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Man: So, what do you think has made you successful as a businesswoman?
那么，您认为是什么让您成为一名成功的女商人呢？
What is it that makes someone able to progress as an entrepreneur in the business world?
是什么让一个企业家在商界成长？
Woman: Well, in my case,
嗯，对于我来说，
I think it's more a reflection of my mental capacity than all the books I've read and the skills I learnt at university.
我认为心智的表达比我读的书和在大学时学的技能更加重要。
I mean I can write a good letter now but that isn't going to make me successful.
我的意思是，我现在能够写一封很不错的信件，但这并不会让我成功。
But I've got a fundamental understanding of business.
但我对做生意有了基本的了解。
I can see very easily in my mind how things are going to go.
我可以在脑海中想出事情会如何发展，这非常简单。
Man: OK. Let's move on now to talk about your career. First, you got into the soft drinks business ...
好的。我们现在来说说您的职业。您先是进入了软饮料业……
Woman: Yes ... in the late eighties.
是的……在80年代末。
But we soon found that importing drinks is a bit of a dull business - nothing much was happening,
但我们很快就发现，饮料进口是个枯燥的行业——不会发生什么要紧的事情，
so we sold up in 1991 and thought 'What shall we do now?'
因此，我们在1991年把公司出售了，之后就思考：“我们现在要做什么呢？”
We decided to go travelling for a year, but we wanted to work while travelling.
我们决定外出一年，但我们想在出行的同时进行工作。
Then when we were in Australia, we met someone in the drinks industry who had a chain of restaurants there. He took us on.
我们在澳大利亚时遇到了饮料业人士，他在那边有多家餐饮连锁店。他带我们转了转。
My brother was a waiter and I was working in the office, doing a lot of the day-to-day running of the restaurant,
我哥哥做了名服务员，我则在办公室里工作，我做了餐厅的许多日常经营管理工作，
and in doing that I learnt the basics, such as what to buy, how many chefs to employ and so on.
通过这些工作，我学到了一些基本知识，例如要买什么、要雇佣几名厨师等等。
Man: And you stayed there until 1994.
您1994年才离开那里。
Woman: Yes, then we came back here and started the Pacific Grill straight away.
是的，然后我们回到这里，马上就开了Pacific Grill餐厅。
