How to Deal with Criticism

Nobody enjoys being blamed. If not appropriate, there may be some quarrel. Nonetheless, criticism is necessary where work is badly done. In fact, there is art for criticizing. Look at the following sentences about criticism and you may use them next time you are in need.

批评的话恐怕没有几个人爱听，万一说的不合适，吵起来也有可能。但是，工作真的做的不好的时候，该批评还是得批评。其实，批评也是门艺术。看看这些常用的批评语句，也许你下次就用上了呢。

Unfortunately, this is not up to standard/not up to par.

很不幸，您的工作不合格/没有达到要求。

Not bad, but there's room for improvement.

不是太糟糕，但是还可以做得更好。

You need to be more focused.

您应该更集中精力。

There were gaps in your report. Please be more thorough.

你的报告有很多漏洞，请写得更完整些。

The boss found careless mistakes in your proposal. Please be more detail-oriented.

老板在你的提议中找出了粗心的错误，请再认真细心点儿。

Don't raise the devil when you receive criticism, or you may end up being fired. You'd better accept the blame and correct your mistakes

受了批评可不能大吵大闹，这样你在公司的日子也到头了。比较好的办法是接受批评和改正错误。

I'm sorry.

我很抱歉。

I was hasty. I jumped the gun.

我太急于求成，开始得太仓促了。

I overlooked some facts. I'll be more thorough.

我忽视了一些事实，我会更全面地看问题的。