職場英文口語 第221期:如何堅持立場(2)

Another way of saying reinstate is he's got to 'reverse his decision'.

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復職的另一種說法是reverse his decision（改變決定）。

It means Paul has got to make an awkward call to Denise.

這意味着保羅得給丹尼斯打電話了，有點尷尬了。

Look Paul, you're going to have to call her and tell her you've made an error… a huge one actually.

保羅，你要給她打電話，告訴她你犯了個大錯誤。

It wasn't that huge?Actually… Anna, you're her good friend, would you like to call her?

沒那麼嚴重吧？安娜，你是她的好朋友，你給她打吧？

Me? ! B-b-but I can' a coward!I think it's time to stand your ground Anna.

我？但我不行。這個膽小鬼！安娜，你得堅持自己立場。

Tell him "You're the boss, I think it's better coming from you", and remind him "it was your decision so you need to explain the situation", and remind him "this is your responsibility".

告訴他“你是老闆，由你來打會更好”。提醒他“這是你的決定，所以你得自己解釋清楚”，“這是你的責任”。

You could suggest he says "I'm sorry, I made a mistake and we would love to have you back."OK.

你可以建議他說“對不起，我錯了，我們希望你回來。”好的。

Do you know what Paul, I think the news is better coming from you… just to make it official.

保羅，你知道嗎，我覺得你打電話會更好，顯得很正式。

Yeah Paul, you are the boss after all.

是啊，保羅，畢竟你是老闆。

And it was your decision in the first place so you need to explain that the situation has changed.

而且當初決定解僱她的是你，所以你得自己去解釋情況。