【双语】加班不肯走 日本公司用无人机赶员工回家
[size=4][color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 近年来，“过劳死”已经成为日本严重的社会问题，引起各界的高度重视。迫于政府的压力，企业也开始出奇招来应对“过劳死”问题。日前，一家日本公司就计划用“音乐无人机”来驱赶加班的员工。专家表示，如果活儿没干完，回家不是一样要继续干？这就是个骗局。[/font][/color][attach]21413[/attach]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] A Japanese firm is planning to use a drone to force employees out of their offices by playing music at them if they stay to work evening overtime.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 一家日本公司计划用无人机对着晚上加班的员工播放音乐，迫使员工离开办公室。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] The drone will fly through offices after hours playing [/font][/color][i]Auld Lang Syne[/i][color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "], which is commonly used to announce that stores are closing.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 无人机在下班时间后会飞过一间又一间办公室，播放《友谊地久天长》。这首乐曲通常在商店打烊的时候播放。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] Japan has for years been trying to curb excessive overtime and the health issues and even deaths it can cause.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 多年来，日本一直试图遏制过度加班以及由此引发的健康问题，甚至过劳死。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] Experts were unimpressed, one branding it a "silly" idea.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 专家们对该公司的这一举措反应冷淡，一名专家还认为这个主意“很蠢”。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] According to Japanese media, office security and cleaning firm Taisei will develop the device with drone maker Blue Innovation and telecommunications company NTT East.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 据日本媒体报道，主营办公室安保和保洁的大成公司将同无人机制造商“蓝色创新”和电信公司NTT East联手研发这款无人机。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] The camera-equipped drone will take flights through the office space playing the famous Scottish tune.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 这款配备了摄像头的无人机将在办公区飞行，同时播放这首著名的苏格兰乐曲。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] "You can't really work when you think 'it's coming over any time now' and hear [/font][/color][i]Auld Lang Syne[/i][color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] along with the buzz," Norihiro Kato, a director at Taisei, told news agency AFP.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 大成公司的一位名叫Norihiro Kato的主管告诉法新社说：“当你想到无人机随时可能过来并将听到伴随着嗡嗡声的《友谊地久天长》，你就干不下去了。”[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] Taisei plans to start the drone service in April 2018 as a trial within their own company and later in the year offer it to others.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 大成公司计划从2018年4月起启动无人机服务，先在自己的公司试运行，然后明年晚些时候开始对外提供服务。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 这种无人机真的能有效地杜绝加班吗？来看看专家怎么说。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] "Will this help? The short answer is: no," Seijiro Takeshita, professor of management and information at the University of Shizuoka told the BBC.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 日本静冈县立大学管理和信息学教授Seijiro Takeshita告诉BBC说：“这会起作用吗？简短的回答是：不会。”[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] "It's a pretty silly thing and companies are doing this just because they have to be seen to be doing something on the problem."[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] “这种做法挺蠢的，这些公司这么做是为了让人们看到他们为了解决问题已经有所行动。”[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] The issue of excessive overtime is deeply rooted in the work culture and should be tackled from a more fundamental basis, he argues.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 这位教授指出，过度加班的深层次原因在于日本的职场文化，应该从根源解决问题。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] "Creating awareness is of course very important - but this is almost a hoax in my opinion."[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] “让大家意识到这个问题当然很重要——但在我看来这就是个骗局。”[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] Scott North, professor of sociology at Osaka University, said: "Even if this robotic harassment gets workers to leave the office, they will take work home with them if they have unfinished assignments."[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 大阪大学的社会学教授斯科特•诺斯说：“就算这个扰民的无人机迫使员工离开了办公室，如果任务没有完成，他们还是得带回家继续做。”[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] He added: "To cut overtime hours, it is necessary to reduce workloads, either by reducing the time-wasting tasks and tournament-style competitions for which Japanese workplaces are notorious, or by hiring more workers."[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 他还说：“要减少加班时间，就必须减少工作量，要么减少浪费时间的任务和日本企业间臭名昭著的荣誉之争，要么雇佣更多人手。”[/font][/color]
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[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] Japan has long been struggling to break its decades-old work culture where it is frowned upon to leave before your colleagues or boss.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 长时间以来，日本一直努力要打破延续了数十年的职场文化，在这种文化下，先于同事或领导下班是让人不悦的行为。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] The problem of long hours has even led to the coining of a new word: karoshi, or dying from overwork.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 工作时间过长甚至催生了一个新词：过劳死。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] The habit, especially among people who are new at a company, is seen as the cause of many health problems leading to strokes, heart attacks and suicides.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 普遍认为，公司员工尤其是新人过度加班的习惯导致了许多健康问题，进而引发中风、心脏病和自杀。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] In October, advertising firm Dentsu was fined for violating labour laws after a young worker killed herself. She was later found to have worked 159 hours of overtime in one month.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 十月份，广告公司电通集团的一名年轻员工自杀后，该公司因违反劳动法被罚款。后来发现，这名女员工在一个月内加班时间长达159个小时。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] Earlier this year, the government introduced Premium Fridays, encouraging companies to let their employees leave at 15:00 on the last Friday of each month.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 今年早些时候，日本政府出台了超值星期五政策，鼓励各公司让员工在每个月的最后一个星期五下午3点就下班。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] But the plan has failed to have an impact so far, with many employees saying the last Friday of the month is one of their busiest days.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 但是到目前为止，这个计划收效甚微，许多员工表示，每个月的最后一个星期五是他们最忙碌的一天。[/font][/color][/size]
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