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Question 1

我真的不太同意雇佣一家公司为我们做企业间谍活动。

Answer 1

I’m really having second thoughts about hiring a firm to do corporate spying for us.

Question 2

我不想做任何在道德上有问题的事情。

我们别无选择，只能这样做。我们所有的竞争对手都在进行企业间谍活动

Answer 2

I don’t want to do anything that’s ethically questionable

We have no choice but to do it. All of our competitors conduct corporate espionage.

Question 3

我可以理解监视我们的竞争对手，但让我们窥探我们自己的员工，我是有底线的。

Answer 3

I can understand spying on our competitors, but I draw the line at having us snoop on our own employees.

Question 4

除非我们走投无路了，否则我们不会。我知道你在想Hewer Placket公司雇佣调查员来寻找他们公司的漏洞。

Answer 4

We wouldn’t unless our backs were against the wall. I know you’re thinking about Hewer Placket hiring investigators to find a leak in their company.

Question 5

我相信这对他们来说是个艰难的决定，但他们不能允许自己公司的任何人泄露商业机密。

Answer 5

I’m sure it was a hard decision for them, but they couldn’t allow anyone in their own company to leak trade secrets.

Question 6

的确，这是必要的，但我不喜欢欺骗我们自己的员工。我不允许窃听或任何侵犯隐私的行为。

Answer 6

True, it was necessary, but I don’t like being deceptive with our own employees. I won’t allow wiretaps or any invasion of privacy.

Question 7

我们的首要任务是控制损失，而不是隐私。在任何情况下，我们现在都没有决定在公司内部进行间谍活动。我们只是为了获取对手的信息。

Answer 7

Our first priority would be damage control, not privacy. In any case, we’re not making a decision to spy within the company right now. We’re only after our rival’s information.

Question 8

我们聘请的调查员知道合法和非法间谍活动之间的区别。

Answer 8

The investigators we’re hiring know the difference between legal and illegal spying.

Question 9

他们会在贸易展上打探消息，搜索法律记录，以及做其他类似的事情。他们会知道在哪里划清界限。

Answer 9

They’ll schmooze at trade shows, scour legal records, and do other things like that. They’ll know where to draw the line.

Question 10

我希望你是对的。我不希望最后出现在《泰晤士报》的头版头条上。

Answer 10

I hope you’re right. I don’t want to end up on the front page of the Times!