It was a story they'd shared around the water cooler.

这件事是同事之间闲谈时听来的

The movie makes for great conversation at the water cooler.

这本电影是在工作场所闲聊的极好的谈资。

You could pay to have a company deliver large bulky plastic bottles of water for the water cooler.

你可以花钱请公司运送用于饮水机的大型塑料瓶水。

Things don't look good for the water cooler team, do they?

情况对“饮水机”团队不妙，不是吗？

Instead, take a water cooler break or leave the message for tomorrow.

相反，你要冷却一下自己，或者把信件留到明天再回。

Something as simple as going to the water cooler for a drink may do the trick.

你可以做些简单的事情，例如去冷水机旁喝水，这样就可以达到休息的目的。

The sea-water pipe outlet of air compressors fresh water cooler found leaking.

空气压缩机淡水冷却器的海水管接口处发现渗漏。

Plus, I noticed Bill hangs out at the water cooler a lot. I think we should fire Bill.

此外，我注意到Bill经常在饮水机边闲晃，我认为我们应该解雇Bill。

I see you have a coffee bar and a water cooler. The staff here must be very comfortable.

我看到你们有一个咖啡吧和一台冷水机。员工在这儿一定很舒服吧！

It's the morning following a nightly build and everyone's standing around the water cooler.

这是一个晚上鏖战后的早晨，大家都站在饮水机边上。

Even if it seems like friendly banter, remain professional, and steer clear of water cooler gossip.

即便那好像是在表示友好的笑谈，保持职业化，远离饮水机旁的闲话。

Even if you can only spare five minutes, go for a walk (it might just be to the water cooler and back).

尽管你只有五分钟的休息时间，去散散步(哪怕只是走到饮水机旁然后回来)。

The board's lawyer said such comments are "the same as talkingat the water cooler, " and so protected by law.

委员会的律师说她（在网上）的评论“与跟一台水冷却机说话无异，”因此也是要受法律保护的。

I'm thinking it's time to go hang out by the water cooler, but wait — didn't I suspect a defect in that code?

我想现在应该到饮水机边上去说了，但是等等，我不是怀疑代码中有什么缺陷呢？

So “water cooler chichat” has come to refer to all types of informal communication that take place at the office.

所以“饮水冷却器旁的闲谈”现在泛指在办公室中的各种非正式交流。

Read this week's financial news highlights in Water Cooler Finance: Buffett's Armed and Greece Keeps Falling.

读本周的财金新闻荟萃：水冷财金：巴菲特全副武装、希腊持续滑坡。

Establish a "virtual water cooler" by way of instant messaging, team rooms, or other collaboration mechanisms.

建立“虚拟饮水机”(通过即时消息)、团队房间，或其他协作机制。

Don't get sucked into their routine of two-hour lunch breaks and dozens of trips to the restroom or water cooler.

懒惰的同事需要两个小时的午休时间，每天往休息室或饮水机那里跑几十趟，不要因此受到影响。

In a collocated team, collaboration can happen informally in the hallway or "at the water cooler," as well as in face-to-face meetings.

在集中的团队中，协作非正式地在走廊或“饮水机处”，以及面对面的会议中进行。

We'll be listening in on Jan and Jen, who work in the same office of Ambient, an American telecoms company, gossiping around the water cooler.

我们会听到Jan和Jen，同在一家美国电信产业公司Ambient工作，他们在休息室闲谈。

Although there are some chairs and a water cooler, most applicants have to stand in line with a certain color card in front of a certain window.

虽说签证大厅里有一些椅子和饮水机，但多数申请人必须站着，拿着某一颜色的牌子在某一窗口前排队等待。

Another blog, the Pump Handle, describes itself as "a water cooler for the public health crowd", while the Wall Street Journal's health blog has a business focus.

另外一个叫做“水泵手柄”的博客称自己是“公共卫生人群的水冷却器”，而《华尔街日报》的卫生博客则以商业为中心。

If you don't have a social network outside of your workplace, then you need to build one before you give notice, or else you'll wind up missing the water cooler fast.

如果老年员工在工作之外没有社交网络，应该在提出辞职之前搭建一个这样的体系，否则，可能很快就会怀念与同事相处的时光。

As the "paper of record," exclusive access to premium content from famous journalists might be appealing to a crowd that aims to impress at the water cooler and cocktail parties.

作为“新闻纪实报纸”，从著名记者得到的独家高端消息也许会在办公室闲聊和鸡尾酒会上让众人刮目相看。

Reporting on progress happens in formal Settings, such as at meetings, but often also in informal Settings, such as around the water cooler or maybe even over a drink after work.

汇报进程常在正式的场合，比如会议，但是在非正式的场合，比如在工作后小酌或喝水的时候。