休假前的交接
Dear Staff,
親愛的員工：
staff(n.)員工
This is to notify you that I will be on vacation from January 12-January 30.
此乃通知我將在1月12至30日休假。
notify(v.)通知on vacation休假中
During that time, I will be out of the country and unavailable on my phone.
期間，我將會出國且無法接電話。
unavailable(adj.)無法做某事的
I will be checking my email, but only every few days, and since I will also be in a different time zone, you can expect a delay in my responses.
我將會待在不同的時區且每幾天只收一次信，所以我的回覆將會延遲。
time zone時區expect(v.)預期delay(n.)延遲response(n.)回應
My suggestion is that if you should need anything, you can contact Janice, my secretary.
我的建議如下：如果你有任何需求，請與我的秘書珍妮絲聯繫。
suggestion(n.)建議contact(v.)聯絡secretary(n.)秘書
She will be on call and on duty throughout the time I am away.
在我休假時，她將會全程代理並且待命。
on call待命on duty工作中throughout(prep.)從頭到尾
If you feel there is something of great importance that needs to be attended to urgently, please speak with Janice first.
如果你覺得有任何急需處理的重要事宜，煩請先向珍妮絲說。
importance(n.)重要attend(v.)處理urgently(adv.)緊急地
She can then direct you to another office manager if she feels like a higher authority is warranted.
如果她覺得需要請示更高層，她會將你轉至其他辦公室的主管。
direct(v.)指引authority(n.)權力warrant(v.)有必要
Kind regards,
致上我親切的問候，
Mike Hawthorne
麥克霍桑