職場6大禁忌話題 你可千萬要避免了

There are some conversations that don't belong in the workplace. Certain topics could make things awkward and even unpleasant for you and for your coworkers. You should always, for example, stay away from discussions that may become fodder for the office grapevine with you as the main focus. You should also avoid revealing personal information that might negatively influence the perceptions others have about your ability to do your job effectively. Discussing controversial subjects can also get you into trouble with your coworkers. Safe topics, if you were wondering, include movies, music and food (especially if you bring some into share). Here are six topics you should seriously consider crossing off your "things to discuss with my coworkers" list.
在職場中，並不是什麼話都能說的。某些話題或許會使場面更尷尬，甚至使你和你的同事感覺不自在。你應該保持謹慎，比如說，避免那些產生流言的話題，這些流言會讓你成爲大家關注的焦點。你也要避免泄露任何使對方對你的工作能力留下負面印象的個人信息。如果你在疑惑哪些問題比較安全的話，那麼，就討論最近賣座的電影，動人的音樂還有美食吧（特別當你想跟大家分享點什麼的時候）。但是下面的6個話題，是你應該從“與同事討論的話題”清單中堅決剔除的。

1. Religion
1. 宗教信仰

You shouldn't discuss your religious beliefs or your thoughts about other religious beliefs at work. This doesn't mean you should hide your religion or shouldn't be proud of it, but it is a very personal issue and people are often sensitive about it. They don't want to hear that you disagree with their religious beliefs or that you believe your religion is the one in which everyone should believe.
工作中，你不應該談論自己的宗教信仰或任何對其他宗教信仰的看法。這並不意味着你要隱藏自己的信仰或不應引以爲豪，但這只是一個相當私人的事情，並且人們對此也會很敏感。別人可不想聽到你對他們的信仰的任何負面評論，或聽到你說只有你的信仰纔是每個人都應該相信的那一個。

2. Politics
2. 政治信仰

People are also very sensitive about their political beliefs and therefore you should avoid getting into lengthy conversations about politics. While you may feel very strongly about your party or candidate, or have negative views about the opposition, you should not try to win your coworkers over to your side. It is unlikely to happen anyway and will just cause hard feelings between you and them.
人們對於自己的政治信仰也是很敏感的，所以你也不要滔滔不絕地談論這方面的話題。當你對自己所支持的政黨或參選人抱有非常大的信心時，或者對對方的參選人持有消極的評價時，你也不要用話語爭奪同事們對你的贊同。因爲這幾乎是不可能發生的事情，而且也只會給你們之間產生矛盾。

3. Your Sex Life
3. 性生活

Why shouldn't you talk about your sex life? Simply because it's no one's business other than yours and your partner's. Other than that, it makes people uncomfortable. Taken to the extreme, it may even border on sexual harassment. If you need to confide in someone other than your partner, a good friend will have to do.
爲什麼不能談論性生活？這僅僅是因爲這事只跟你和你的性伴侶有關，跟別人沒半毛錢關係。除了這個原因以外，這個話題還會讓人感到不舒服。若最極端的情況，也許會對他人造成性騷擾。如果你很想跟你的伴侶以外的人分享，那就跟你的好朋友說吧。

4. Problems With Your Spouse, Your Children or Your Parents
4. 與家人之間的矛盾

When you discuss problems you are having at home, your coworkers and your boss may wonder if they are distracting you from doing your job. It will also reveal your weaknesses which can undermine your authority with your subordinates, if you have any. In addition, it will feed the rumor mill, making you the subject of workplace gossip. That is something you surely don't want to be.
當你與同事或老闆討論家庭的瑣事時，他們可能會認爲這些事情就是使你工作分心的事情。這也暴露的你的弱點，削弱你在下屬面前的權威（如果你有下屬的話）。再者，你還會越描越黑，讓你成爲職場八卦的主角。這可不是你想見到的局面吧。

5. Your Career Aspirations
5. 你的職業雄心

You may consider your current job a steppingstone to bigger and better things. That's great but talking about your ambitions will certainly, for good reason, make your boss and coworkers question your loyalty. If you are interested in moving up within your current organization, your actions will speak for themselves. You should do your job exceptionally well, and of course, let your boss know you want to move up. Just don't make it the topic of workplace conversations with anyone who will listen. If your plans for the future include leaving your current place of employment in order to advance it isn't necessary to announce that until you are ready to make your move.
也許你會把當前的職業作爲跳板，助你站到更高更大的職業舞臺。這是非常好的事情，但如果你在職場談論你的雄心壯志，確確實實，會讓你的老闆和同事們質疑你的忠誠度。如果你對當前所在公司的人員擢升充滿期待，你的行動將會爲你證明。你需要出色地完成你的任務，當然，也要讓你的老闆知道你的升職願望。但千萬不要讓它成爲職場話題，讓職場小人聽到。如果你未來的計劃是要離開現在的工作往更好的平臺發展，那麼等待時機成熟再說吧。

6. Your Health Problems
6. 個人健康問題

If you have a chronic illness, don't dwell on it too much at work. Doing so will give your coworkers and boss reason to wonder if your condition will keep you from doing your job. If you have a serious health issue that will cause you to take leave from work, you must discuss it with your employer, but you are not required to provide details.
如果你患有慢性疾病，也不要在職場裏過度描述它。如果你這樣做只會給你的同事和老闆一個很好的挑你刺的機會，質疑你是否勝任這份工作。如果你確實患了比較嚴重的疾病，需要請病假，你就必須跟老闆坦白，不過你也不必把任何細節都表露無遺。