想到聯合國工作嗎? 看看都需要些什麼條件!
The United Nation (UN) held an entrance exam in Beijing last Wednesday. The exam is part of an initiative to recruit young professionals into the international organization.
上週三，聯合國在北京舉行了一場招聘考試。這場考試是招募年輕專業人士到進入該國際組織計劃的一部分。To work at the UN, one has to pass the language test and has the ability of adaptation to multicultural environment, and familiarity for the operation rules of the UN, explains Zhang Dan, vice-president of the U.N. Association of China(UNAC).
據聯合國中國協會副主席張丹表示，要想到聯合國工作，你必須通過語言測試、具備適應多元文化環境的能力，並且熟悉聯合國的運作規則。About 5,000 candidates will sit the exam, including the UN staff. Each year as many as 50,000 people apply for the exam, says the Central Committee organizing the examination. Candidates from around 60 countries took the exam, with at most 40 places for each country in a department.
此次共有5000名考生參加了這一測試，其中還包括聯合國的工作人員。據組織考試的中央委員會表示，每年都有多達50000人申請參加考試。來自全球60個國家的考生會參加該考試，每個國家在一個部門內最多有40個名額。
In China, highly competitive examinations are no strangers to the thousands of the hopefuls taking the exam. This exam falls within months of both the Chinese National Civil Service Examination and the Beijing Civil Service Examination.
在中國，高競爭性的考試對那成千上萬有希望參加這一考試的人們來說並不陌生。這場考試距中國國家公務員考試和北京公務員考試結束不到一個月。This year the UN recruits for economic affairs and information and telecommunication technology, reported .
據《澎湃新聞》報道，今年聯合國招募的是經濟事務以及信息和通信技術方面的人才。"I work in a bank, it's been hard for me to finish the exam though I've prepared for them according to the reference books," says an applicant from south China's Guangdong Province.
據廣東一名考生表示：“我在一家銀行工作，儘管我已經根據參考書做好了準備，但是對我來說完成考試仍然很困難。”The written exam takes four and a half hours and evaluates language and knowledge ability.
筆試時間爲4個半小時，測試的是考生的語言和知識能力。The first part tests the applicants' substantive knowledge, analytical thinking and drafting abilities and must be written in either English or French.
第一部分考驗的是考生的基本知識、分析思維和寫作能力，考試必須用英語或者法語來作答。The second part must be written in any of the six official UN languages (Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Russian).
第二部分則必須用6種聯合國正式語言（漢語、英語、法語、西班牙語、阿拉伯語和俄羅斯語）來作答。A Beijing applicant said they had to answer questions about two treaties relating to cross-border crime and corruption, and the Nash theorem. There were 50 choice and 11 subjective questions.
據一名北京考生表示，他們必須回答兩份有關跨境犯罪和貪污腐敗的條約以及納什定理。試卷共有50個選擇題和11個主觀題。The exam is only the first part of the recruitment process, passing it means an interview including a competency-based evaluation.
筆試只是招募過程的第一部分，通過該考試意味着你可以進入一個包括基於能力評估的面試。For those who might not make it into the programme, an internship is a possible and easier option.
對於那些沒能參加考試的人來說，到聯合國實習是一個可能而且更加容易一些的選擇。The UN secretariat has 41,000 members of staff. The Chinese account for 461 and work mostly as translators or general service providers. Only around 70 of them engage in direct management and decision making, according to theUNAC.
聯合國祕書處共有41000名工作人員。其中中國人有461個，主要擔任翻譯或者提供一般性服務。據聯合國中國協會表示，只有大約70人蔘與到了直接管理和決策。
