Up Close and Personal with: Jian Wang
王健的感受
In a continuation of w3.pok.ibm.com's coverage of October's National Disability Employment Awareness Month, site communications had the opportunity to talk with Jian Wang, a deaf co-op here in Poughkeepsie.
近期，本網站的工作人員有幸采訪到了10月“國家殘疾人職業宣傳月”的封面人物——現正在紐約州Poughkeepsie市IBM分公司工作的王?。@人）。
Jian started his co-op assignment this past April in the tools department. In this position, he works on various projects, including updating an existing Lotus Notes Database; developing new tools for Lotus Notes, per client requests; and supporting general tools. In order to complete these projects, Jian needs to communicate often with his coworkers, which at times poses a communication difficulty due to his deafness. While Jian and his coworkers can use Sametime and writing to communicate -- and he can arrange for an interpreter for meetings -- everyday, casual conversations amongst him and his coworkers are limited.
從今年四月份起，王健開始在IBM公司工具部門工作。在這個全新的工作崗位上，除了要升級現有的Lotus Notes Database（蓮花數據軟件）項目；開發Lotus Notes（蓮花數據軟件）新工具項目外；他的工作還涉及到了公司內部的各種各樣的計劃和項目。雖然對于一個失聰的人來說和健聽同事交流會成為一件不那么容易的事，但是為了完成這些計劃和項目，王健還是經常與同事們進行交流。平時他們用寫字和在線聊天方式進行談論任務和工作，而且在每天的例會或是其它會議上王健還會請手語翻譯到現場，但是他們之間的日常交流還是很有限的。
Recently, Jian's Manager, John Plew, and four others in his department began taking an American Sign Language class in order to better communicate with Jian and another deaf employee in their group, Al Noll. The class is once a week and runs for a 14-week period.
最近，王健的部門經理——約翰-坡祿和其他和王健在同一部門的人員一樣，為了同王健和另一位聾人——阿爾諾爾進行更好的交流，他們開始了一周一次連續十四周的美式手語（ASL）的學習。
"It's been great having Jian and Al on my team," says John Plew. "It's a real growth experience for myself and the others. I'm very proud and happy IBM has such a strong legacy of diversity hiring."
“能有王健和阿爾在這兒真是我們莫大的榮幸，” 約翰-坡祿說道?！拔液臀业耐聜儚乃麄兡抢飳W到了很多東西，我為IBM能夠這么全面的吸賢納諫感到萬分自豪。”
Jian's coworkers agree. "For me, it's been fantastic," Liza Davila states. "I've practiced signing a lot with Jian and Al, and they are really patient with me. I'm glad I can have more frequent conversations with them now." Jian couldn't be happier with seeing his coworkers reaching out to make an effort to better their relationships.
王健的同事們同意以上說法，莉莎-戴維斯說到：“能和他們交流真是太好了。我試著用手語與王健和阿爾進行交流，雖然會出些小差錯，但他們都對我很耐心指教。現在我們之間的交流越來越多，我真是非常高興?！睂τ谕聜兯龀龅呐?，王健也喜于言表。
"Casual conversation is very important for worker-to-worker relationships. More than anything, my department colleagues are making my co-op experience much more enjoyable," he explains. "I'm really happy here. Now, I am able to make new friends, go to lunch, or out after work, without having to worry about being able to communicate without an interpreter. I think it's great IBM provides their employees support and offers opportunities for talented employees with disabilities."
“日常的交流對于改善同事之間的關系是必不可少的，更重要的是，我真得很感謝我的同事，他們能使我的工作變得更有意思，”他說到：“我非常高興能在這工作?，F在，我有機會結識更多的新朋友；我們可以出去吃午飯或是下班后在外面逛逛而不用考慮是否有翻譯在我身邊。我認為能給有才能的殘疾人提供支持和機會真是IBM公司的明智之舉。”
Jian immigrated to the United States from Shanghai, China in 1995 to pursue a higher education and graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) with a bachelor's degree in information technology (I/T) in 2002. Since joining IBM, he has continued taking classes at RIT through RIT's distance learning program, working toward his master's degree in I/T. He will graduate in November 2004. 1995年，
王健從中國上海來到了美國繼續高等教育深造。2002年，他畢業了和獲得了羅徹斯特理工學院（RIT）信息技術（I/T）專業的學士學位。從在IBM工作的那一天起，他就開始通過羅徹斯特理工學院的遠程教育系統學習I/T專業的研究生課程。2004年11月他將會獲得他的碩士學位。