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Management Localization

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ID: 1657 Upper Intermediate
In this Chinese lesson, ChinesePod marketing manager Kay rounds off her three-point localization list with point number three: localizing management. Did you know that managers in China have to worry about issues like mooncakes and hongbao? Learn about it here.
Mon Apr 25 2011 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
管理 guǎnlǐ management
风俗习惯 fēngsúxíguàn social habits and customs
牵涉 qiānshè to involve in
文化冲突 wénhuàchōngtū cultural conflict
最后谈一下那个有关于管理的本土化的问题。
zuìhòu tán yīxià nàge yǒuguānyú guǎnlǐ de běntǔhuà de wèntí 。
Lastly I'll talk a bit about the issue of management localization.
比如说很多公司到中国来以后知道中国的一些传统习惯，比如说春节，中秋节。所以他们会在这个时候给公司发比如说给员工发一些红包。这些都是比较好的一些做法。它尽量地去符合就是当地的一些风俗习惯。
bǐrú shuō hěn duō gōngsī dào Zhōngguó lái yǐhòu zhīdào Zhōngguó de yīxiē chuántǒng xíguàn ，bǐrú shuō chūnjié ，zhōngqiūjié 。suǒyǐ tāmen huì zài zhège shíhòu gěi gōngsī fā bǐrú shuō gěi yuángōng fā yīxiē hóngbāo 。zhèxiē dōu shì bǐjiào hǎo de yīxiē zuòfǎ 。tā jǐnliàng de qù fúhé jiùshì dāngdì de yīxiē fēngsúxíguàn 。
For example, after coming to China, many companies learn about different Chinese traditional customs like Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn festival. So because of this, during those times they'll give, for example, red envelopes to their employees. This is a pretty good way of localizing. They do their best to conform to the habits and customs of the local people.
但是的话除了这些其实是不够的，有时候呢牵涉到一些在商业上面的一些非常非常就是说，关键的地方。那这些地方可能有文化冲突的问题。
dànshì dehuà chúle zhèxiē qíshí shì bùgòu de ，yǒushíhou ne qiānshè dào yīxiē zài shāngyè shàngmian de yīxiē fēicháng fēicháng jiùshìshuō ，guānjiàn de dìfang 。nà zhèxiē dìfang kěnéng yǒu wénhuàchōngtū de wèntí 。
But, if this is all you do, it's actually not enough. Sometimes this kind of thing can get involved in the business side of some very very, like, crucial areas. In those areas there may be a bit of an issue of cultural differences.
在很多国际性的大公司里面，你收的那个礼品不能超过打个比方，可能25块美金。那25块美金的话可能相当于人民币大概在200块钱不到。但是你知道现在一盒月饼的价格，往往早就超过了200块。
zài hěn duō guójì xìng de dà gōngsī lǐmiàn ，nǐ shōu de nàge lǐpǐn bùnéng chāoguò dǎgèbǐfāng ，kěnéng èrshíwǔ kuài měijīn 。nà èrshíwǔ kuài měijīn dehuà kěnéng xiāngdāngyú rénmínbì dàgài zài liǎngbǎi kuài qián bùdào 。dànshì nǐ zhīdào xiànzài yī hé yuèbǐng de jiàgé ，wǎngwǎng zǎo jiù chāoguò le liǎngbǎi kuài 。
In some very international companies the gifts you receive cost more than, for example, maybe $25 U.S. Well, if $25 U.S. is to about 200 RMB or even less. However, as you know, right now the price of a box of mooncakes is usually, beginning a long time ago, over 200 kuai.
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