Young Russians dream of job at Kremlin 俄羅斯年輕人夢想在克里姆林宮工作

@ 自由時報轉載

Young Russians would rather work at the Kremlin or the Interior Ministry than with high-tech companies or multinationals, a poll shows.

根據一項民調顯示，俄羅斯年輕人寧可在克里姆林宮或內政部工作，也不想進入高科技公司或跨國公司。

Seven out of the top 10 jobs coveted by Russian students are in the government or at state-run firms, according to the poll published by the Trud newspaper.

根據俄羅斯勞動報（Trud）所公布的民調結果顯示，俄羅斯學生所嚮往的工作中，有十分之七屬於政府部門或國營公司。

National gas giant Gazprom is the top choice, cited by 21 percent of respondents, while the Kremlin administration is the next most popular, with 11 percent of preferences.

國營的天然氣龍頭Gazprom是首選，獲21%受訪者青睞，而克里姆林宮則是第二受歡迎的機關，有11%的人選擇。

Close behind are posts at the state-run savings bank Sberbank, the government-controlled oil giant Rosneft and the Interior Ministry.

緊接在後的則是國營儲蓄銀行Sberbank、由政府掌控的石油巨擘Rosneft及內政部等機關的職務。

Jobs at Western high-tech companies or multinationals coveted by young people in Europe, the Americas or Asia, seem much less popular in Russia.

在歐洲、美洲或亞洲最受年輕人喜愛的西方高科技公司或跨國大企業等工作，在俄羅斯卻似乎沒那麼受歡迎。

Only two percent suggested chip maker Intel or search engine Google as dream jobs, while one percent mentioned consumer goods giant Procter and Gamble or soft drinks company Coca-Cola.

只有2%的受訪者表示晶片大廠英特爾或網路搜尋引擎公司Google是他們嚮往的工作，提到消費商品龍頭寶僑集團或汽水公司可口可樂的受訪者更僅有1%。

新聞辭典

Kremlin：克里姆林宮，原指俄羅斯首都莫斯科的城堡，現泛指俄羅斯（或前蘇聯）政府。kremlin（字母k小寫時）則指俄羅斯任一城市裡的城堡。

covet：動詞，正式用語，指垂涎、貪圖或渴望，尤其指當渴望的東西屬於其他人時。如He always coveted power but never quite achieved it.（他一直渴望擁有權力，卻始終無法如願。）envy、begrudge及covet等動詞均可指對他人的優勢或所有物感到忌妒或強烈渴望，但 covet尤指對自己無權擁有的事物暗中嚮往。形容詞covetous亦帶有貶意。