在工作中要敢于向主管提源于己的建议、建议、主管非常可能对你的想法赞赏有加;即使没被采纳,主管也会注意到你并赏析你的勇气。当然,应该注意提问的机会。

A: We're going to have a problem meeting the budget for the production of our new equipment.
大家拔给新设施商品的预算会有问题。

B: How much of the problem?
问题有多紧急?

A: Well, it seems that we underestimated the cosplayts. According to the factory, it will cosplayt about eight percent more than initially1 projected.
看样子大家好像低估了本钱。依据制造厂家的说法,本钱会比原计划的高出约8%.

B: Let me see... Looking at this, if my calculations are correct, we are about five thousand dollars over budget.
我看看看情况,倘若我算得没错,大家大约比预算多出了5000美金。

A: That's right. It's going to cosplayt about five thousand more to complete the first order.
是的。大约要多花5000美金来完成第一批订单。

B: I see...
我了解了

A: But if sales go as well as they should, that's still we within our profit margin2. Proceeds from sales of the first order will easily cover the cosplayt of the second order.
不过倘若销售情况有应有些表现,那就仍在大家的获利范围之内。第一批订单的收入将会比较容易就抵过第二批订单的本钱。

B: In other words, you only need a budget increase for the first order.
换句话说,你仅需增加第一批订单的本钱。

A: Exactly. After that, the product should finance itself.
完全正确。之后,商品本身就能获利,无需再增加预算。

B: Ok. Well, you know, all major budget decisions must be approved by our CEO and the financial offer.
好的,你了解,所有主要的预算决策需要经过首席实行官及财务主管的批准。

A: Yes, I know. But I thought that if I could get your support first, it might make getting approval easier.
是的,我了解。只不过我感觉假如我能先获得你的支持或许会很容易得到批准。

B: Well, you've got my support on this. I'll see what I can do to get the TOP brass3 to agree.
嗯,你已经得到我的支持了。我会看看有哪些办法可以让高层主管赞同。