逃避责任或者怠惰工作（按照美国人的称呼方式）的第一道原则总是显得努力在工作。这是古老的把夹克搭在椅背把戏，留着一件外套永远地展示着，这样一个休闲的观察者，例如一个通过走来走去来执行管理的CEO，将会假设你是第一个抵达以及最后一个离开的。
The first principle of skiving of shirking, as Americans call it, is to always appear hard at work. It's[/This is] the ancient jacket-on-the-back-of-the-chair trick, leaving a coat permanently on display so that a casual observer, a CEO pracising managing by walking around, for example, will assume that you are the first to arrive and the last to leave.
第二道原则是信息技术既是偷懒这的最好朋友也是他的最致命敌人。桌上电脑是给好逸恶劳者定制的，你可以给出所有正在努力工作的印象，而实际上你正做着你的购物，预定度假，或者在网路波浪中玩耍。而感谢移动技术，你现在可以继续玩耍，与此同时在开会时加入露面时间。还存在着另一种高技术版本的夹克把戏，设置你的电邮在晚上12:30或者早上5:30自己发送，给你的经理们留下你是一个斯达汉诺夫式工人（Stakhanovite苏联苦工）的印象。但是IT也存在着黑暗的一面，一项估算暗示世界各地有2700万雇员的网络使用遭到监控。处理这种威胁要求警惕，尽你一切所能来隐藏你的浏览历史。
The second principle is [that information technology is] both [the] slacker's best friend and his deadliest enemy. [The] PC is custom-made for the indolent, you can give every impression of being hard at work while[/when] in fact you are doing you[r] shopping, booking a holiday, or [otherwise] frolicking in the cyber-waves. And thanks to mobile technology, you can now continue to frolic while putting in face time [in] meetings. There is also a high-tech version of the jacket trick, programming you[r] e-mails [to send themselves] [at] half past midnight or 5:30am /to be sending themselves/ to give your managers [the] impression that you are a Stakhanovite. But there is also a dark side [to] IT, an[/one] estimate suggests that 27 million employees/'s internet use/ around the world [have their internet use] /being/ monitored. Dealing with this threat requires vigilance, do/ing/ everything you can to hide your brows[ing] history.
第三道原则是你应该永远试图找一份工作，输入和输出没有清楚关系的那种。公共部门显然是懒惰者的天堂。2004年，要花费任何人两天时间才注意到一个芬兰的税收检察员死在他的桌边。2012年，一个德国公务员在退休时写了一份告别信息，坦言说他在过去14年没有干过一丁点工作。
The third principle is that you should always try to find[/get] a job where there is no clear connection[/relation] between input and output. The public sector is obviously a skiver's paradise. In 2004, it took /anyone/ two days [for anyone] to notice that a Finnish tax inspector [had] died at his desk. In 2012, a German public[/civil] servant wrote a farewell message [to his colleagues], [on] his retirement, confessing that he had't done a stroke of work [for] the past 14 years.
怠惰的最后一项原则是你不应该允许你对休闲的偏爱限制到你的野心。太多的怠惰着仍然被一个古老的迷思给迷惑住，那就是努力和奖励之间是有联系的。它（迷思）在工资级别的最高处和最底部最为流行。
The last[/final] principle of skiving is [that] you should not allow your preference for leisure to limit your ambition. Too many skiver are still bewitched by an ancient[/old] myth that there is a connection between effort and reward. It is mot prevalent [at] the [very] top and the bottom of the pay scale.
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skiving/a skiver/shirking/the indolent/a slack
the first/second/third/final principle
always to appear hard at work/give every impression of being hard at work
ancient jacket-on-the-back-of-the-chair trick/leave a coat permanently on display/a high-tech version of the jacket trick/programme your e-mails to send themselves at half past midnight or 5:30am
assume you are the first to arrive and the last to leave./give your managers the impression that you are a Stakhanovite
a casual observer, a CEO practising managing by walking around
information technology/IT/best friend and his deadliest enemy
PC is custom-made for the indolent
doing your shopping, booking a holiday or otherwise frolicking in the cyber-waves
mobile technology/putting in face time in meetings
there is a dark side to
have their internet use monitored
requires vigilance, do everything you can to hide your browsing history
no clear relation between input and output/there is a connection between effort and reward
ancient/old
public sector / a Finnish tax inspector / a German civil servant
a farewell message to his colleagues/ on his retirement
do a stroke of work
should not allow your preference for leisure to limit your ambition
prevalent at the very top and bottom of the pay scale.
