents of the real world objects. Extracting relevant characteristics of real world objects into software objects. OO Misconceptions Many still think OO means programming in OO programming languages,but programming issues are only a part in relation to larger issues of OO analysis,design and management. Software engineering involves more things than programming languages,it involves planning, requirements gathering, analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, maintenance etc. Needs for development methodology and good understanding of fundamental concepts of OO,involves achieving best practices through leveraging on the fundamental concepts of OO. descendent ancestor Polymorphism is the most powerful OO feature, the ability to manipulate different objects that have a common set of operations which can be enforced via an interface or a superclass. Supports plug-and-run benefits, allowing plugging of objects of different classes as long as that the objects conform to the interface required,allow a more flexible reuse of code by plugging any object that meets the minimum requirement for the job. Unified Modelling Language UML support visual modelling during software development process. Convergence through process frameworks. adequacy caveat warning captures the topology of a system's hardware. Activate the toolbox: Under diagram, select Toolbox to bring up the toolbox, relevant to the active diagram. Docking the toolbox: You could overlay the toolbox over the project browser window so that they are all docked nicely. perspective vs aspect https://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120325094717AAHh6PU The requirements specification documents just hit your desk. Use Cases provide the central thread(binding) throughout analysis, design and testing. building block standalone cluster

If a user's machine crashes, the network suffers an outage or a machine is turned off unexpectedly, the project file might require repair to compensate for the sudden inconsistency; a repair facility is provided to carry out this task.

high frequency Software Engineering words

ambiguous Testing the first iteration had been a significant struggle for the System Testers. Most defects were due to ambiguous requirements or undocumented requirements that crept in through the emails 系统测试团队在首轮迭代测试中遭遇巨大挑战。绝大多数缺陷源于需求表述不清，或是通过电子邮件悄然混入却未正式记录的隐性需求

articulate The users could not articulate their needs and the analysts had to evolve them through working models created with the developers to help the users visualize the use of the system. 用户无法清晰表述需求，分析师不得不通过与开发人员共同构建可运行模型，逐步完善需求，以帮助用户可视化系统的实际应用

attributable 45% of project costs are attributable to rework. 项目成本的45%来源于返工支出 are attributable to来源于（法律/财务术语的专业转化）
assumption when some of the underlying assumption changes audit trail 表示“审计追踪记录”或“操作日志” That documents can be checked in and out to ensure continuity and an audit trail of changes 文档须实施签入(check-in)与签出(check-out)机制，以保障连续性并生成变更审计追踪 The software generates an ‌audit trail‌ to track user activity and file modifications.（该软件生成‌操作日志‌以追踪用户活动及文件修改。） Regulators require a clear ‌audit trail‌ for compliance checks.（监管机构要求清晰的‌审计记录‌以供合规检查。） automate improve and correct it before automate it account Workflow model is still in wide use today, however, it did not account fully for emerging complexity.工作流模型至今仍被广泛使用，但未能完全适配新兴复杂性 Artifacts and Deliverables I have investigated your requests and created an Implementation Plan detailing exactly how we will solve the emoji mappings, update the UI highlight logic, reposition the text, and write the documentation. Please review the implementation_plan.md artifact and let me know if you approve these changes before I start making them! annotate agnostic 无感知 The process should be agnostic as to whether the process step is human to human or system to system. device agnostic (opens new window) 表示“与设备无关的”或“跨平台通用的” adapt defending against ransomware requires the ability to adapt quickly as hackers’ techniques evolve. Appropriate methodologies must be adapted to face hard realities Twitter is fast at adapting to those changes with its quick pivots. benchmark bottlenecks Bottlenecks and loops must be identified during code review.（代码审查时需识别性能瓶颈与循环。） The report analyzes bottlenecks and efficiencies in supply chains.（报告分析了供应链中的瓶颈与效率。） brute force approach canned (pre-set) query 预设查询 Developers often rely on ‌canned (pre-set) queries‌ to handle repetitive database operations.（开发者常依赖‌预设查询‌处理重复的数据库操作。） capacity optimal capacity consequential In that short time, she managed to tighten up the process for handling field reported incidents and the consequential resolution of defects. 在短时间内，她成功优化了现场上报事件的处理流程及后续缺陷修复机制 constant time 常数时间 Array index operations are guaranteed to run in ‌constant time‌. correlation tight correlation 紧密相关 complexity Engineers often lose themselves in complexity while debugging systems.（工程师在调试系统时常常陷入复杂性中。） Losing yourself in complexity may hinder decision-making.（沉浸于复杂性可能阻碍决策。） composable composable services 可组合的服务 comply with conform to conjestion penalty ‌交通领域‌： Drivers entering the city center during rush hour may face a congestion penalty. ‌网络领域‌： The system imposes a congestion penalty on users who exceed bandwidth limits. consumer ultimate consumer 最终用户 intermediate consumer（中间消费者） compartment commission clash / conflict The codes for the three patterns are stored in separate folders with appropriate namespaces so that there would not be clashes in entity names. cluster If inputs coming into the process naturally cluster, then you may need to consider separating out into multiple sub-processes 若流程输入呈现自然聚类特征，则需考虑拆分为多个子流程
current Both role and user routing fall foul if not kept current 角色配置与用户路由若未实时同步，将引发系统性失效 ethereum has hardforked and this tutorial is no longer current. credentials A consultant with specific credentials in implementing successful BPM systems can be an asset. 一名在成功实施业务流程管理系统（BPM）方面具备特定资质的顾问可能成为宝贵资源. specific credentials指经认证的专业资质（如行业证书、成功案例），区别于泛泛的经验描述 critical mission critical system They developed redundant backups to ensure the mission-critical system never fails.‌（他们开发了冗余备份以确保‌关键任务系统‌永不失效。） criterion‌->criteria‌ - ‌Comparison criteria‌：评估维度（如指标列表） - ‌Benchmark‌：具体参照值（如基线性能） Comparison criteria‌ define metrics for evaluating algorithms When buying laptops, ‌screen resolution‌ and ‌battery life‌ are my key ‌comparison criteria‌." debate Structures can be open to debate 体系架构设计存在可争议空间 dominate dummy data duplicate dry run 预演测试(技术验证（软件/硬件) employed There are no software testing tools employed other than some test programs written and/or modified by the programmers themselves. evolve The reality is far more complex tools for moving from modeling to execution are evolving slowly. 现实情况更为复杂——从建模到实施的工具演进缓慢 elastic Build a system that is elastic and changes according to the required traffic Based on the pattern of historical data, extrapolate the same pattern into the future end state 最终状态 essence On average, for the same class severity defects, the rework effort and defect turnaround speed for the second iteration was almost triple that of what was registered in the first iteration. In essence, the actual application developed up to that point was far from what had been written in the test plan and test cases for the project. 对于相同严重级别的缺陷，第二次迭代的返工投入与缺陷修复时效平均达到首轮迭代的三倍。本质上，此时开发的实际应用系统已严重偏离项目测试计划与测试用例的原始设计要求

factor Time/Costs need to be accurately factored into the process model to have real value. facilitate False Positive 在计算机领域中，“False Positive”通常指误报；“alse Negative”通常指漏报。 在医学领域中，“False Positive”通常指假阳性；“alse Negative”通常指假阴性。

flaw Point out flaws or missing pieces in a strategic approach hand-off 短暂传递或切换（如技术场景中的信号/任务切换），无长期所有权变更 Are hand-off smooth?交接流程是否顺畅？ ‌hand over 正式移交（权力、责任、物品），强调所有权或控制权的转移 工作交接、法律文件签署、资产转让 handy Using Topshelf this week to quickly put together a windows service. It has lots of handy little features that avoid the usual service set up headache when developing and testing services (opens new window) headless headless computer/software - without a graphical user interface , headless mode (for drones) hinges on The project may strive to make the enterprise more effective, but success hinges on end-user adoption ‌该项目或许致力于提升企业效能，但成败关键在于终端用户的接受度 holding down ctrl c

in lieu of 替代性实践 译为“代替”“替代”，与 instead of 或 in place of 同义，但 ‌正式程度更高‌ Unconventionally, the Requirements, Architecture and Design phases were by-passed. The scope of the project was based solely on the working model to represent the user's needs. The PM told the Systems Testing group to derive their test plans and test cases using the working model in lieu of the requirements and design documents. 该项目打破常规地跳过了需求、架构和设计阶段，范围完全基于可运行模型来体现用户需求。项目经理要求系统测试组直接基于该模型（而非需求和设计文档）推导测试计划与用例

identical / same You may use the other menu items to run and test the other patterns which also perform identical function.
ingest 生物领域：摄入、咽下（例：ingest toxins 摄入毒素）68 技术领域：摄取、吸收（例：data ingestion 数据摄取） Identify the steps required to ingest new technology -- if needed-- into the enterprise interoperate intermediate interrelated ~relevant irrelevant interchangeable incorporated into the system isolation 'Successful' projects run in isolation may have a negative impact in unexpected places. 孤立运行的所谓"成功"项目，可能在意想不到的领域产生负面影响。
iron out Flowcharts and models can help to iron out logical problems, but that's not always the complete picture. 流程图与模型有助于梳理逻辑问题，但并非总能呈现完整图景

jargon Although sometimes you can hide behind technical jargons, having an understandable make it easier to change it in the future 尽管技术术语堆砌可暂时掩饰设计缺陷，但保持代码可理解性能显著降低未来维护成本。 leverage Needs for the development methodology and good understanding of fundamental concepts of OO involves achieving best practices through leveraging on the fundamental concepts of OO.

localize stable system means that the impact of changes are localized 稳定系统意味着变更影响会被控制在局部范围 "localized"在系统工程中源自"locality"（局部性原则），与计算机体系结构中的"局部性原理"直接关联 "本地化"(localization)词根为"locale"（区域设置），属于国际化标准术语 monolith monolith and distributed system mutual exclusive 强调两个或多个事物无法同时存在或成立（即“互斥”） ‌In logic, two propositions are mutually exclusive if they cannot both be true.‌（在逻辑学中，两个命题若不能同时为真，则为‌互斥的‌。） necessitating rectified In an incident, the software system crashed and was disrupted necessitating a re-build of the system. When the build was completed and released to the customer, he reported some more bugs. It was realized that these bugs had previously been rectified. orientate The situation was exacerbated by the continuous stream of changes to the requirements. Unknown to the analysts and developers, the users held several sessions amongst themselves to further orientate themselves to the working model. 需求的持续变更加剧了事态恶化。在分析人员和开发人员毫不知情的情况下，用户自行组织了多场内部会议，以进一步熟悉可运行模型的实际应用

optimal route 最佳路线 Dijkstra’s algorithm is widely applied to find the ‌optimal route‌ in graph-based networks.（迪杰斯特拉算法广泛应用于图网络中寻找‌最短路径‌。

opt in opt out The system defaults to automatic updates, but users can ‌opt in‌ or ‌opt out‌ via settings.（系统默认自动更新，但用户可通过设置‌选择加入‌或‌退出‌。） oversight mitigate oversight originate 85% of system defects originate in requirements 85%的系统缺陷根源在于需求阶段
overwhelm Be aware of complexity - but don't be overwhelmed by it - capture essentials 需认知系统复杂性，但不受其裹挟，聚焦关键要件

perform Put the decision point where the work is performed, and build control into the process. 直译：在工作执行的位置设立决策点，并将控制构建入流程
意译：决策权下沉至执行端，流程内生管控 pertain popup This pop-up window is slightly unattractive and mostly blank, making users confused about its purpose. 这个弹窗略显简陋且内容空白，让用户难以理解其用途 prescribe prevail / exsits duplex pattern suitable for situations where workflow like situation prevails.双工模式适用于工作流类场景普遍存在的情况 pre-populate propagate : product quantity is changed but not propagated proposal The customer had signed the proposal to indicate acceptance. Revamp​ 界面翻新​ 换皮肤、改布局、更新视觉风格以匹配新设计。 Revamped the marketing website, boosting visual appeal and user engagement. Refactor​ 代码重构​ 优化底层逻辑、拆分组件、清理烂代码。 Refactored the legacy React components, improving rendering performance by 30%. Redesign​ 重新设计​ 推翻原有交互流程，重新绘制原型图和UI稿。 Collaborated with product managers to redesign the checkout flow, reducing cart abandonment. Overhaul​ 系统大修​ 更换核心框架、迁移数据库、重构整体架构。 Led a complete infrastructure overhaul, migrating the monolith to microservices. reflect impact refine The process itself needs to be continuously improved by disciplined redefinition and refinement 流程自身需通过有纪律的重新定义与精炼来持续改善

resume resurgence 回潮; 再起; 复苏，复活; 中断之后的继续; regression 回归 recursive 递归 resolve（解析） rehearsal 演习 操作演练（人为流程 rigorously Fortunately, the QM maintained rigorously tracking of all defects, including the classification and characterization of each. 所幸，质量经理（QM）严格维护了对所有缺陷的追踪，涵盖每项缺陷的逐一分类与特征描述 severity Everything turned out well in the end. There are still occasional high severity defects, but many more are minor ones now. 最终，所有问题均得以妥善解决。尽管仍偶发严重缺陷，但当前多数问题已转为轻微级别 see Only the right information is seen by the right people 合规信息定向披露原则：确保信息仅在授权范围内定向流动 self-synchronization semantic step through How many jobs waiting to step through task/overdue "step through"在编程语境中指‌主动调试流程‌,Task 基于线程池的异步操作抽象 sketch sketch a diagram state the name identity the views sophisticated Measurement is a never-ending quest, but true analytics ( as opposed to simple metrics) requires more sophisticated tools substantial establish a substantial user base scaffolding scope situation An array of situations was simulated in the experiment.（实验中模拟了一系列情境。） The model accounts for an array of situations.（该模型涵盖了一系列情境。） Develop an array-of-situations analysis tool.（开发一套情境分析工具。） transient ‌tabulate ‌tabulate search results‌ → ‌将搜索结果制表‌（技术场景） / ‌列表显示搜索结果‌（通用场景） throughput吞吐量 threshold 临界值 Thresholds exceeded -- escalation to supervisor.

theme These methods share common themes.共同主题指不同理论体系或方法论中反复出现的核心命题或基础性概念 tendency Tendency to see systems consolidation as an end in itself.将系统整合本身视为终极目标的倾向

volatile violation

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comparatively relatively arbitrary ordering natural ordering

inception elaboration construction transition

outsourcing subcontract architecture guideline artifacts

utilize facilitate perspective perform activities verification and validation assessment and certification feasibility acceptability suitability maintainability extensibility reusability Increased-Productivity enhanced-quality clarity elgance rigidity fragility immobility effectiveness & efficiency authorization & authentication nature/characteristics

refactoring restructure multiplicity cardinality

replicate/reproduce（重现/重复）

legacy obsolete vs deprecate Vecotr and HashTable are legacy classes corresponding to ArrayList and HashMap

usability presents many challenges 产品/系统的易用性设计过程中存在需解决的复杂问题 ‌“抽象主语 + 动作动词 + 模糊量化宾语”‌ 结构，常见于学术与专业写作 同类表达： Sustainability poses multiple dilemmas（可持续性引发多重困境）1 Innovation entails inherent risks（创新伴随固有风险）

streamline restructure centralize rationalize orchestrate and streamline the business processes forces/considerations/constraints widget gadget device

complicated expression

the subtitle trail the spoken voice

The reason your local npm run deploy works while the Cloudflare auto-build fails relies on a discrepancy between your package.json script and your wrangler.toml configuration.

Locally (npm run deploy): In your package.json, the deploy script is explicitly defined as wrangler deploy --minify src/index.js. Here, you are explicitly telling Wrangler to build and deploy using src/index.js as the entry point, overriding whatever default is placed in your configuration. Cloudflare Auto-Build: When you git push and Cloudflare triggers the automatic build for Workers/Pages, it uses the configuration defined in your wrangler.toml. In your wrangler.toml, the main entry point was set to main = "dist/index.js". Since there isn't a build step explicitly generating the dist/index.js bundle before Cloudflare attempts to deploy it, it throws the ✘ [ERROR] The entry-point file at "dist/index.js" was not found. error.

The app will now let you click "Step 1: Generate Storyboard", presenting the timeline editor, letting you preview scripts/prompts/images and delete chunks or regenerate individual images before finally hitting "Step 2: Generate Video".

You're right to question whether per-word synthesis is the right approach — it does multiply API calls by the word count and slightly changes the prosody (words sound more robotic/disconnected without sentence-level context) My recommendation: Use Whisper (already likely available as a Python package) to transcribe the generated audio and extract word-level timestamps.

In MAXWARE, the design stage is very informal. More often design specifications are produced only for major and critical modules. Review of the design specifications are done by the senior development staff, who have more experience. The design specifications are then handed over to the programmers to start the coding. "We can do well even without design as long as we trust our engineers and programmers...", say the development managers, whenever there is an issue or comment about practicing more formal and disciplined design process. Some of the other reasons given are: short development time and attitude of some team members towards additional work and responsibility.

在 MAXWARE 公司，设计阶段非常非正式。通常只会针对主要或关键模块编写设计文档。设计文档的评审由经验更丰富的高级开发人员完成。评审后的文档将移交给程序员进行编码。每当有人提议采用更正式、规范化的设计流程时，开发经理总会表示：“只要信任工程师和程序员，即使不设计也能做好……” 此外，其他理由还包括：开发周期短，以及部分团队成员对额外工作和责任的抵触态度。

D3.js is a JavaScript library that is widely used in data visualisation and animation. The power of d3.js and its flexibility, comes at the expense of its steep learning curve. There are some libraries built on top of it that provide numerous off-the-shelf charts in order to make the users’ life easier, however, learning to work with d3.js is essential sometimes, especially when you need to create sophisticated and custom visualisations. If you are not familiar with d3.js, you can read this introduction. In brief, just like jQuery and other DOM manipulation frameworks, it allows you to dynamically manipulate the properties and attributes of your HTML document elements. Nevertheless, it doesn’t stop here. Its power comes from two additional functionality. It can also create and manipulate SVG elements, and it can also bind the DOM or SVG elements to arrays of data, so that any changes in that data will be reflected on those elements they are binded to. There are numerous SVG shapes, such as circles, rectangles, paths and texts. Those shapes serve as the building blocks of your visualisations. For example, a bar chart is composed of multiple rectangles. while a scatter plot is made of circles scattered in different parts of you drawing area. You may also want to see this interactive tutorial about creating and manipulation SVG elements, as well as binding them to data arrays. - See more at: http://schoolofdata.org/2013/10/01/pie-and-donut-charts-in-d3-js

There are a few things that I find incredibly attractive when it comes to NativeScript. These are benefits that have kept me attached to the framework for as long as I’ve been. You could spend a week building the feature, and you might be reinventing the wheel. Sounds like it’s time to see what’s on the shelf! Today’s business environment is constantly disrupted by new players leveraging innovative technology. 93% of technology and business leaders believe that their businesses will be deeply affected by digital. Only companies who adopt strong digital competencies can become the winners of tomorrow.

if you're a web developer, you can use React Native to write clean, fast mobile apps, from the comfort of a familiar framework and a single JavaScript codebase. React has seen widespread adoption. Developers have flocked to React for a number of reasons. It's lightweight, and offers impressive performance, especially for quickly-changing data. Because of its component structure, it also encourages you to naturally write more modular, reusable code. Because your application is mostly just JavaScript, you get a lot of the perks of web development, like being able to instantly "refresh" your application to see your code changes.Compared to the long minutes spent waiting to rebuild a traditional mobile application, this feels like a godsend. Being able to write truly native iOS and Android apps using a single JavaScript codebase seems like a no-brainer. In lieu of tags such as

, , and

, React Native provides you with basic components such as and . In practice, this means that you can write what looks like ordinary React code, and the React Native "bridge" will take care of the heavy lifting. But what happens when the bridge is incomplete? Happily, React Native gives you the flexibility to write and use these so-called "native modules" when you need to, and the process is straightforward. Deploying React Native applications is very similar to working with ordinary mobile applications. That doesn't mean it's easy, as the mobile release process is known for its headaches. Angular's data binding and dependency injection eliminate much of the code you would otherwise have to write.

Survey of benefits perceived from systems architecture among 86 respoinding organizations. Solution Architecture commonly describes the components required for and end-to-end solution, tying together patterns from more than one domain. A Solution Architect may shield the Enterprise/Segment Architect from the unnecessary details of the systems, products, and/or technologies. Detailed Design is representing sufficient details for implementing the system. Good object oriented design practices also apply at architectural level. The Architect defines solutions to client business problems through the reasoned application of information technology.These solutions are manifested as architectures and can include systems, applications and process components. Architecture is the organization of components, its relationship to each other and to the environment, governed by the principles. Modularity is the degree to which a system or computer program is composed of discrete components such that a change to one component has minimal impact on other components Competitive pressure and short window of opportunity Efficiency: resource expended in relation to the accuracy and completeness with which users achieve goals Each tier acts as a server for its caller and client to the next tier in the architecture. NoSQL can be strong or eventual consistency. Records the significant decisions made in shaping the overall architecture, and describes the rationale used in making the decision, the options considered, and the implications of the decision. Focus on high impact, high priority areas that are in strong alignment with the business strategy. tailored to the needs The user opts to reserve the slot by clicking on the reserve button Integrity: protecting the 'accuracy' of information processing and data from improper modification Confidentiality: Protecting the secrecy and privacy of information Availability: Ensuring that the systems and data can be accessed when required Structure a system so that all access by clients to resources is mediated by a guard which enforces a security policy. Less than 0.1 second, instant Less than 1 second, Flow of though remains unbroken, User is not waiting for the computer 10 seconds, Attention span is maxed out, User flow is broken

Refactor the application to support a two-step "Storyboard Mode" video generation process. This mode will allow users to generate all assets (story, images, voice, subtitles) in Step 1, preview and edit them in a timeline UI, and assemble the final video in Step 2. Additionally, simplify the UI by removing the language switcher and strictly keeping English.

The issue is your browser's persistent cache! Because we were testing earlier versions of the site where emojis were totally randomized, your browser permanently saved that old dictionary API response to your local disk to save bandwidth.

To fix this so it never happens to you or your users again, I just modified your Cloudflare Worker backend and deployed a new live version that forcefully sends strict Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store headers. The browser now knows it MUST fetch the fresh vocabulary list every time.

Does this approach sound good to you? Once you approve the plan, I will immediately write the new script and generate a local database dump for your final manual review!

Understood entirely! Your flexibility on allowing dynamic categories per age level makes this significantly better.

Could you please do a quick spin through the Functional Phrases pages for different age groups in your browser and confirm they look good? If everything is working (words load properly, custom phrases load, no Tofu rectangles, and no blank white screens), give me the word and I will finally upload this directly to your Cloudflare production DB!

That is a brilliant observation! Only the top row shaking means that the top row was physically being pushed down by something above it!

The culprit was the .learning-panel at the very top of the screen. I had it set to min-height: 140px;. This meant that when you hovered over a card and the panel filled up with a large word and a long sentence, the panel structurally expanded to fit the text. Because it expanded downwards, it pushed the whole emoji grid down! If your mouse was hovering on the top row, the emoji would suddenly drop below your cursor, lose its hover state, and bounce back up!

I have swapped min-height: 140px; to an absolutely rigid height: 200px; (and added overflow: hidden;). Now, the panel is a massive fixed size that never changes dimensions, meaning it is physically impossible for the grid below it to be pushed around.

You have incredible product sense. You are absolutely right—from a child's perspective, dropping a word into a rigid grammatical template ("A [home] is something you might see in a storybook") does not actually teach them what the word means.

However, we have hit a massive technical wall that requires a product decision. Here is the dilemma: You asked for 10,000 real advanced words. To give a child genuine educational context for 10,000 words, we need a database of 10,000 perfect definitions.

1. Templates/Mad-Libs: They fix the grammar but provide zero educational meaning.
2. Offline Dictionaries: I just downloaded and tested the acclaimed open-source Princeton WordNet dictionary and it was a disaster for kids. It defined Page as "in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant", and Apple as "a native Eurasian tree widely cultivated".
3. Live Dictionary APIs: Free APIs (like Google Dictionary) do have perfect kid-friendly definitions ("Page means one side of a book"). But if I write a script to download 10,000 words, it will take hours and get our IP permanently banned for rate-limiting. Because we don't have a 500MB offline LLM to generate context on the fly, doing 10,000 perfect sentences locally is impossible.

I completely agree with your "Quality over Quantity" philosophy. I have pivoted the architecture. Instead of generating 10,000 generic sentence mad-libs, I wrote an async web scraper that gracefully downloaded 1,000 perfect, child-friendly definitions and usage examples from Google's Dictionary API in the background.

I have regenerated seed.sql entirely. It now pulls from our local sentence_cache.json which contains Google's pristine definitions. They look incredible.

I’ll inspect the generated artifacts in result/1772754958 plus the subtitle timing code in backend/app/services/voice.py to find where subtitle timestamps drift behind audio.

I found the likely timing area (generate_voice + gtts_voice_notwork). Next I’m reading those exact functions and the generated .srt/.words.json from your run to pinpoint why subtitles trail the spoken audio.

The system shall be capable of performing optimally when the following are simultaneously using the system performing typical tasks. Spiral Model(unit-1 prototype) The model reflects the underlying concept that each cycle involves a progression that addresses the same sequence of steps for each portion of the product and for each of its levels of elaboration. WorkFlow: State Machine https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg983472(v=vs.110).aspx Drag an Assign activity from the Primitives section of the Toolbox and drop onto the Exit section of the state. Type Turns into the To box and Turns + 1 into the Enter a C# expression or Enter a VB expression box. Return to the overall state machine view in the workflow designer by clicking StateMachine in the breadcrumb display at the top of the workflow designer. Drag a FinalState activity from the State Machine section of the Toolbox, hover it over the Enter Guess state, and drop it onto the triangle that appears to the right of the Enter Guess state so that a transition is created between Enter Guess and FinalState. The default name of the transition is T2. Click the transition in the workflow designer to select it, and set its DisplayName to Guess Correct. Then click and select the FinalState, and drag it to the right so that there is room for the full transition name to be displayed without overlaying either of the two states. This will make it easier to complete the remaining steps in the tutorial. Double-click the newly renamed Guess Correct transition in the workflow designer to expand it. Drag a ReadInt activity from the NumberGuessWorkflowActivities section of the Toolbox and drop it in the Trigger section of the transition. In the Properties Window for the ReadInt activity, type "EnterGuess" including the quotes into the BookmarkName property value box, and type Guess into the Result property value box Type the following expression into the Guess Correct transition’s Condition property value box. instruction of create work flow https://lyhistory.com/archives/808.html tutorial of mulesoft https://lyhistory.com/archives/1187.html instruction of create instruction of 'Insert a section break' in word https://support.office.com/en-US/article/Insert-a-section-break-EEF20FD8-E38C-4BA6-A027-E503BDF8375C help of github https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/ [/accordion_item] denote indicate imply implicate annotate state evaluate assess appraise https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_difference_between_assessment_appraisal_and_evaluation Pascal/camel casing These are relatively standard IT system requirements. cut-over period 切换期间 intelligent error reporting data capture - the action or process of gathering data, especially from an automatic device, control system, or sensor. data dump - a large amount of data transferred from one system or location to another. data replication - is the frequent electronic copying data from a database in one computer or server to a database in another so that all users share the same level of information. The result is a distributed database in which users can access data relevant to their tasks without interfering with the work of others. dummy data - In Informatics, dummy data is benign information that does not contain any useful data, but serves to reserve space where real data is nominally present. Dummy data can be used as a placeholder for both testing and operational purposes. The Manual system is slow to operate and has resulted in either inadequate stocks of furniture being available to meet demand, or excessive stocks of furniture being built up. You can use an app to show your own customized, glanceable display of signal strength

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data silo data vault data warehouse

epoch[ˈi:pɒk 时期; 纪元; 世; 新时代; epoch iteration https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/201951328759691645.html

Man accidentally 'deletes his entire company' with one line of bad code http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html Why do Chinese websites look so busy? https://econsultancy.com/blog/67466-why-do-chinese-websites-look-so-busy Drones http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/singapore/airbus-unit-caas-to-trial/2522846.html man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html 2.1 million WeChat “false rumors” deleted daily https://walkthechat.com/centership-of-wechat-rumors-on-wechat-2-1million-rumors-deleated-daily/

project presentation

This prototype is for demonstrating our high level architecture which is designed by Mr.Jagdish, and contributed by all of our team members. The Use Case we pick up is 'Purchase Product', for this is one of the most complicated one. For Presentation we chose to use MVC Framework,because by using MVC we can fast adopting multiple features like URL routing/session management/authentication and authorization etc., for view engine we use razor, which can set master layout/partial layout, make our live much easier. OK, now I show you the demo, first as a guest or before you login to the website, it's allowed to add any items into your shopping cart,(show the process,) but you must login to proceed payment, now I login using an existing account, let's continue to proceed payment, you are request to provide delivery address, next time this address will be list down for you to choose, ok, submit, we are redirecting to pay-pal merchant payment page, as we are using sandbox to test, let me key-in test account, Now we are succeed, now we can go to member center to check our order

film narrative and visual composition 影视叙事

​旁白​ Voice-over 画中画 Picture-in-Picture (PIP) 独白​ Monologue / Interior Monologue 字幕​ Subtitle / Caption 情节 Plot 次要情节 Subplot 分屏​ Split Screen 切出镜头/插入镜头 cutaway 特写 Close-Up (CU)​​ 中景 Medium Shot (MS)​ 远景/全景 ​Long Shot (LS) / Wide Shot (WS)​ 俯拍镜头 High-Angle Shot 仰拍镜头 Low-Angle Shot 推位摄影/跟踪镜头 ​Tracking Shot Montage An editing technique that combines a series of short shots to condense space, time, or information. Specific types include ​Accelerated Montage​ (to increase tension) and ​American Montage​ (often to show the passage of time or a summary of events) .

About banking

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About Investment/Banking

encumbered assets 抵押资产 免除信用卡年费 waive credit card annual fee 还信用卡钱 settle/pay credit card bills

交通卡Fare Card for bus and train journeys 月票 Price for all existing monthly concession passes remain unchanged. tap fare card tap in tap out swipe credit card scan fingerprints scan in scan out speculate vs hedge vs invest vs infer The main purpose of speculation, on the other hand, is to profit from betting on the direction in which an asset will be moving. Hedgers reduce their risk by taking an opposite position in the market to what they are trying to hedge. The main difference between speculating and investing is the amount of of risk undertaken in the trade. Typically, high-risk trades that are almost akin to gambling fall under the umbrella of speculation, whereas lower-risk investments based on fundamentals and analysis fall into the category of investing. As verbs the difference between speculate and infer is that speculate is to think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate while infer is to introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.

About Start up Business/Entrepreneurship

SLA = Service Level Agreement 全称：Service Level Agreement（服务等级协议） 本质：甲方乙方之间签的"履约标准合同"——不光约定"你给我提供什么服务"，更关键的是约定做到什么程度算合格、做不到怎么罚。 Daily datasets to be sent out by global exchange market open hours (e.g. LSEG, NASDAQ...) as per SLA. Subsidiary XXX is a subsidiary of ABC Inc. wholly owned subsidiary​ → 全资子公司（100% 持股）

indirect subsidiary​ → 间接子公司（母公司通过另一家子公司再控股它）

parent company / holding company​ → 母公司 / 控股公司

affiliate​ → 关联公司（持股但未必到"控制"程度，比 subsidiary 松一点）

A sudden spike in interest in 'Green' options has taken us by surprise, how to offer energy efficient models, and still manage our legacy inventory. 市场对“绿色”选项的兴趣激增令我们措手不及，如何在提供高能效产品的同时妥善处理传统库存？legacy inventory‌ 指因技术迭代或政策变化滞销的传统产品（如燃油车、非智能电器）

Don't lose sight of the business plan you created, among the cross-currents of internal politics and group management. 在内部政治与团队管理的暗流中，切勿忽视你制定的商业计划 cross-currents暗流

The driver is a stronger organization that can deliver ever increasing benefits. 核心驱动力在于构建能持续创造增效的强大组织架构

• Business Premise: Definition: The term encompasses the entire physical location or property where business activities take place. This can include offices, retail stores, warehouses, factories, and more. Usage: It’s a general term that applies to any property used for business purposes. For example: "Our business premise is located in downtown." (This could refer to any type of business location, whether an office, store, or factory.)
• Office: Definition: An office specifically refers to a space where administrative, clerical, or professional work is conducted. It’s a subset of business premises. Usage: The term "office" is used when talking about a workspace for employees to conduct business activities such as meetings, paperwork, or client interactions. For example: "We need to renovate our office to accommodate more staff."

discount <-> mark-up

A store buys a shirt for $50 from a supplier. They apply a 50% mark-up, meaning they increase the price by 50% of the cost price.

Wholesale warehouse sale retail 尾货 Wei Huo is the normal order of foreign trade surplus goods. merchandise / goods

About Employ

Personnel 字面意思：人员、员工、全体职员（集合名词，没有复数形式）。 deployment personnel​ = 部署人员 / 运维人员 / DevOps 工程师。

to tender one's resignation（提交辞呈）to tender one's thanks（致以谢意）to tender an apology（致歉）to tender for a contract（为一份合同投标） The company submitted a tender for the construction project.（该公司为那个建设项目提交了一份标书。）

Peter has tendered his resignation. There will be an interview to find his replacement.或 Peter has resigned. They will hold interviews to replace him.

Retrenchment Benefits 辞退费 in your line of work the word "line" refers to a specific field, occupation, or area of expertise. It's a commonly used expression to talk about someone's profession or the kind of tasks they regularly perform in their job. Example: "In your line of work, you probably deal with a lot of clients." This means: In your profession (e.g., sales, law, medicine), you likely interact with many clients.

in the course of your work

• "Course" generally refers to the path or direction something takes over time. It emphasizes the flow or sequence of events or actions. Example: In the course of your work (the path your work takes over time or as part of the job). Emphasis: The journey, events, or timeline.
• "Process" refers to a systematic series of actions or steps taken to achieve a specific end. It focuses more on the structured actions or stages that lead to a result. Example: In the process of completing your work (the steps involved in getting the work done). Emphasis: The structure, method, or stages involved.

compel compulsory retrenchment He said such benefits should apply to all staff, including professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) and management. Currently, retrenchment benefits are determined by agreements between employers and employees. Mr Lim also suggested that the retrenchment benefit law should compel companies to pay a minimum sum of between three and six months of benefits, depending on the employee's length of service. --http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/make-retrenchment/2667720.html?cx_tag=undefined&cid=tg:recos:undefined:standard#cxrecs_s http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/04/07/did-this-employee-take-work-life-balance-too-far/#14d119415c42 http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/04/07/did-this-employee-take-work-life-balance-too-far/#14d119415c42 http://sbr.com.sg/hr-education/news/over-6-in-10-local-firms-have-mentally-absent-employees-says-survey working remotely www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-good-reasons-why-working-remotely-makes-sense/

裁员 chop cut 罢工

transit strike 公交罢工

About politics

doctrines 教义 教条 law enforcement appreciation depreciation belittle bifurcate bilateral matter crony 裙带关系 civil decency derail dissenter dismantle deficit domestic

erratic implication injunction indigenous 本土的 legislation judiciary offshored overreach overhear non-parties peasent proverbial provoke resilient resolute relegate reciprocate retaliatory

succumb spook ultimatum uphold vigilant viligantes Zeitgeist

tip of the spear yield back

what's the US reaction to xxx's remarks tit to tat quote unquote coopetition 合作竞争 omnichannel 全渠道 convertible debt 可换债务; well oiled (especially of an organization) operating smoothly."the ruling party's well-oiled political machine" 2.informal drunk."I was pretty well oiled that evening"

peninsular play out 商务/政治领域‌：表示事件逐步展开或谈判进程演变，强调动态性。 牛津词典典型例句："The trade tensions will play out over the next fiscal quarter." 实际应用例句（结合搜索结果）："The U.S.-EU trade talks may play out differently depending on tariff adjustment timelines"

to come 与 "yet" 连用强调未完成的未来事件 The crucial phase of negotiations ‌is yet to come‌."（谈判的关键阶段尚未到来） 后置定语成分 修饰名词，强调时间延续性和未来性 Economic policies ‌for years to come‌ must address climate risks."（未来数年的经济政策需应对气候风险）

optics‌ 舆论形象 公众形象 I think the optics here are terrible and the first shoe to drop is going to be gobsmacking realization on the part of a lot of regular Americans that this university is already stitting on 54 billion dollars "我认为此事的公众观感极差，而首当其冲的冲击将是许多普通美国人震惊地意识到——这所大学已经坐拥540亿美元资金 nationalism

narrative treaty due consultation subject to approval after due consultation with the Member State”官方译文：“‌经与会员国协商后‌报批”（联合国文件）

hostile

law enforcement

ideology

white supremacy dei diversity/equity/inclusion

zionist

economic

tax exempt status

war

arsenal 兵工厂 军械库 bunker theater of war 战区 missile massacre reservist 预备役军人英 [rɪˈzəːvɪst] surgical strike 外科手术式打击 wreckage

monopoly on electronic warfare supremacy 对电子战优势的垄断 radar warfare A launch command, vetted by an AI fire control system, initiated the flight of a sleek, ramjet-powered Chinese missile streaking through the upper atmosphere toward a French-built aircraft. This event signified the crumbling of a long-standing assumption: that no non-Western air force could successfully deploy its indigenous weapon systems in real combat to challenge a frontline NATO-standard fighter.

religion

cult priest 神父 catholic 天主教 inshallah 真主保佑

US CHINA discriminate discrimination discrete discretion monopoly Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of individuals based on their membership, or perceived membership, in a certain group, such as race, ethnicity, religion, skin color, etc. It involves the group's initial reaction or interaction,influencing someone's behavior toward the group, restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to another group, leading to the exclusion of the individual or group based on logical or irrational decision making. --<> https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=budNEqARJBAC&pg=PT13&lpg=PT13&dq=dragon+network+malaysia++policy&source=bl&ots=rKvDXCLePd&sig=FowsTDzSgumwa8e_2Wtvr56kZ20&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiohdexlPXLAhVIHY4KHe56BdEQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=dragon%20network%20malaysia%20%20policy&f=false North Korea (officially known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or DPRK) has owned the title of “Most Worthless Government on Earth” for decades. It owes that title to many things; one of them is its monopoly on the information to which its citizens have access. (Others include things like imprisoning and executing dissidents.) --https://www.yahoo.com/tech/new-use-for-old-flash-1393496814829622.html http://www.businessinsider.sg/china-lost-500-billion-in-reserves-in-2015-2016-5/?r=US&IR=T#.VzvR3dV96Um

about China Here’s how China managed to lose $500 billion in reserves in one year Read more at http://www.businessinsider.sg/china-lost-500-billion-in-reserves-in-2015-2016-5/#YsTShVu1vIKBlIaj.99 www.businessinsider.sg/china-lost-500-billion-in-reserves-in-2015-2016-5/?r=US&IR=T#.Vy1BfKMRXqC#s70t9uuYAh30CGLr.97 Hundreds of Chinese parents who lost their only child are now demanding compensation www.businessinsider.com/r-hundreds-of-bereaved-chinese-protest-over-one-child-compensation-2016-4?IR=T&r=US&IR=T China's startup investment fund is bigger than the entire GDP of Denmark www.businessinsider.com/chinas-startup-investment-fund-is-bigger-than-denmarks-gdp-2016-4?IR=T&r=UK&IR=T China plans to tear down walls of gated condos and let public in www.theedgemarkets.com/article/china-plans-tear-down-walls-gated-condos-and-let-public China’s missile gambit https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-missile-gambit/2016/02/21/fc87c29a-d746-11e5-9823-02b905009f99_story.html?utm_term=.b9331253c0d1

territory region protectorate state http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/3572/what-are-province-territory-protectorate-state

About Society

sexual harassment (opens new window) human dynamics 社会学研究‌：分析群体行为（如“‌human dynamics‌ in crowd behavior analysis”）。 ‌企业管理‌：优化团队协作（如“manage ‌human dynamics‌ to boost productivity”）。 ‌人工智能‌：模拟人类交互（如“model ‌human dynamics‌ in virtual environments”）

judge（法官）和 jury（陪审团）

general public common good Policymakers should prioritize the ‌common good‌ over individual interests.（决策者应优先考虑‌公共利益‌而非个人利益。） Sacrificing personal gains for the ‌common good‌ is a core value in many cultures.（为‌共同利益‌牺牲个人利益是许多文化的核心价值。）

mega trend 大趋势”或“重大趋势” The shift toward multipolar globalization reflects a ‌mega trend‌ of geopolitical realignment.（多极化全球化的转向体现了地缘政治格局重构的‌重大趋势‌。）

About shipping

seaborne 海运

About Sports

archery 射箭运动 seesaw 跷跷板

About Tour/Culture

预约/预订 make appointment advance subscribe(订阅) 自由行 跟团 景色 景点 历史遗迹 遗址 遗产 heritage conservation natural reserves/resource natural reservoir 自然保护 preservation environmental sustainability tripod/lens http://www.thegreencorridor.org/

late arrival - belate

坐过站了 you missed your stop 过关 （游戏过关 clear a stage） 1.(通过关口) pass a barrier; go through an ordeal 2.(比喻, 通过检验) pass a test; reach a standard

Bridging service plays a key role in international communication. （桥梁服务在国际交流中起关键作用。

About Education

trade school 职业技术学校 diploma mill 文凭工厂 Governments worldwide are tightening regulations to crack down on ‌diploma mills‌.（各国政府正加强监管打击野鸡大学。）

Connect the dots when u look back Quit school but not quit study

Don't hate the education system, embrace the challenges, train your mind

Have your own judgement,Believe in your decision but don't stick to it, make adjustment accordingly Don't believe authorities blindly

Medical student who fatally poisoned his roommate as an April Fool’s joke loses his appeal against death sentence in China http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2901745/Medical-student-fatally-poisoned-room-mate-April-Fool-s-joke-loses-appeal-against-death-sentence-China.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-30/tencent-china-s-biggest-internet-company-wants-to-use-its-headquarters-as-a-testing-lab

By the age of 4, children from privileged backgrounds heard 30 million MORE WORDS than their peers under welfare. American researchers called this the 30 million word gap. Does a word gap exists in Singapore? How big is it and how do we close it? http://www.channelnewsasia.com/tv/tvshows/itfigures-s4/mind-the-gap/2307044.html

ivory tower 象牙塔 旁听 sit in

eduction endowment fundation 教育捐赠基金会

About Art

软导线雕塑 Soft wire sculptures

About Crypto

Bitcoin led to a huge number of look-alike cryptocurrencies, and most public discussion has centred around the potential for illegal or illicit uses (such as the purchase of drugs on the Silk Road website). In keeping with the ‘libertarian’ origins of Bitcoin, it has been remarked that one of the major events which propelled Bitcoin to widespread adoption was the blockade of WikiLeaks by Visa and MasterCard.

‌翻译‌: 比特币催生了大量仿效型加密货币，且公众讨论多聚焦于其潜在的非法用途（例如在“暗网丝绸之路”上购买毒品）。与比特币的“自由意志主义”起源相一致，有观点指出，推动比特币被广泛采用的关键事件之一是维基解密（WikiLeaks）遭维萨（Visa）和万事达（MasterCard）支付封锁。

About driving

beacon 烽火; 灯塔，信号浮标; 指路明灯; 警标，界标; swerve [swɜ:v] 使突然转向; 使转弯; skid 打滑; 滑行; （通常指车辆） 侧滑; （住在） 贫民区; grip 握紧，抓牢; 吸引住：吸引…的兴趣或注意力; 引起; mishap灾祸; 不幸事故; demister [ˌdi:ˈmɪstə(r)] 去雾器，除雾器; concentration 浓度; 集中; 专心; 关注; placate [pləˈkeɪt] 安抚，抚慰，使平静; 使和解，平息; manoeuvre [məˈnu:və(r)] 调遣; 操纵，控制; 诱使，策划; aquaplane [ˈækwəpleɪn] 乘滑水板滑行; （指车辆） 在积水的路面上打滑; instrument panel 仪表板 right of way road shoulder Reverse What are the normal bus lane hours on weekday evenings? 5.00pm - 8.00pm parallel continuous oncoming traffic It is illegal to reverse from a side road into a main road. three-lane carriageway you should slow down and give way as traffic converges into single lane. steering wheel Both hands should keep a light grip on the steering wheel with hands at the ten-to-two position What should you do when you are approaching a pool of water? Why must you position the front wheel of the car facing the kerb when parking on a road facing downhill? Prevent the car from rolling forward handbrake If you are dazzled by the lights of an oncoming vehicle B. slow down and stop if necessary. offset the glare by flashing your high beam. (wrong) zebra crossing? On a dual-carriageway, do not hog the middle of the road. Stationary hog hog Tyres and Tarmac Facility Signs are signs with black letters on white backgrounds with black borders When the light turns green, how many seconds should you wait before proceeding? 2 secs road hump Parallel continuous yellow lines indicate ___ at all times on that side of the road where these lines are drawn, except for immediate picking up or letting down of passengers. A. no parking A continuous white line along the centre of a road indicates B. Centre line of a two-way road. barricade lateral fluorescent beacon cruise viaduct gantry chevron obstruct abreast abide pillion conspicuous demarate overpass amber single carriageway dual one way tailgating Probation Bonnet

crest of slope 边坡顶 demarcrate

A single carriageway (British English) or undivided highway (American English) is a road with one, two or more lanes arranged within a single carriageway with no central reservation to separate opposing flows of traffic. ############# Drift horn Overtake accelerate Overtake cyclists Two way not overtake bend Place plate 2 times 13 points 24 in24 Flash amber

Overtake left lane drift horn Facing traffic 1m back Facing 1.5 m Stationary 1 m pass bike 1.5 On right lane, lorry singnal left to ur lane, wait Bike against traffic ,prepare to stop Bike behaviour unstable, give more time Downhill give way Take off handbrake Engine brake less heat 2 more eff than 3 Park down reverse upward 1 gear

Turn left narrow road or lorry, turn right Tyre puncture, swing to the side firm hold swerve Bald tyre Before Move uphill, use handbrake Downhill low gear + foot brake Pull to puncture typre

Bend Right > position more to left to have good view 6 position

Slow in built up area

Minimum third party

Avoid upcoming collision, Rip off the road

move off from slope release handbrake only torque slattered

Want to stop after junction, Signal left after turn

Downshift When freewheel skip打滑 steer wheel feel light skid Handbrake rear wheel Bald Tyre easy puncture Free wheel no engine brake Built up water and Typre called aquaplaing

Overtake from left if front car signal right turn

Never overtake cyclists when do left turning

Before bend Watch out front car distance, center the car, Gear 1 Gear 2 Brake gently, if necessary try clutch, during after bend release clutch Gear 3 Before slow down and stop Gear 1 Clutch first or clutch brake together Gear 2 Clutch shift to Gear 1, then free wheel then brake Gear 3

Before lane change Signal mirrors left lane right lane brake early Assist other car overtake intention road mark road work Keep Left lane, but some time it is for left turn only

When come to complete stop shift to gear 1 When left turn join the main road, trun head right to check traffic

Right turn wait for the go straight car

Slope half clutch the release brake Yellow box bus lane Change over

The S-course (or S-curve) is a specific maneuver taught during driving training. It involves navigating through a series of curves shaped like the letter "S," often to simulate sharp or winding roads. This type of course is designed to help new drivers practice controlling the vehicle while steering through tight turns, maintaining proper speed, and ensuring smooth handling of the car.

通用“抛锚”​​ ​My car broke down.​ We were late because our car broke down on the highway. 突发爆胎​ ​I have a flat tire.​ I need to change the flat tire before we can go on. 特指行驶中轮胎“爆裂”的瞬间 ​I had a blowout.​ He managed to control the car when it had a blowout at high speed. 发动机熄火​ ​My car stalled.​ The engine stalled at the traffic light and I couldn't restart it. 电瓶没电​ ​The battery is dead.​ 燃油耗尽​ ​I ran out of gas.​​ (美式) ​I ran out of petrol.​​ (英式) 翻车 Rollover The news reported a serious ​rollover​ accident on the highway. 引申含义：搞砸、失败​ ​Screw up I ​screwed up​ the presentation by forgetting my laptop. Flop Despite high expectations, the new product ​flopped​ in the market. Go wrong Everything ​went wrong​ during the live broadcast.

About Clothing

crew neck 圆领 ripped hole https://www.threadsmagazine.com/readerproject/2015/04/02/how-to-properly-remove-clothing-labels sewing label holes stitching

格子 checkered design 条纹 stripe （strip是脱衣舞^..^) 背心 singlet/tank top 套管running sleeve 褶状裙边 Accordion pleats （Accordion blinds褶状遮阳‘伞’） shoelace zipper collar

About healthy/Medical

dizzy and nauseous pass out

ingestion digestion absorption and elimination http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jwhorley/Digestion.pdf Digestion begins with ingestion, where the food is taken in the mouth. Digestion and absorption take place in a series of steps with special enzymes playing important roles in digesting carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids. Elimination describes removal of undigested food contents and waste products from the body.

pus‌：脓液 This pus, if it collects in large enough amounts, will bloat the etheric body(以太体（神秘学概念，指能量体或灵性身体）) leading to physical "puffiness" and water retention. ‌直译‌：“这些脓液若积聚到足够量，会使以太体膨胀，进而导致身体‘浮肿’和水分滞留。” ‌意译（医学语境）‌： “脓液大量积聚时，可能引发以太体肿胀，并表现为体表浮肿及体液潴留。” A course of treatment refers to the series of medical steps or actions taken over a period of time to treat a condition. "Course" here highlights the sequence or timeline over which the treatment occurs.

sun exposure vitamin afternoon ultraviolet light http://playgroundsafety.org/safety-tips/sun-exposure http://www.vitamindwiki.com/No+%E2%80%93+10+minutes+per+day+of+sun-UVB+is+NOT+enough

body heals body natural healing process disease transmission

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肠胃不好 流眼泪 呕吐腹泻 wrist waist thigh yawn https://tw.voicetube.com/everyday/20150715 sneeze http://www.iciba.com/%E6%89%93%E5%96%B7%E5%9A%8F 病情英文 http://site.douban.com/143903/widget/notes/7032297/note/235927406/ catch a cold, fever 卫生hygiene bacteria sterilize sanitizer 散光 胶囊 创可贴 plaster 传染给你 infect you with the flu 不停打喷嚏 sneeze snooze（打瞌睡） 嗓子哑/痒 itchy sore , sore throat 痰 phlegm 腹泻 diarrhea 消毒 浑身是汗 sweaty 药物过敏 allergic to 免疫 immune 口腔溃疡 ulcer 抽筋 I feel a cramp in my lower leg. https://hk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110220000051KK00513 眼睛干燥/痒/痛 你的眼睛发炎了。Your eyes are infected. 我的眼睛痒。I have itchy eyes. 我眼睛怪怪的，觉得不舒服，好像有异物在眼睛里。I feel an irritation as if there are foreign objects in my eyes. 我目炫。(或畏光，怕光)。My eyes are dazzled (photophobia). 我眼睛感觉钝痛。I feel a dull pain in both eyes. 好像眼底里在痛。The pain seems to come from inside of the eyes. 我眼屎很多，每天早晨醒来，眼睑上下都黏在一起。I have so much eye discharge that my eyelids stick together when I wake up in the morning. 我眼底里觉得痛，看东西的时候觉得疲累，而且流泪。I have pain inside my eyes, and feel strain in seeing and tear easily. 我的左(右)眼没有视力。I lost sight in the left (right) eye. 我的视力差多了。My vision has worsened. 在暗暗的地方，我有视力困难。I have difficulty seeing when it is dark. 我看东西模糊不清。I have blurred vision. 我看东西的时候有双影。I have double vision. 我看东西，看来小小的，又歪歪曲曲的。Objects look small and distorted. 我看到有一个黑点在我的视野里。I have a black spot in my vision. 我无法分辨颜色。I cannot distinguish the colors.

注意个人卫生 People should wash regularly to ensure personal hygiene. ulcer 口腔溃疡 diarrhea 腹泻 plaster 创可贴

Palm Numb: Refers to a sensation of numbness or tingling in the palm, often due to nerve issues or circulation problems.

fuzzy it can make your head spin.

保守治疗 整容 plastic surgery 二手烟 passive smoking secondhand smoke

chronic 慢性病

About music

Pro sound, or professional audio, is a term that refers to the equipment and technology used to produce and deliver high-quality sound in professional settings: Recording studios: For audio mastering and recording Broadcast studios: For broadcasting audio Live performances: For sound reinforcement at concerts and DJ events Theaters: For sound reinforcement and piped music Conference centers: For fixed installations Educational institutions: For fixed installations