4. The Chief, a lion,
was surprised to see that
the ant was working
without supervision.
身為老闆的獅子，非常驚奇
螞蟻能自行工作而不須監督。
5. He thought if the ant can
produce so much without
supervision, wouldn’t she
produce even more if she had
a supervisor!
他認為在沒有監督下的螞蟻生產
力是如此的好，如果有人監督的
話她的生產力應該會更好才對 !
6. So he recruited a
cockroach
who had extensive
experience as supervisor
and who was famous for
writing excellent reports.
因此他招募了有豐富經驗的
蟑螂作為監督員，蟑螂以擅
長撰寫優良報告而聞名。
8. He also needed a secretary
to help him write and type
his reports and …
他也需要一個秘書幫助他繕寫
和鍵入報告和 … …
9. ... he recruited a spider,
who managed the archives
and monitored all phone
calls.
他招募了蜘蛛，負責管理檔案
和監管所有電話。
10. The lion was delighted with
the cockroach's reports
and asked him to produce
graphs to describe production
rates and to analyse trends,
so that he could use them for
presentations at
Board‘s meetings.
獅子對蟑螂的報告非常高興並要
求他用圖表描述生產率和分析趨
勢變化，因而他能在董事會上用
這些資料來報告。
11. So the cockroach had to buy a new computer and a
laser printer and ...
因此蟑螂必須買一臺新的電腦和雷射印表機和 …
12. ... recruited a fly
to manage the IT
department.
. . 並招募蒼蠅來管理
資訊部門。
13. The ant, who had once been so productive and relaxed,
hated this new plethora of paperwork and meetings
which used up most of her time…!
曾經是很有生產力和輕鬆的螞蟻，恨透了這些耗盡她大多
數時間的過多文書作業和會議… !
14. The lion came to the
conclusion that it was high
time to nominate a person
in charge of the department
where the ant worked.
獅子做出結論這是提名螞蟻工
作部門負責人的時候了。
15. The position was given to the
cicada, whose first decision was to
buy a carpet and an ergonomic
chair for his office.
這個位置被賦予給了蟬，蟬的第一個
決定是為他的辦公室買一張地毯和一
把符合人體工學的椅子。
16. The new person in charge, the
cicada, also needed a computer
and a personal assistant, who he
brought from his previous
department, to help him prepare a
Work and Budget Control Strategic
Optimisation Plan …
新的人負責，蟬，也需要一部電腦和
一位從他原先部門帶來的個人助理，
來幫助他準備工作和預算控制策略優
化計劃…
17. The Department where the ant
works is now a sad place, where
nobody laughs anymore and
everybody has become upset...
螞蟻工作的部門現在是一個哀傷的地
方，不再有人會笑，而且大家變得抓
狂…
18. It was at that time that
the cicada convinced the
boss , the lion, of the
absolute necessity to
start a climatic study of
the environment .
就是那時蟬說服獅子上司
，強調要開始進行組織氣
候調查的绝對必要性。
19. Having reviewed the
charges for running
the ant’s department ,
the lion found out that
the production was
much less than
before.
在審查了螞蟻的部門運
作費用後，獅子發現生
產力比以前大幅減少。
20. So he recruited the
owl , a prestigious
and renowned
consultant to carry
out an audit and
suggest solutions.
所以他招募了貓頭鷹
，一位有名望和顯耀
的顧問來執行稽核工
作並建議解決之道。
21. The owl spent three
months in the
department and came
up with an enormous
report , in several
volumes,
that concluded :
“ The department is
overstaffed ...”
貓頭鷹在部門待了三個月並且產生了一份有數冊之多
的巨大的報告，結論是：「部門成員人數過多 … 」
23. The ant , of course, because she
“showed lack of motivation and had a negative
attitude".
當然，是螞蟻，因為她「顯現出缺乏做事的動機並且
態度消極」。
24. NB:
Os personagens desta fábula são fictícios; qualquer
semelhança com pessoas ou factos reais é pura
coincidência.
The characters in this fable are
fictitious; any resemblance to real
people or facts within the
Corporation is pure coincidence…
這個寓言裡的人物是虛擬的 ; 若與公司
內部任何的人物或情事雷同係純屬巧合
