Quora精选：德国工作时间短，为何却很成功?
Why Is Germany So Successful in Spite of Least Working Hours?
德国人工作时间那么短，为什么还能这么成功?
各国的平均年工时：
获得161好评的回答@Raul Castro：
Let me mention a couple of factors:
让我提几点因素：
About people:
关于人：
There’s the official possibility to work in flexible schedule.
他们很可能工作时间灵活。
Germans work at their workplace. Nothing else. No (much) time to coffee-corner chat, or corridor-rumours.
德国人在工作地点工作，别无其他。没有时间到咖啡角闲聊或者到走廊聊八卦。
Germans love their privacy. Once out of the workplace, their life is theirs.
德国人注重隐私，一踏出办公区，他们的生活就只属于他们。
No night or weekend calls.
晚上和周末是不会有工作电话的。
About organizations:
关于组织：
A schedule, once arranged, is a holy thing.
一份时刻表一旦被安排就是一件神圣的事。
Because of the previous point, arranged schedules always make sense.
由于上一点，安排的时刻表常能起作用。
Working extra hours is not a proof of commitment, but a proof of inefficiency.
加班并不能证明你负责反而证明你效率低。
About quality:
关于质量：
Outstanding quality in their products (of any kind) is the main proud of any German.
卓越的产品品质（任何一项产品）是每个德国人最大的骄傲。
“Genau” (exact, exactly, precise, precisely) is one of the preferred words
“精确”是他们最喜欢的词汇。
获得112好评的回答@Søren Pommer：
It’s in their culture to focus on quality and being effective
他们的文化注重质量和高效。
They have good schools and vocational training - for everyone.
他们拥有优质的学校以及职业培训，针对所有人。
They involve their workers.
他们让工人参与到企业决策当中来。
They have a lot of machinery.
他们拥有大量的机器设施。
They get their rest and their holidays - yes, breaks and working hours will matter some.
他们拥有休闲时间以及假期。是的，休息和工作时间一样重要。
（翻译：苏梨）
