英譯中
?Information and communications are central to modern society and organizations. One approach to understand the working environment is to consider an organization as a communications system. An organization that has open lines of communication with valid, honest information going up, down, and throughout the organization will be much more effective and a much better place to work than the organization that attempts to restrict the flow of information or distort and deceive. When leadership attempts to keep workers in the dark, workers tend to become distrustful. This undermines their cooperation.
?It is easy to understand the value and importance of open, honest communications and valid information. Yet, few organizations are able to function in this manner. In the long run, poor communication will undermine the entire organization. Restricting communication and distorting information are symptoms of short-range thinking. We must avoid these stupid, short-sighted traps and constantly strive for and open communications system with objective information.
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信息和交流對現代社會和機構是非常重要的。瞭解工作環境的一個方法是把一個機構看作一個交流系統。如果一個機構有着公開的交流渠道，內部上下溝通，信息真實可靠，那麼它就是頗有工作效能的，在這裏工作比在一個企圖限制信息交流或進行歪曲和欺騙的機構中工作要好得多。領導如果什麼事情都不對員工講，員工就會對領導不信任。這就破壞了他們的.合作。
懂得公開真誠的交流和可靠信息的價值和重要性是不難的。然而，只有極少數的機構可以做到這點。從長遠來看，交流不好，會破壞整個機構。限制溝通和曲解信息是短期行爲的思路。我們必須避免這些愚昧、短視的陷阱，不斷地努力營造一個以客觀信息爲基礎的溝通體系。
中譯英
中華民族歷來愛好自由與和平。中國人始終希望天下太平，希望同各國人民友好相處。中國人民在近代飽受戰爭和侵略的痛苦，更深感自由與和平的珍貴。任何一個國家建設和發展，都需要一個和平穩定的國際國內環境。任何一個國家和民族的自由，都是一切個人自由的前提和基礎。我們希望各國人民都生活在沒有戰爭和暴力的世界裏，希望各國人民都能享有不被人壓迫、歧視和欺凌的自由。
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The Chinese people have been a freedom-and-peace-loving nation. They have always hoped for the world to be at peace and the peoples of various countries to co-exist peacefully. Having suffered from wars and foreign aggression in modern times, the Chinese people treasure freedom and peace all the more. Every nation needs a peaceful and stable international and domestic environment for its construction and development. The freedom of a country or nation is the prerequisite and base of the freedom of any individual.
We hope that all nations can live in a world free from war and violence and that people from all parts of the world can enjoy freedom without oppression, discrimination, bullying and humiliation.
