现在是凌晨1点多,今天中午12点多我们的"国际巨星"木子美同志将在环市东的花园酒店接受伦敦一家报纸的采访.可喜可贺,她的国际化进程还是挺迅速的,目前正联系筹备在海外(香港和台湾)发行她的那个什么书,看来,内销转出口了,江主席的"走出去"战略还是贯彻得挺不错的.
转入正题.晚上北京的记者朋友发短信来问我能否找到翻译,说给伦敦记者采访MZM时候做准备;翻译人才肯定是有的,我这自娱自乐的三脚猫英文做翻译当然不行了;首先想到的是我们城市联盟的一位作者,在广州,是这边一大媒体集团的记者,曾经做过成功的国际人物(广东省长顾问)专访.于是抱着冒昧的心情给广州的这位记者朋友打了电话,说清楚了事情,几费周折,又MSN联系北京的那朋友,方使我们广州的记者跟身在香港的伦敦记者取得联系.搞掂!
整个联络的路径线如下:
因为涉及到当事人,我也不想怎么详细去分析整个事件的全部过程;深入了解Social Network的应用架构,用现在全球最成功的SS公司(或者叫Social Network Company)Linkedin的实际操作流程来看,一个成功的融合众多丰富资源的平台是绝对必要的,而如何去连结平台两边成一交往直线,也就是目前Linkedin的最主要的一个未来盈利点.香港------北京------广州------香港
或者简化来看,做事情总是有始有终的,而从开始到结束,都是有一个过程的;如何利用人际社会网络去缩减这个过程,提高效率,降低成本,那么就属于Social Network的应用范畴了,即如何通过此用一个更低的成本来代替原有的现实成本-----这已经涉及到创造性思维,如果思维固化的话,做事无疑死板,成本也就继续维持原有水平而无法缩减,效益也无法提高了.
很多做过销售性质的朋友都可能有深刻体会,刚入行的时候人际网络社会关系非常缺乏,开展工作很是艰难,这对于保险行业和安利公司的员工尤为重要----那么,不妨换一个思维角度,换一种工作方法,这样一来,Social Network的应用也就凸现了.那么, 信任的基础始终是个关键,如何在国内整个信用体系不完善的基础上去应用实践,这显然又是道槛,而值得庆幸的是,我们发明了BLOG.
通过这件事,我们可以学习到以下两个经验教训(学学蒋方舟:):
一.无论什么时候都要狠抓英语,尤其是流利的口语和过人的听力;不然一旦有了进军国际的大好机会,英语蹩脚无疑会带来许多麻烦.
二.正是有了这些麻烦,我们所说的Social Software和Social Network以及他们所依托的六度间隔(Six Degree of Seperation)理论才能大派用场:)
PS:英国卫报似乎由于内部行程原因没采访MZM,呵呵,可能让大伙看热闹的失望了:)同时说明下,这位即将采访MZM的伦敦某报驻香港特约记者Adam Luck曾经在英国每日电讯(Telegraph)发表题为Sex and the City... Chinese style的报道,而这篇文章是以LivingInChina的Andrea写的The Muzimei Phenomenon and its Impact on the Chinese Internet为原稿的,Andrea翻译自我们城市联盟的Owen的一篇Post.
城市联盟(Weciti)------LivingInChina------Telegraph NewspaperSmall World,isn't it?But I have to say:"Thanks, but no thanks."For these western reporters,what they focused on is not what actually happening in our real life real world,what they want is just news, any news of china.No matter what kind of news is, they just want the news be cool------Come on,all guys! Please find what the mainstream of china is, don't put all you energy on these claptrap!
Owen------Andrea------Adam Luck
BTW,Blogging in china is going very well and Mu zimei never belongs to our blog society(or exactly Blogosphere)!
所以,我个人及其他跟我有同样想法的中国人,坚决反对猎奇的外国记者!
Posted by topku at December 12, 2003 01:45 AM | TrackBack(0)有没有兴趣讨论一下翻译和blog的发展阿！
Posted by: 翻译 at March 2, 2004 12:40 AMThee best bloggg
Posted by: Creno at February 20, 2004 09:17 PM:)
nice to forgather with you & topku
you are all welcome
that's my earnest notion.
Topku, I haven't figured out what your job really is. I'll stick to it anyway. One thing I'd say that I cannot agree with you on "what they want is just news, any news of china". Maybe, for some tabloids, they just need the "any news" and fabricate it to be cool and novel. After spending some time in the foreign media circle, i think most are selective and even fastidious in terms of getting ideas. They seem unsatisfied with what you provided all the time. That really pissed me off. I should not deny that they'll sometimes distort facts and seek novelty for personal or cultural reason or maybe for "Market effect" reason, whatever. But most are responsible in terms of their attitude, especially when they are working on social issues.(Political stuff are exceptional as they contain so many ideological facts). But i'm not supporting them. I'm neutral:)
Posted by: tongee at December 16, 2003 11:50 PMHi,Silver, you must be the journalist that topku helped to find for me for that interview.
Topku has describled the process for Adam to get you.Fact is, the real process is much more complicated than what he described. So what did finally happen? Did I cause you any trouble? If so, I would say sorry. Anyway, thanks a lot.
say sorry to topku:)
i do not really help Adam for his interview with mzm,
cause he had to back to HK/London for his business,
maybe he wanted to seek novelty,maybe it just came for the news——the phenomena of mzm.
i just want to listen to mzm's words . a kind of feeling ,the lady was suffering from monophobia.
前两天得知是你生日的时候，想来留个言的，结果上不来。现在送上一句迟到的“生日快乐”，笑纳。
Posted by: Yan at December 16, 2003 01:49 PM外国媒体就是这种心态，以帮助中国人认识中国为借口，片面误导国外市民对中国的认识。以他们积累数十年的新闻技巧来操作，确实可以说是难以辨别。
Posted by: 树梢虱子 at December 15, 2003 05:22 PM"无论什么时候都要狠抓英语"
恩，努力努力！
Good Good Study,Day Day Up!
哈哈！
topku怎么开始学我的偶像了？
强烈抗议。
：）
没听她说过话，应该是带点沙的那种吧？
发音应该蛮有吸引力的
“无论什么时候都要狠抓英语,尤其是流利的口语和过人的听力;不然一旦有了进军国际的大好机会,英语蹩脚无疑会带来许多麻烦.”
说的好啊。精辟。:)
Posted by: Yan at December 12, 2003 04:01 AM