achievement
成就 

…Thank you all for coming today. As you are all aware we are here to celebrate 35 years of continuous service by our friend and colleague James Dawson. He started as an administration officer in 1972, in our accounts department, and worked his way up the career ladder over the years, finally becoming vice president in 1989 of the company, and managing over three hundred employees. As most of you who have been working here long enough will know, it has been a long struggle to become one of the European market leaders in our field, and you may remember in 1982, when we had a huge setback, with the plans for a merger with our top rival company falling through. Because of that, we had to make some workers redundant, however James was lucky enough to keep his job. Yes, those really were the worst few years. However, we managed to get through these difficult times by working hard and James was a key player in the struggle to get us back on the path to becoming one of the largest computer manufacturing companies in Europe. One of James’s biggest strengths has been his immaculate timekeeping and organisational skills - in fact I have never known him to be without his diary! His negotiation skills and determination led to a tactful action plan to become one of the leading companies in Europe. I will never forget that day in 1987 when we had the final negotiations for the takeover of our rival company. James and his superb presenting and negotiating skills was one of the key factors to our success. The turning point in our company came with the successful takeover, and despite all the obstacles we have faced, the hard work and dedication of all our workers has made our company the success it is today. And I have to say that James, as one of our managers, has always acknowledged the work and contribution made by others. James, you rewarded your best employees with some of the best perks any company has given! Today we want to acknowledge the hard work and significant contributions which you have made. So thank you James, for your loyalty to the company and your hard work.


谢谢大家的参与。为了庆祝我们的朋友兼同事詹姆斯•道森工作满三十五年，我们今天齐聚这里为他庆祝。1972年，他在我们财务部担任行政主管，多年来，他以自己的方式不断发展自己的职业，终于在1989年当上了副总裁，管理三百名员工。我们大部分人都在这里工作很长时间了，相信都知道我们这个行业如果想在欧洲市场占领导地位的话，长期奋斗是必不可少的。还记得1982年，我们计划与顶级的对手公司合并的计划落空了，由此遭受很大打击。因此，我们得裁员，但是，詹姆斯很幸运地保住了工作。的确，那些日子很艰难，但是，我们努力工作，设法渡过困难时期。而詹姆斯在这场斗争中起到很大作用，引导我们公司重新步入轨道，并成为欧洲最大的电脑生产公司之一。精准的计时和组织能力是詹姆斯最大的优势，我认识的他可是记录薄不离身的！他的谈判技巧和果断使他能机智地制定计划帮助公司加入欧洲领先公司的行列。我永远忘不了1987年的那天，我们与对手公司谈判收购事项，而詹姆斯超群的演讲和谈判技巧使得我们获得成功。这次成功收购成为我们公司的重要转折点。无论我们面对什么困难，是我们的努力工作和奉献克服了困难，才让我们公司有了今天的成就。还有我必须讲，作为经理的詹姆斯，也很认可其他人的工作和奉献。詹姆斯，你给予表现优秀的员工最好的，其他公司给不了的待遇！今天我们认可你的努力工作，你的重大贡献。所以，我献上最深的谢意给忠诚的，努力工作的詹姆斯！