Diversity training has existed for quite a while in some form or another, although different labels were used to refer to it. Perhaps the most globally shared label is cross-cultural training.
多样化培训已经以某种或某几种形式存在很长时间了,尽管冠以的名字不同。或许在世界范围内最被认同的一种说法是跨文化培训。
Race relations training and multicultural1 education are common labels used in the United States. As the labels suggest, persity training aims to combat racism2, sexism, exclusion3, and ethnocentrism.
种族关系培训和多文化教育是在美国常见的名字。顾名思义,多样化培训的目的是反对种族歧视、性别歧视、排外主义和种族中心主义。
Diversity training aims to give inpiduals and companies a competitive edge in an increasingly global community. Diversity courses provide people with the skills they need to get the most out of interactions with people of a different race, gender4, or nationality.
多样化培训旨在使职员和公司在日趋国际化的社会中具备角逐优势。多样化课程为大家提供必要的技能,使他们从与不同种族、性别或国家的大家的交流中最大获益。
Multicultural training focuses on educating people to understand and appreciate cultural differences. Diversity training focuses on building community rather than pointing out how people are different.
多文化培训的中心是叫人们理解和正确认识文化差异。多样化培训重视的是打造一个一同的社会而不是突出大家之间是如何不同。
Appreciation5 of differences is important, but it is not considered the highest priority competency. The abilities to make others comfortable and included are most important, no matter how much you know about their culture.
正确认识文化间的差异非常重要,但这并不被觉得是非常重要的能力。不论你对别的人的文化知道多少,在交流中让他们感到舒服和亲切是非常重要的能力。
Cross-cultural training focuses on educating people to manage themselves in other countries or as a minority in another cultural group. Diversity training provides knowledge and skills to manage cultural differences that exist in one's own country and in others.
跨文化培训的核心在于培训大家在其他国家或做为少数民族在其他文化群体中处置事情的能力。多样化培训提供给大家在自己国家或其他国家处置文化差异的常识和方法。
Diversity also includes gender, sexual preference, religion, and other types of persity that are not central in cross-cultural training.
多样化还包含性别、性歧视、宗教和其它方面的多样化,这类都不是跨文化培训的中心内容。
Race relations training focuses on educating people to understand and appreciate racial differences, and helping6 different races get along. Race refers to skin color differences in the United States while Europeans tend to include nationality in their definition. American race relations trainers often assume that White American privilege is a central problem in addressing racism.
种族关系培训重视于培训大家对种族差异的理解和正确认识,帮助不同种族的大家融洽相处。种族在美国指的是皮肤颜色的不同,而在欧洲人的概念中还包含国籍。美国种族关系的培训者们常常觉得美国白人至上是种族歧视的中心问题。
Diversity training includes race relations while addresses the general problem of dealing7 with people who are different. Institutional barriers are considered without placing blame on inpiduals.
多样化培训将种族关系包含其中,强调的是解决不同文化背景的大家之间存在的常见问题。它考虑的是风俗上的差异而不会将错误归咎于个人。