设计师生存手册：教你如何识别潜台词【UXRen译#229】

由宝珠 · 发布日期 2018-05-09 · 已更新 2019-04-09

作者：Guy Ligertwood | 翻译：Leila 审校： David

头图来自Unsplash（MarionMichele）

在数字化的工作环境里，我注意到人们常常会说各种套话。套话中隐含着一些他们真正想要表达的被动、犀利的潜台词，我觉得这很有趣。

潜台词指某人言语或行为里的隐藏含义。潜台词的含义才是人们真正想表达的意思。当他们用潜台词描述一件事的时候, 其实意指另一件事。

图片来自Thesaurus.plus

对应下面这份生存手册，来看看你的同事究竟在说什么吧：

1

“不, 没有任何一个主意会是坏主意啦”=

“这就是一个坏主意”

“No, there are no bad ideas”= “That was a bad idea”

2

“欢迎反馈意见”=

“欢迎反馈意见，但别没事找事”

“All feedback is welcome”= “Feedback’s welcome, just don’t be a wanker about it”

3

“我在家上班，您可以通过任何渠道联系到我”=

“我在家工作, 请别来打扰我”

“I’m working from home, you can ping me on all channels”= “I’m working from home, please leave me alone”

4

“这符合我们的视觉语言吗？”=

“这看起来简直一团糟”

“Does that fit our visual language?”= “That looks a bloody muddle”

5

“我是一名产品设计师”=

“UX已经过气了”

“I’m a Product Designer”= “UX is old news champ”

6

“这是iOS/Android的使用规范哦”=

“苹果/谷歌即正义”

“That’s a standard pattern for iOS / Android”= “Please don’t argue with Apple / Google”

7

“感谢您的反馈，我会把这一点记录下来”=

“我听到了，但最后还是会选择忽略掉它”

“Thanks for the feedback, I’ll keep that in mind”= “I’ll listen, but choose to ignore that”

8

“我们会把它放入待办事项的”=

“这是你跟它的最后一面了”

“We’ll put it in the backlog”= “That’s the last you’ll ever see of that”

9

“这是一个很棒的主意，但是……”=

“我会先让你感觉良好，然后再礼貌地把你撕成碎片”

“That’s a great point but…..”= “I’ll make you feel good, then politely tear you to shreds”

10

“能看到这方面的数据才就好了”=

“我非常肯定你这是错的”

“Would be good to see the data on that”= “I’m pretty bloody positive you’re wrong”

11

“我没有收到会议邀请啊”=

“我没有兴趣参加那次会议”

“I didn’t get the calendar invite for that meeting”= “I had no interest whatsoever going to that meeting”

12

“你说得对，但是…….”=

“你错了”

“You’re right but….”= “You’re wrong”

13

“我们的黑客日肯定很棒，我们会安排好、准备好所有东西”=

“等这个黑客日一结束，我们就再也不会提它了（除非在公司的公关部门）

“Our hack day’s going to be great, we’ll build it and everything”= “Once this hack day’s done, we shall never speak of it again (except in company PR)”

14

“我们先把这个放一边吧”=

“你他喵的能别再说那些废话了吗”

Let’s take this offline= “For f#*ks sake can you shut up about that crap”

15

“这是一个非常高水平的会议，你不需要在那里”=

“这会议你这种级别不用参加”

“It’s a pretty high level meeting, you probably don’t need to be there”= “This meeting’s a bit above your station”

16

一个同事接手了你的电脑：“我能试一下吗？”=

“天哪，我才没有时间看你瞎忙活”

A colleague taking charge of your computer “Can I drive?”= “Jesus, I don’t have time for this crap”

17

“我们是敏捷开发。”=

“并没有那么敏捷啦，我们只不过是迷你瀑布流开发。”

“We’re agile”= “We’re not very agile, more like mini waterfall”

18

“你有没有尝试过比如……？”=

“你还是试试别的方案吧，这个点子简直太糟了。”

“Have you explored the idea of ……”= “You need to try something else, this idea’s bloody awful”

19

正在开一个会中说：“我需要去另一个会议。”=

“我受不了了，这什么鬼。”

While in a meeting “I need to go to another meeting”= “I can’t be arsed with this shit”

20

在一个会议中途，接了个电话并走了出去。=

“没错，我可是超级重要的人物。”

While in a meeting, take a phone call and walk out= “Yes, I’m pretty bloody important”

21

“这个设计在手机移动端看起来怎么样？”=

“我在挑你毛病。”

“How does that design look in mobile web?”= “I’m trying to catch you out”

22

“Invision sync / One Drive / Dropbox都怪这些云储存把我的文档弄的乱七八糟的”=

“卧槽，我完全忘记做这个了。”

“Invision sync / One Drive / Dropbox has screwed my files up”= “Shit, I totally forgot to do that”

23

“我在家上班”=

“我刚面试完”=“我正躺在床上”=“我余醉未省”

“I’m working from home”= “I’ve got an interview”= “I’m in bed”= “I’m hungover”

24

（语气松散地说）“我的火车运行缓慢，我可能会迟到”=

“我睡过了，正在挣扎着走出屋子”

(in slack) “My train is running slow, I’ll be in late”= “I slept in and am struggling to get out of the house”