丝路人：中国工地上“巾帼不让须眉”的马来西亚女工程师 | She works on construction site

丝路人

“国之交在于民相亲，民相亲在于心相通。”

“一带一路”不仅是经济、贸易之路，也是文明、友谊之路。

在过去几年中，“一带一路”参与国家的民众们也积极投身到建设当中来，共建"民心相通桥"， 共享发展成果。

在本期《丝路人》系列视频中，马来西亚姑娘索菲娅分享了她的“一带一路”故事。

Close cooperation on infrastructure, the economy and technology between China and its partner nations has thrived greatly since the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013.

Thanks to these deepening ties, more foreigners are realizing the value of working in Chinese companies.

CGTN is sharing the personal stories of seven employees who work in Chinese companies that are based in their own countries.

In the third episode of "The Faces," Nor Syafira from Malaysia shares her own story of being an only female engineer working on the construction site of The Face Suites.

由中国十七冶集团负责建设的马来西亚吉隆坡铂金酒店及公寓二期工程，地处吉隆坡市中心，毗邻吉隆坡地标双子塔。建筑高度达216米，是该集团承建的海外第一高楼。

The Face Suites is located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, adjacent to the Kuala Lumpur landmark Twin Towers. It is a high-end hotel with a height of 216 meters, the highest building constructed by Metallurgical Cooperation of China (MCC) overseas.

The Face Suites in Kuala Lumpur has a height of 216 meters (about 709 feet). /Photo Courtesy of MCC

从马来西亚理工大学毕业后，索菲娅进入十七冶集团马来西亚项目团队工作。对于初出茅庐的索菲娅来说，在中国建筑企业里工作并非易事。由于团队里大多数都是中国员工，他们既不会英语也不会马来语，语言成了索菲娅工作中的一大“拦路虎”。

Graduating from the University of Technology, Malaysia, Nor Syafira entered MCC to start her first job. She says it was not easy for her to work in a Chinese company, for most of the workers were Chinese who couldn't speak either English or Malay.

一开始她只能通过说一些关键词汇或者肢体语言和中国同事们交流。后来，索菲娅慢慢成为了他们的英语语伴。在索菲娅的帮助下，项目团队里中国同事们的英语口语水平突飞猛进。为了更好地和同事们交流，索菲娅还在业余时间学习中文。

In the beginning, the best way to understand her colleagues was via simple keywords and body language, which upset her a little bit. Ultimately she decided to guide the young managers and workers of the project to speak English aloud, step by step and one by one, the level of their oral English has continuously improved. In order to have better communication with her colleagues, Nor Syafira started to study Mandarin in her spare time.

2018年，吉隆坡铂金酒店及公寓二期项目正式开始施工。索菲娅决定从新山搬到吉隆坡，加入这一施工项目。她成为了工地上一名负责预应力工作的现场工程师。

In 2018, MCC started The Face Suites and Nor Syafira moved from Johor Bahru to Kuala Lumpur and joined the project. She managed the prestressed concrete during her work, which is a kind of concrete used in construction. When under construction it is substantially compressed in the areas that will be subjected to tensile forces while in service to strengthen it against these forces.

The roof of The Face Suites is still under construction. /Photo Courtesy of MCC

索菲娅还经常到工地监督工程完成质量。对于女生来说，在到处都是钢筋混凝土、尘土飞扬的工地工作是一件非常辛苦的事情。然而索菲娅却咬牙坚持了下来。

在工地工作了半年后，索菲娅不再满足于只干自己的老本行。好学的她还向工地上的中方管理人员请教，学习其他的施工技术。

Moreover, Nor Syafira always goes to the construction site to supervise the quality of the project.

Syafira has been working in Kuala Lumpur for half a year. Now, she is not satisfied with only managing pre-stress work. Recently, she proposed to start learning the acceptance check of steel bars and start learning from the Chinese managers of the project.

在索菲娅看来，“一带一路”不管是对她本人还是对马来西亚都有着非凡的意义。“一带一路”助她逐梦，让她能为顶级中国企业工作，和中方工作人员切磋交流技术；“一带一路”助马来西亚发展，创造更多就业岗位，促进经济增长。

Nor Syafira says that the Belt and Road Initiative means a lot both for her and Malaysia. It offers her more opportunities to work in top Chinese firms and exchange management skills; for Malaysia, the initiative increases employment opportunities and stimulates the development of the economy, for sure.

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