美国IBM 报道王健事迹（来自中国上海的聋人）

(转载)美国IBM 报道王健事迹（来自中国上海的聋人）

Up Close and Personal with: Jian Wang
王健的感受

In a continuation of w3.pok.ibm.com's coverage of October's National Disability Employment Awareness Month, site communications had the opportunity to talk with Jian Wang, a deaf co-op here in Poughkeepsie.
近期，本网站的工作人员有幸采访到了10月“国家残疾人职业宣传月”的封面人物——现正在纽约州Poughkeepsie市IBM分公司工作的王健（聋人）。

Jian started his co-op assignment this past April in the tools department. In this position, he works on various projects, including updating an existing Lotus Notes Database; developing new tools for Lotus Notes, per client requests; and supporting general tools. In order to complete these projects, Jian needs to communicate often with his coworkers, which at times poses a communication difficulty due to his deafness. While Jian and his coworkers can use Sametime and writing to communicate -- and he can arrange for an interpreter for meetings -- everyday, casual conversations amongst him and his coworkers are limited.
从今年四月份起，王健开始在IBM公司工具部门工作。在这个全新的工作岗位上，除了要升级现有的Lotus Notes Database（莲花数据软件）项目；开发Lotus Notes（莲花数据软件）新工具项目外；他的工作还涉及到了公司内部的各种各样的计划和项目。虽然对于一个失聪的人来说和健听同事交流会成为一件不那么容易的事，但是为了完成这些计划和项目，王健还是经常与同事们进行交流。平时他们用写字和在线聊天方式进行谈论任务和工作，而且在每天的例会或是其它会议上王健还会请手语翻译到现场，但是他们之间的日常交流还是很有限的。

Recently, Jian's Manager, John Plew, and four others in his department began taking an American Sign Language class in order to better communicate with Jian and another deaf employee in their group, Al Noll. The class is once a week and runs for a 14-week period.
最近，王健的部门经理——约翰-坡禄和其他和王健在同一部门的人员一样，为了同王健和另一位聋人——阿尔诺尔进行更好的交流，他们开始了一周一次连续十四周的美式手语（ASL）的学习。

"It's been great having Jian and Al on my team," says John Plew. "It's a real growth experience for myself and the others. I'm very proud and happy IBM has such a strong legacy of diversity hiring."
“能有王健和阿尔在这儿真是我们莫大的荣幸，” 约翰-坡禄说道。“我和我的同事们从他们那里学到了很多东西，我为IBM能够这么全面的吸贤纳谏感到万分自豪。”

Jian's coworkers agree. "For me, it's been fantastic," Liza Davila states. "I've practiced signing a lot with Jian and Al, and they are really patient with me. I'm glad I can have more frequent conversations with them now." Jian couldn't be happier with seeing his coworkers reaching out to make an effort to better their relationships.
王健的同事们同意以上说法，莉莎-戴维斯说到：“能和他们交流真是太好了。我试着用手语与王健和阿尔进行交流，虽然会出些小差错，但他们都对我很耐心指教。现在我们之间的交流越来越多，我真是非常高兴。”对于同事们所做出的努力，王健也喜于言表。

"Casual conversation is very important for worker-to-worker relationships. More than anything, my department colleagues are making my co-op experience much more enjoyable," he explains. "I'm really happy here. Now, I am able to make new friends, go to lunch, or out after work, without having to worry about being able to communicate without an interpreter. I think it's great IBM provides their employees support and offers opportunities for talented employees with disabilities."
“日常的交流对于改善同事之间的关系是必不可少的，更重要的是，我真得很感谢我的同事，他们能使我的工作变得更有意思，”他说到：“我非常高兴能在这工作。现在，我有机会结识更多的新朋友；我们可以出去吃午饭或是下班后在外面逛逛而不用考虑是否有翻译在我身边。我认为能给有才能的残疾人提供支持和机会真是IBM公司的明智之举。”

Jian immigrated to the United States from Shanghai, China in 1995 to pursue a higher education and graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) with a bachelor's degree in information technology (I/T) in 2002. Since joining IBM, he has continued taking classes at RIT through RIT's distance learning program, working toward his master's degree in I/T. He will graduate in November 2004. 1995年，
王健从中国上海来到了美国继续高等教育深造。2002年，他毕业了和获得了罗彻斯特理工学院（RIT）信息技术（I/T）专业的学士学位。从在IBM工作的那一天起，他就开始通过罗彻斯特理工学院的远程教育系统学习I/T专业的研究生课程。2004年11月他将会获得他的硕士学位。