你是什麼“領”？ 

曾經讓無數在校生向往的“白領”生活如今似乎也不那麼光鮮了。倒是倡導環保的“綠領”開始吸引人們注意。聽說“灰領”和“黃領”其實也不錯。那麼,你是什麼“領”呢?

Grey-collar worker refers to a skilled technician, typically someone who is both white and blue collar, i.e., Information Technology workers. They are principally white collar, but perform blue collar tasks with some regularity.

“灰領”工人(grey-collar worker)指業務熟練的技術工人,尤指那些兼具白領和藍領工作性質的行業從業人員,比如IT(信息技術)業工作人員。他們本質上是白領,但經常會做一些藍領性質的工作。

Yellow-collar worker is people in the creative field, namely photographers, filmmakers, etc. They may spend time doing both white and blue collar tasks as well as tasks outside either category.

“黃領”工人(yellow-collar worker)則指創意產業的工作人員,比如攝影師、電影制作人等等。他們有時候可能在做白領和藍領性質的工作,而有時候幹的活卻不屬於任何一個“領”域。

“紅領”:red-collar worker。紅領是指國家公職人員,也就是我國黨群機關、行政機關和社會團體中由國家財政負擔工資和福利的工作人員。

A green-collar worker is a worker who is employed in the environmental sectors of the economy. Green collar workers include professionals such as environmental consultants, environmental or biological systems engineers, green building architects, solar energy and wind energy engineers and installers, green vehicle engineers, "green business" owners, and so on.

綠領工人就是受雇於環保經濟產業的工人。綠領工人從事的職業包括環境咨詢師,環境或生物系統工程師,綠色建築師,太陽能和風能工程師及安裝師,綠色機動車工程師,“綠色商業”老板,等等。

另外還有Open-collar worker(字面意思為“開領工人”)指把家當辦公室,在家裡上班的人,即“自由職業者”——做自己的老板,工作時間靈活,還能花精力做自己喜歡的事情。