【英语趣味课堂】外购-Outsourcing
时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂
英语课
Julia: Hey Todd, just talking about your website. Do you do everything on that site, all the recordings 2, the editing, everything?
Todd: I used to. Yeah, I think up till the first, for the first six years I did everything. I did, I would record the audio that's step one. And then I would edit the audio and then I would transcribe 3 it and then after I would transcribe it, I would write the quiz and then I would find photos for the audio and then I would make the multimedia 4 which was usually Flash, then I would organise 5 it and upload it on to a web server. So, yeah, I used to do everything.
Julia: Ah, you're multi-skilled.
Todd: Yeah, well I learned from it. I learned how to do a little of everything so it was good. But now I actually outsource a lot.
Julia: What does that mean? You have other people do those parts for you?
Todd: Yeah. Like usually I have now around six to seven people around the world that help me out. So I just find people, like digital assistants online, and they specialize in one thing and then I hire them through different agencies and then they do the work for me. So it's great.
Julia: And how do you choose who you are going to use for those tasks?
Todd: Well usually what you do is you post a job on a site, you place a bid or you just post a job and then different contractors 6 post a bid and you can look at their experience and then if you find somebody that's say an audio editor or a transcriptionist or a photo editor then you hire them and you could either pay them one set fee for like one job or you can pay them by the hour and I usually pay people by the hour. So like right now I have a transcriptionist who works from Spain, she's a retired 7 secretary and she does all the transcriptions for me now so there's fewer mistakes. There's a student in America who's Chinese who finds my images and she crops them now. It's like a part time job. There's a guy in India who edits a lot of my audio now so he's a professional sound engineer.
Julia: Wow.
Todd: Yeah, and I send him the audio and he does that.
Julia: So these people are all working like freelancers 9 in their specific field?
Todd: Yeah, usually what they do is they are professional and maybe they moonlight at night, they do a little extra work or in some cases they just have a part time job and they want to make a little extra money working online or it's their career actually and they work for many people so they'll cobble together many contracts with different people. Like for example the transcriptionist, I know that she does transcription work for five or six contractors or companies so she's always busy. And actually everybody who works for me has contracted work with other people, so yeah, so it's great.
Julia: And you have direct contact with these people or do you just deal with them via the agencies?
Todd: You can. Well it's an online agency. I use a company called oDesk and I also use another company called Freelancer 8 and they can contact me through there. They usually don't like you to email directly but usually you have to give them your email and then sometimes they email me and we just, you know, contact back and forth 10. And it's great, we have, we use DropBox so DropBox is a service where we can all share the same folder 11 so we can just share files online and they do whatever work I need done and that's it.
Julia: Wow, it sounds great.
Todd: Yeah.
Julia: Convenient.
Todd: Yeah, it's great.
Julia: Are you always happy with the quality of the work you get then?
Todd: Usually most people are really good. I mean sometimes you get contractors that aren't the best but yeah it's good. And you know the thing is it doesn't cost that much money. You know you might have let's say somebody does ten hours of work one week and you know they make ten dollars an hour, I mean in some countries that's a lot of money, that's pretty good money so they get a pretty decent wage and you get really good value for your money and it's a real big help for me. I can do more with the website by outsourcing it.
重点词汇:
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recordings
Do you do everything on that site, like the recordings and editing?
A 'recording 1' is sound saved on a tape or disk and can be replayed many times. Notice the following:
How many recordings are on elllo.org?
The doctor makes short recordings after seeing each patient.
outsource
Now I actually outsource to do things on the site.
When you 'outsource,' you contract people outside your company or in another country to do a specific task. Notice the following:
We are hoping to outsource a few more jobs this year.
Do you think outsourcing is a good idea?
digital assistants
I just find people, like digital assistants online, and they specialize in one thing.
A 'digital assistant' is someone who helps you with your work via the internet. Notice the following:
Do you use digital assistants, or do the people actually work in your office?
Digital assistants are becoming more popular every year.
hire
You can find someone who's a photo editor and then you hire him.
You 'hire' someone when you contract him to do a specific job for you. Notice the following:
Our company has hired 6 new people in the last few months.
We are looking for someone to hire next month.
transcription
I know that the transcriptionist does transcription work for many different companies.
A 'transcription' is a written copy of spoken words. You can read what is said being said on an audio recording. Notice the following:
I don't think transcription would be very easy work.
Many court cases have transcription files that go with them.
cobble
They'll work for many people, so they'll just cobble together many contracts with different people.
When you 'cobble' things together, you put them together in a group or combine them. Notice the following:
We don't have much food in refrigerator, but I'm sure I can cobble together something for lunch.
It felt like the whole party was just kind of cobbled together at the last minute.
back and forth
Sometimes they email me, and we just contact back and forth.
Contacting someone 'back and forth' involves them contacting you and you responding and repeating like this. Notice the following:
Texting makes back and forth communication very easy.
My dog has so much energy that she has just been running back an forth across the yard for the last 20 minutes.
convenient
It's very convenient.
If something is 'convenient' is a very easy and accessible way to do something. Notice the following:
Do you think shopping on the internet is too convenient?
It would be more convenient if this coffee shop had a drive-thru.
1 recording
n.录音,记录
- How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间?
- I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
2 recordings
n.记录( recording的名词复数 );录音;录像;唱片
- a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
- old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐
3 transcribe
v.抄写,誉写;改编(乐曲);复制,转录
- We need volunteers to transcribe this manuscript.我们需要自愿者来抄写这个文稿。
- I am able to take dictation in English and transcribe them rapidly into Chinese.我会英文记录,还能立即将其改写成中文。
4 multimedia
adj.多种手段的,多媒体的;n.多媒体
- Multimedia is the combination of computer and video technology.多媒体是计算机和视频技术的结合。
- Adam raised the issue of multimedia applications and much useful discussion ensued.亚当提出了多媒体应用的问题,从而引发了许多有益的讨论。
5 organise
vt.组织,安排,筹办
- He has the ability to organise.他很有组织才能。
- It's my job to organise all the ceremonial events.由我来组织所有的仪式。
6 contractors
n.(建筑、监造中的)承包人( contractor的名词复数 )
- We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后,接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 retired
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
- The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
- Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
8 freelancer
n.自由职业者
- He has great interest in working as a freelancer.他对做个自由职业人很感兴趣。
- It's not always easy to make it as a freelancer.做个自由职业人,要能时常感觉满足,可不容易。
9 freelancers
n.自由作家,自由记者( freelancer的名词复数 )
- A lot of proof-reading is put out to freelancers. 校对工作有很多是请外人做的。 来自辞典例句
- Its benefits plan for freelancers is highly competitive in the industry. 在本行业内它的福利方案是很有竞争力的。 来自互联网