在外企工作英语要好到什么程度？

How good your English has to be to succeed in a multinational company?

[摘要]外企工作氛围开放，职业前途光明，很多人梦寐以求的求职目标。那么，英语要好到什么程度才能在外企如鱼得水呢？本文总结了3种有效的方法助你进入外企工作做好充足的语言准备。

    It is a lot of people’s dream to work in a multinational company because of its open working environment and good career future. But what English level should you achieve to be qualified to get a position there?

外企工作氛围开放，职业前途光明，很多人梦寐以求的求职目标。那么，英语要好到什么程度才能在外企如鱼得水呢？

Here are three tips to help whoever wants to work in a multinational company be prepared.

本文总结了3种有效的方法助你进入外企工作做好充足的语言准备。

Get to know the basic business English in your industry. As we all know, different industries will have diverse areas of English usage. Therefore, you should learn as much English terminology related to your profession as possible.

了解你所在行业基本商务英语。行业不同应用的英文领域就会有所不同；因此，在外企工作应该多了解与自己行业相关的专业用语，有利于工作上更好地沟通。

范例：Vincent successfully received an offer from a famous foreign bank. His friends congratulated him and asked him the reasons at the same time. Vincent said that he used his spare time to study relevant industry information in the library and practiced reciting business English for two months. Also, a friend introduced him to a group to improve his communication with others in the same industry. In this way, he could ask peers for advice at any time.

Vincent成功收到某外资银行offer，朋友们纷纷祝贺他并向他取经。Vincent说这两个月他每天利用业余时间到图书馆查阅外资银行相关的行业资讯以及背诵行业相关英语。除此之外，他经朋友引见加入了外资银行同行群，以便有问题随时请教前辈

Oral skills and public speaking skills are essential competencies for promotion in multinational companies. The higher you go the more important they become. In business, you need to make sure that your English is good enough to be able to express the major points of what you think clearly.

英语口语能力是在外企扎根的基础。职位越高，对英语的流利程度就要求越高。在日常的商务交流中，能够用英文逻辑清晰地表达你的主要观点和想法非常关键。

范例：Oscar knew well that his weakness was English expression. In order to improve it, he went to a public speaking training course on weekends. In addition, he always participated in group discussion in regular meetings and encouraged himself to express opinions actively. The boss admired his efforts and progress. Oscar was soon promoted as HR manager.

Oscar深知英文表达是自己的弱点，他周末会参加演讲培训班，强化训练自己的演讲表达技巧，并且在平时的会议中主动参加小组讨论，积极把各种的想法地表达出来。老板非常欣赏Oscar的直率与努力。很快，Oscar顺利晋升为人力资源经理。

In a multi - cultural environment like a multinational company, cross - cultural communication skills are particularly important. There are various features in different countries such as language, etiquette, cuisines, thinking styles and so on. This means we have to make sure we understand the difference and able to deal with it by proper behave and languages

在外企这样多文化环境中，跨文化沟通能力尤其重要。在不同中，无论是语言，礼仪，饮食，价值观，思维等等都存在着多样性的特点,这意味着我们要有能力求同存异，并以恰当的方式应对。

范例：Amy always felt confused about why she couldn’t communicate effectively even though her oral English was fluent.She lost some opportunities. Afterwards, she found out the reason was that there were different educational styles between eastern and western countries. Orientals speak implicitly while westerners advocate individualism and think independently. Accordingly, Amy always watches foreign movies and reads original novels in her spare time. In the future, she will travel aboard to experience different cultures. In the meantime, she meets lots of friends from different countries which helps her understand more about peoples’ opinions from diverse cultural background.

Amy一直很困惑，她觉得自己的口语表达已经很流利了，但还是不能很好地沟通，也因此而错失了很多机会。后来发现是因为东西方不同的教育方式经常会引起误会。东方人表达含蓄，而西方文化崇尚个性张扬和独立思维；于是Amy在每个假期都会出国旅行结交不同的朋友，去了解各种文化背景下人们对生活的态度，对事情的看法。

Understanding the basic operating rules of a multinational company will definitely help you get promoted and increase your success rate.

了解并运用外企的生存法则，助你在外企生职加薪的机率就会大大增加。