VOA慢速英语(翻译+字幕+讲解):乌干达通过外包创造就业
日期:2013-11-05 09:00

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.

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For years, many western companies have sent important business services to India, where they can be done at lower cost. This is called outsourcing, and it has brought jobs to India. Other countries have seen the economic benefit of outsourcing and are seeking to copy the Indian model.

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For example, officials in Uganda have opened an outsourcing centre to train people in Internet technology. Their aim is to create jobs for Ugandans.

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26-year-old Flavia Aliteesa studied information technology in school. Today, she is happy to have a job but does not perform high level IT work. She says, many of her former classmates have been unemployed for years.

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"First of all, I was given an opportunity to start working, otherwise I would have been seated back home doing nothing. At least it has given me a sense of independence, since I earn and I can do something on my own," said Aliteesa.

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Flavia Aliteesa works for a company called Techno Brain, it offers business process outsourcing, or BPO, to foreign companies. The Ugandan government hopes more companies like Techno Brain will begin operating in the country.

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Uganda supports its small but growing BPO industry by giving free office space and Internet service in Kampala. The government has trained hundreds of people in the skills that BPO companies need, and plans to train thousands more.

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Many people in Eastern Africa speak English, and the area is in the same time-zone as Europe. So countries there could be good places for call centers and data processing. And says Rogers Karebi, the head of the Uganda BPO Association, labor costs in other countries are growing.

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"Quite a number of firms in India, Asia and the Middle East have stepped up their prices, so the cost of outsourcing to the initially indigenous BPO destinations is on the rise. So, quite a number of firms in the demand markets are actually looking for alternative places to outsource to," said Karebi.

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But there are big differences between Uganda and India, one of the most important is the cost of Internet service. Most experts agreed that the cost of Internet service in East Africa would eventually be lowered, but even this might not be enough.

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Stephan Manning is an outsourcing expert at the University of Massachusetts. He says, East Africa might not have anything special to offer.

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"These services need to be distinct enough so that they don't enter price competition. And that's exactly the problem. In Kenya, if you provide English-speaking call center operations, then you do nothing different than the Filipinos or India, and there's no way you can compete on costs," said Manning.

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He says it might be better for African countries to offer their services to neighboring countries. That way, he says, they would not being competition with Asia.

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And that's the VOA Special English Technology Report. I'm June Simms.

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词汇解释

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1.outsourcing n. 外包;外购;外部采办

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Then we have an outsourcing agreement we can live with.
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2.indigenous adj. 本土的;土著的;国产的;固有的

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Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.
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3.alternative adj. 供选择的;选择性的;交替的 n. 二中择一;供替代的选择

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Drivers are advised to seek alternative routes.
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内容解析

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1.Quite a number of firms in India, Asia and the Middle East have stepped up their prices

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step up 提高;增加;走近

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Their salaries have been much stepped up.
他们的工资已大大提高了+(AgWpjELq#

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He's stepping up writing his new novel.
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2.so the cost of outsourcing to the initially indigenous BPO destinations is on the rise.

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on the rise 在增加;在上涨

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This fall of prices is consequent on the rise in production.
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The numbers also demonstrate that intermarriage is on the rise.
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参考译文

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这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道iHPvbO,bV)tX|qxWq[&

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近年来,许多西方公司将重要的商业服务转到印度,因为印度的劳务成本比较低4a9QYTRq1Ya[。这就叫做“外包”,这样就把工作机会带到印度v|^b.)TgEF]W+。其他国家看到外包的经济利益,就开始复制印度的模式s7X=bwF_^jKkp@,A@

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比如,乌干达官方建立了外包中心,来培训互联网技术知识,其目的是为乌干达创造就业Ah[0&hyFG537zh

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26岁的Flavia Aliteesa在学校学习信息技术,今天她很高兴有了份工作,虽然不是从事高级的IT工作u5mtRc&#(EDjntr+=a。她说许多以前的同学已经失业多年V|Zys_pb1II1+~

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“首先,我有了机会开始工作,而不是在家里无所事事k]ic=QTIqt4I5!R。至少可以给我独立感,我能挣钱了,能独立做事w4KkgNiTQxT[。”

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Flavia Aliteesa就职于一家名叫Techno Brain的公司,该公司为外国公司提供商业流程外包(BPO)^p.8tIAKKlgMIP0。乌干达政府希望本国能出现更多这样的公司;]|!t[ZHD#@

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乌干达在坎帕拉提供免费的办公场地和互联网服务,来支持小型发展型BPO行业的发展C3,rWR3!.4+s。政府培训了数百名掌握BPO公司所需技能的人员,并准备再培训数千人Yt^uOIzqJ=+Y[MTAGkv5

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东非的很多人讲英语,该地区和欧洲时区相同lH=_x9YjufsZ。所以这些国家是呼叫中心和数据处理的好地方v4Pg2Z2h1-L1f。Rogers Karebi是乌干达BPO协会主席,他说其他国家的劳工成本在上涨%5qV+6n4~uO

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“印度、亚洲和中东的很多公司已经在涨价,所以最初这些本土的BPO目的地的成本在上涨,因此需求市场上的很多公司开始寻找外包的其他可选之地PClxE!wxqwm。”

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但乌干达和印度存在巨大的不同,其中一个就是互联网服务的成本kg;r.0[jOQ7OZP。许多专家认为东非的互联网服务成本事实上最终会下调,但即使如此仍不够VyISE!%41S(

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斯蒂芬·曼宁是马萨诸塞大学外包专家,他说东非可能没有其他的吸引点2wo)CVZK1h.[Zx#AQy

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“这些服务需要足够与众不同,这样才不会进行价格竞争,这就是问题所在_ZN|tPm]nbG。在肯尼亚,如果提供讲英语的呼叫中心业务,那么就和菲律宾或印度没有什么区别,这样就不能进行成本竞争g3J4~yv9mTq。”

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他说非洲国家最好能给邻国提供服务,这样就不用和亚洲竞争了KXg~.nTJRfN8O0Wb

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这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道,我是琼·西姆斯;^vcnIOc%^

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重点单词
  • opportunityn. 机会,时机
  • indigenousadj. 本地的,土生土长的,天生的
  • consequentadj. 作为结果的,随之发生的,合乎逻辑的 n. 推论
  • demonstratevt. 示范,演示,证明 vi. 示威
  • competitionn. 比赛,竞争,竞赛
  • alternativeadj. 两者择一的; 供选择的; 非主流的 n. 替换
  • performv. 执行,运转,举行,表演
  • initiallyadv. 最初,开头
  • associationn. 联合,结合,交往,协会,社团,联想
  • benefitn. 利益,津贴,保险金,义卖,义演 vt. 有益于,得