zh-cn	本周早些时候，联合国总部的非必要岗位员工开始在家办公。
en-us	Non-essential staff at the UN headquarters began working from home earlier this week. 

zh-cn	美国多州发布待在家里命令，无论是科技巨头还是小微企业，都制定了远程办公政策；意大利、法国、加拿大等国也相继加入“远程办公”大军。 
en-us	Tech giants and small companies have also put in place remote work policies as the U.S. states of California and Illinois issue stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus pandemic. Italy, France, Canada and numerous countries plagued by the outbreak are also joining life under lockdown in an unprecedented "working from home" movement that is changing the landscape. 

zh-cn	从18世纪60年代开始，珍妮纺纱机、蒸汽机和动力纺纱机的诞生使得机器生产取代手工劳动，工厂和车间应运而生，替代了家庭作坊，人们逐渐开始在指定的空间工作。
en-us	Starting from the 1760s, machines such as the Spinning Jenny, the steam engine, and the power loom created factories and workshops that led to people working at designated spaces. 

zh-cn	“办公室工作”最终成为了一种规范。1926年，有企业开始实行每周“5天40小时”的工作制，1968年，办公室隔间问世，这些进一步强化了这种规范。 
en-us	"Office working" eventually became the norm, which was further reinforced with the introduction of a five-day, 40-hour workweek in 1926 and the invention of cubicles in 1968. 

zh-cn	上世纪70年代，一项旨在治理环境污染、倡导清洁空气的运动，鼓励人们减少通勤时间，“在家办公”的现代概念才真正开始兴起。
en-us	It wasn't until the 1970s when the clean air movement prompted people to reduce their commute time, that the modern concept of "working from home" really took off. 

zh-cn	杰克·尼尔斯率先提出了“远程办公”的概念。
en-us	Jack Nilles – an engineer who played a leading role in designing certain space vehicles and communication systems – coined in 1973 the term "telecommuting" in his book Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff: Options for Tomorrow. 

zh-cn	随后第一台个人电脑问世，以及全球石油危机导致油价暴涨，使得远程办公流行开来。 
en-us	The teleworking tide became popular with the advent of the first personal computers and the oil crisis that triggered embargoes in the following years. 

zh-cn	互联网和Wi-Fi的发明加速了“远距离工作”的流行趋势，IBM等大型科技公司广泛采用。
en-us	With the invention of the internet and Wi-Fi, the "remote working" trend was widely embraced by big tech companies such as IBM and AT&T. 

zh-cn	这样的模式似乎毫无疑问是现代的：低碳环保，无需办公室租金，还为职场父母创造了灵活性。 
en-us	Such a model seems unequivocally modern: living a low-carbon life, forgoing office rentals, and creating flexibility for working parents. 

zh-cn	2008年，全球金融危机导致大规模裁员，许多公司被鼓励采用“远程办公”模式，以节省办公室租金成本。
en-us	The subsequent 2008 global financial crisis led to a large-scale downsizing of workers while encouraging more companies to adopt the "remote working" model in order to save costs on leasing office space. 

zh-cn	研究数据显示，到2018年，全球范围内超过50%的员工每周至少有一半时间在家工作。
en-us	Globally wise, by 2018, over 50 percent of employees worked from home at least half of the week, according to a study by the world's largest office-space provider IWG. 

zh-cn	2005年至今，全球定期远程办公的人数增加了140%。
en-us	From 2005 until now, the number of regular remote workers rose globally by 140 percent. 

zh-cn	自由职业平台Upwork预测，到2028年，全球将有73%的雇主拥有远程办公人员。 
en-us	A 2019 report by freelance platform Upwork predicted that 73 percent of employers around the world will have some remote employees by 2028. 

zh-cn	前文提到IBM曾在1979年就尝试了远程办公，但2017年营收连续20个月下滑之后随即放弃了这种模式。 
en-us	However, IBM gave up this model – with which it had begun experimenting in as early as 1979 – in 2017 after revenues plunged for 20 consecutive months. 

zh-cn	这也表明居家办公也有缺点如，容易分心，沟通困难，网络不稳定。
en-us	That may illustrate the disadvantages of working from home: easy distractions, communication difficulties and unreliable internet connections. 

zh-cn	关于在家工作利弊的争论已经持续了十多年，但突如其来的新冠肺炎疫情却出乎意料地给这种模式带来了福音。 
en-us	While the argument over the pros and cons of working from home has continued for over a decade, the coronavirus outbreak which has now spread to over 150 countries has unexpectedly served as a boon to this trend. 

zh-cn	春节假期结束后，约有2亿中国人在家办公。
en-us	Some 200 million Chinese have been working in pajamas and casual wear since the extended Spring Festival holiday ended in early February. 

zh-cn	近年来随着电话和视频会议的快速发展，在家办公早已不是什么新鲜事。
en-us	Like in the West, working from home is not a new concept in China, especially with the rapid development of teleconference and video chat apps over the years. 

zh-cn	数据显示，2015年以来，中国的远程办公人数增长了217%，当年只有180万人，今年这一数字预计增长到约571万。 
en-us	Since 2015, the number of telecommuters in China has risen by 217 percent from 1.8 million to an estimated 5.71 million, according to industry research. 

zh-cn	上一次如此大规模在家办公是在17年前SARS疫情期间。
en-us	The last time people worked at home on a comparable scale was during SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak 17 years ago. 

zh-cn	当时刚创建淘宝的阿里巴巴要求所有员工在家办公，京东和携程旅行等其他新兴互联网企业也实行了远程办公，此后更多公司纷纷效仿。 
en-us	That was when Alibaba asked all its employees to work from home and when it gave birth to its Taobao consumer-facing website, which went on to become one of the largest such platforms in the world. Other nascent internet startups like retailer JD.com and online travel agency Trip.com (previously Ctrip) have also been implementing remote working policies to tide over the tough times. Since then, more digital firms have followed suit. 

zh-cn	对于习惯了“朝九晚五”或“996”的人们来说，在家办公是一种全新的体验。。 
en-us	But for a number of Chinese who are used to being corralled in drab cubicles over the eight-hour weekday model or even the hustle of the "996" schedule, working from home is a whole new experience.