Intermediate - The Plight of a Designer (C2469)

A: 王总,您好啊。这次的设计稿您觉得怎么样?
WángZǒng, nínhǎo ā. zhè cì de shèjìgǎo nín juéde zěnmeyàng?
Hello,Manager Wang. What do you think of this design draft?
B: 看起来还行,但是总和我心里想的不一样。
kàn qǐlái hái xíng, dànshì zǒng hé wǒ xīn lǐ xiǎng de bù yīyàng.
It looks not too bad, but always different than what I imagined.
A: 您有什么想法,可以告诉我。
nín yǒu shénme xiǎngfǎ, kěyǐ gàosu wǒ.
You can tell me whatever ideas you have.
B: 这个我也说不清楚。感觉缺点什么。
zhè ge wǒ yě shuō bu qīngchǔ. gǎnjué quē diǎn shénme.
I can't say exactly what it is. I feel it is missing something.
A: 上次您说感觉风格太简单了,所以这次我加入了更多的视觉元素。用户交互也更加复杂。我给您看一下。
shàngcì nín shuō gǎnjué fēnggé tài jiǎndān le, suǒyǐ zhècì wǒ jiārù le gèngduō de shìjué yuánsù. yònghù jiāohù yě gèngjiā fùzá. wǒ gěi nín kàn yīxià.
Last time you said that you felt the style was too simple, so I added more visual elements this time. The user interaction is also more complex. I'll let you take a look.
B: 太复杂了,用户会不会不喜欢?
tài fùzá le, yònghù huì bùhuì bù xǐhuan?
It's too complicated. Won't the users not like it?
A: 那我改一下这个部分,删掉一些。
nà wǒ gǎi yīxià zhè ge bùfen, shāndiào yīxiē.
Then I'll change this part, and that'll take it out a bit of the complexity.
B: 这个颜色……
zhè ge yánsè……
This color.....
A: 这是橘色的,是您喜欢的暖色调。
zhè shì júsè de, shì nín xǐhuan de nuǎnsèdiào.
This is orange. It's the warm tones that you like.
B: 虽然我喜欢暖色,但是这个好像太鲜艳了。
suīrán wǒ xǐhuan nuǎnsè, dànshì zhè ge hǎoxiàng tài xiānyàn le.
Although I like warm colors, this seems too bright.
A: 啊,好。那换成米色的,您觉得怎么样?
ā, hǎo. nà huàn chéng mǐsè de, nín juéde zěnmeyàng?
Oh, ok. Then I'll change it to something more cream-colored. What do you think of that?
B: 行吧。不过这已经是第五版了,我怕时间来不及,要不我们还是用第一版算了。
xíng ba. bùguò zhè yǐjīng shì dì wǔ bǎn le, wǒ pà shíjiān láibují, yàobu wǒmen háishì yòng dì yī bǎn suànle.
That's alright. But this is already the fifth version. I am afraid there's not enough time. How about we just forget it and use the first version after all?
A: 啊?行,行。
ā? xíng, xíng.
Huh? Ok, ok.

Key Vocabulary

设计稿 shèjìgǎo design draft
zǒng always
想法 xiǎngfǎ thought
quē to lack
风格 fēnggé style
视觉 shìjué visual
元素 yuánsù element
交互 jiāohù interaction
gǎi to change
部分 bùfen part
橘色 júsè orange
暖色调 nuǎn sèdiào warm tones
鲜艳 xiānyàn bright
不过 bùguò but, only
来不及 láibují not enough time
算了 suànle forget it, leave it at that

Supplementary Vocabulary

设计师 shèjìshī designer
客户 kèhù customer
脑子 nǎozi brain,mind
缺点 quēdiǎn weak point
中性 zhōngxìng neutral
版本 bǎnběn edition,version
跨文化 kuàwénhuà intercultural
字体 zìtǐ script, font
团队 tuánduì team

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