你是人才还是人力?
Talent or Labor?
原文: 选自＜＜小故事网＞＞
译者： 赖小琪
有个律师朋友也在学校里兼课，他常会找一些学生来做研究助理。
I have a friend who is a lawyer as well as a part-time lecturer in a college. He often employs some students to be his research assistants.
有几个年轻助理，跟着他两三年，我们也就认识了。其中有个叫做阿雅的女孩，我头一次见到她，她捧着好多档案匣，像表演特技似的，从楼梯上下来。一脸都是笑，嘴又甜，律师朋友对我说：“阿雅人很乖的。”
He had several young assistants who had been with him for two or three years and we knew each other long time ago. Among them there was a girl called Yuky. I remember the first time I saw her, she was holding a lot of file boxes and coming down the stairs as if performing tricks. She kept sweet smiles in the face and spoke lovely words. My friend said to me, “Yuky is a very good girl.”
我一直以为他对阿雅很满意，也以为阿雅毕业后会留在事务所，没想到，我有一天竟在计算机展览会的叫卖摊位上，看见了吆喝着“最后机会，割喉价!不买你会后悔”的阿雅。 “什么时候离开事务所的?”我在拥挤的人潮中，扯着嗓子问阿雅。
I had thought that my friend was very satisfied with Yuky and that Yuky would definitely stay in his law firm to work after graduation. However, unexpectedly, one day when I passed by a booth in a computer exhibition, I saw Yuky yelling, “It is the last chance! Very cheap price! You’re gonna regret if you don’t buy one!” “When did you leave the law firm?” I was squeezing through the crowd and almost crying to Yuky.
她的眼圈忽然有些红：“离开三个月了。老师说我不是干这一行的，我只好走了……”
Her eye sockets suddenly turned red. “I left the firm three months ago. The teacher said that I was not suitable to work in that line. So I have to leave……”
我听了觉得心酸，也不知道怎么安慰她，扯开嗓门问：“在这里还好吗?” “反正就是工作嘛。没差!”她努力地笑着，给自己打气。
Hearing what she said, I felt sad for her, but had little idea how to comfort her. I cried to her again, “So are you doing fine here?” “Not bad! Anyway it is also a job for me.” She tried to keep smiling and encouraged herself.
过了一段时间，我遇见律师朋友，他身边的助理变少了，也没有那种像阿雅一样笑脸迎人的类型。 “缩编啦?”我笑着问，“都看不见甜美的笑脸了。”
After some time, I met my friend again and realized that his assistants were fewer. I could not see any assistant like Yuky who always kept smiles in the face. “Are you doing downsizing?” I joked on him, “I cannot see a sweet smiling face here any more.”
朋友微笑地说：“阿雅啊，我让她离开了。她不适合做这个工作。” “是吗?我倒觉得她挺卖力的。” “卖力有什么用?我需要的是人才，不是人力。”
My friend smiled to me, “Are you saying Yuky? I had her leave the firm. She is not suitable for the job.” “Oh, really? But I think she was working hard.” I said. “Working hard is not enough for me. What I need is talent, not labor.”
我有点震撼。
I felt shocked at his words.
关于人才与人力，确实是我以前没想过的问题，我一直以为只要够投入，就能把事情做好，却忽略了专业性与准确性，人才才是最重要的。
To be honest, I seldom thought of the matter of talent and labor before. I had long held that so long as we spent enough effort on our work, we could surely do it well. I had neglected the importance of specialty and preciseness. So talent is the most important for a firm.
如果方法不对，就只是白费力气；如果不能让自己更专业，就无法成为人才，只能沦为人力。人力随处可得，人才却需要发现，需要培养。 “你可以培养她，让她变成人才啊。”我还在挣扎。
If we cannot go with right methods, what we do will only turn out to be in vain. If we cannot make ourselves more professional, we can never become a talent but only a labor. Labors can be seen everywhere, while talents need to be sought and cultivated. “You can train her to be a talent.” I still did not give up.
朋友疲倦地看了我一眼：“有些人已经设定了自己是人才，有些人无所谓，要怎么培养啊?他自己都无所谓了。”
Glancing at me with weary expressions, he said, “Some people have positioned themselves as talents while some do not care about it at all! How can I cultivate someone to be a talent if he cares little about it?”
我忽然想到阿雅在卖场说的那句话：“反正就是工作嘛。没差!”
All of a sudden, I thought of what Yuky said to me in the exhibition, so I said to my friend, “It is also not that bad. It is also a job.”
“也许就是因为都没差，才失去了竞争力吧。”
“Maybe it is because she thinks that all the jobs are not bad that she loses competitiveness.”
我终于沉默了。
I sank into silence eventually.
您认为，你是人才还是人力呢?
So are you a talent or a labor? What do you think? |
