Despite not always knowing what exactly they mean, office workers admit to increasing use of jargon phrases.
尽管并不总是理解这些行业套话的真正含义，上班族承认他们还在持续地使用这些行业套话。
Londoners are the worst for using jargon according to research
通过调查了解到，伦敦人讲行业套话的频率最高。
The "buzz words" around modern-day offices in Britain are that they are increasingly full of jargon.
一些泛泛而谈的行业套话正不停地围绕在当今英国上班族的耳边。
"Thinking outside the box" and "it's a no brainer" are just two of the cliches that 44% of office workers admit to using.
有44%的上班族承认他们用过“跳出固有思维框架”和“这是显而易见的”这两个已经老掉牙的行业套话。
And Londoners are the worst offenders for using such terminology, with more than 37% admitting they have used buzz words to impress their colleagues.
伦敦人讲行业套话的频率最高，有多于37%的人承认他们为了给同事留下好印象，用过这些其实没什么用的词句。
Employees in the East Midlands are the most straight-talking, according to a poll for Wonga.com , which is publishing a guide to straight talking, written by author Tim Phillips.
通过 Wonga.com 网站的民意投票显示，东米德兰的上班族讲行业套话的频率最低，讲话最直接。该网站将出版一本关于如何直截了当对话的指南，该书的作者是蒂姆·菲利普斯。
"There are two rules to good communication: say what you mean, and mean what you say. Employees often complain about jargon in the office and the notorious office 'waffler' who struggles to make a clear point through all the clichés.
要进行良好的沟通要遵循两条规则：讲你所想的的，想你所讲的。雇员们经常抱怨充斥在办公室里的行业套话，并且那些试图用已是陈腔滥调的套话来表达自己观点的人在办公室很不受欢迎。
"To break down the waffle, Britons should be more straight talking when conversing with their colleagues and stop pretending to think outside of that non-existent box."
“不要再扯那些没用的行业套话了，当与同事交流的时候，说话应该更直截了当一些，还有，不要再去想如何跳出固有思维框架了，因为那框架根本就不存在。”
Politicians and TV shows are also blamed for encouraging useless jargon, with workers blaming The Apprentice and Dragon's Den for encouraging their use of nonsensical phrases.
一些政客和电视节目因鼓励民众讲无用的行话而遭到指责，电视节目《飞黄腾达》和《龙的力量》就因鼓励人们使用无意义的行业套话而遭到一些职员的指责。
Many employees say they have picked up phrases from colleagues and men, in particular, admit they use them to increase their chances of promotion.
一些职员说他们曾经有意记下他们的同事或朋友讲过的一些行业套话，进而通过使用它们来获得晋升的机会。
Surprisingly, while women do not go for that approach, the poll of more than 1, 000 people found they are guilty of using more business cliches in the workplace than their male counterparts.
令人惊讶的是，尽管女性职员不会使用上述的方法获得晋升，但在参与投票的人当中，有1000多名女性发现她们在工作场所使用那些陈词滥调的频率比他们的男性同事要高。
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