Got Paid and a Raise? Hurrah! 老闆加薪！英文說對了嗎？

發薪、加薪、升職，這些讓人開心的事，英文該怎麼說，才不會詞不達意？下面看似正確的句子，你找得出bug嗎？下回要恭喜同事或宣布自己的好消息時，就不會不小心用錯字了！

1. I got increased pay today! (x)我今天加薪了！

2. My boss paid me today. (x)今天領薪水。

3. Congratulations for your promotion! (x)恭喜你升遷！

4. I got bigger bonus this month. (x)我這個月獎金比較多。

5. I hope I will get both bonus and increased pay. (x)真希望我能拿到獎金又加薪。

6. His good work made the boss recognize him. (x)他的工作表現獲得了老闆的賞識。

Debugged

1. I got a raise today.

這是「被加薪」最精簡的講法。不需用increased當形容詞放在pay前。也可說I got higher pay today.

2. It's payday.

直接用payday(發薪日)就可完整說出「今天領薪水」。口語中，也可說I am getting paid today. 用pay動詞的被動用法來表達get paid (領薪水)。

3. Congratulations on your promotion!

雖然for有表明原因的意思，例Thank you for helping me out.　但「恭喜別人」congratulations後面需用on，再加上原因。這句也可說成更簡單的Congratulations! You got promoted!

4. I got a bigger bonus this month.

這句乍看像沒問題，但要小心bonus (紅利、績效、獎金)是一筆一筆的來算，要加上冠詞a。

5. I hope I will get both a higher bonus and higher pay.

承上句，bonus是一筆筆來看，在英文裡是可數的。反觀pay卻不可數，要表達「加薪」，英文只需說 I got higher pay. 或 I got a raise.

6. His hard work has gained the recognition of the boss.

這個字recognition (認可、賞識)，在英文注重時態的邏輯裡，需要用到完成式has gained來清楚表達「老闆目前已認可此人的表現」。

作者： 吳青樺