让你在办公室更受欢迎的5个方法

让你在办公室更受欢迎的5个方法

A common vocabulary can be an essential ingredient to creating the kind of respect, diversity and inclusiveness that many employers say they aspire to create. Here are some steps that advocates, therapists and human resources experts say can help you be a good colleague.

许多雇主表示，他们渴望创造出一种尊重、多样性和包容性，而一个通用词汇可能是创造这种尊重、多样性和包容性的基本要素。以下是倡导者、治疗师和人力资源专家说的一些步骤，可以帮助你成为一个好同事。

Do your own research. It's OK to have questions, but rather than ask a colleague to educate you, start by doing your homework. Many questions can be answered with a quick Internet search. Or a book.

自己做调查。有问题是可以的，但与其让同事教你，不如先自己做功课。许多问题都可以通过网络搜索或在一本书中快速得到答案。

Understanding things better might inspire you to advocate for other changes in your workplace. Or, at a minimum, answer questions without putting your co-worker on the spot.

深入理解这些事可能会激励你在工作场所作出其他改变。或者，至少在回答问题时不要让你的同事为难。

Use the pronouns people ask you to use. Correct yourself if you screw up. Many years of using "they" usually as a plural pronoun is hard to unlearn, but even Merriam-Webster says it's grammatically OK to use "they" as a singular pronoun.

使用别人让你使用的代词。如果你搞砸了就纠正自己。多年来，“they”通常用作复数代词，这让人很难忘记，但就连《韦氏词典》也表示，将“they”用作单数代词在语法上是可以的。

"We recently announced the addition use of they," they announced on their website in September.

他们在9月份的网站上宣布:“我们最近宣布了‘they’这个词的额外用法。”

That said, some alternative pronouns have no prior use in the English language. Take "ze" and "zir." So you could make some mistakes. If you do, just apologize and correct yourself.

也就是说，在英语中不会优先使用有些替代代词。以“ze”和“zir”为例。所以你可能会犯一些错误。如果你错了，那就道歉并改正自己。

Wherever you use names, also include pronouns. When it comes to name tags, email signatures, business cards, or just introductions at meetings, include your own pronouns.

无论你在哪里使用名字，也要包括代号。当使用到姓名标签，电子邮件签名，名片的时候，或只是在会议上的介绍，使用你自己的代号吧。

Some employers have issued guidelines asking all their workers to automatically introduce themselves by name and include their pronouns.

一些雇主已经发布了指导方针，要求所有员工主动用名字和他们的代号介绍自己。

Encourage your employer to offer gender-neutral or single-use bathrooms in the office. This can, and has been, an emotional and political hot button for the transgender community. It's where gender is most identifiable.

鼓励你的雇主在办公室里提供不分性别的厕所或分性别的厕所。对于跨性别群体来说，这可能是，也一直是一个情感和政治上的热点。这是最容易识别性别的地方。

Where bathrooms are labeled "men's" and "women's," it's also possible to relabel them as "restroom." Or, as some have done, "restroom with urinals."

洗手间被标记为“男厕所”和“女厕所”，也可以重新标记为“厕所”。或者，正如一些公司所做的，“有小便池的厕所”。

When in doubt, ask first if it's OK to ask a question. The language around people who don't identify strictly as male or female is fairly new. And each person might have their own preference. When you need to clarify, first ask whether it's OK to broach the subject, before launching in.

当有疑问时，先问一问是否可以问一个问题。关于那些不严格区分男女性别的人的言论是相当新颖的。每个人都有自己的偏好。当你需要澄清的时候，在开始之前，先问问是否可以提出这个话题。

Sometimes it might not be the right time or place for the person to discuss it, or it might be the 10th time that day they had to field that question.

有时，这可能不是讨论这个问题的合适时间或地点，或者这可能是那天他们对这个问题回答了很多次。

Finally, always be respectful of people's privacy.

最后，永远尊重别人的隐私。