Well, we'd put together what we thought was an excellent team for the project—that is, until we hit technical problems[qh]
我们组建了我们所认为的做项目的杰出团队—直到我们遇上技术问题[qh]
and realised that we needed staff with a wider range of specialised technical experience than the people we'd recruited.[qh]
我们意识到团队需要更多的拥有专业技术经验的员工。[qh]
So we had to advertise again to replace some key members of the team;[qh]
因此我们不得不再次招聘代替团队中的一些关键人员；[qh]
we were lucky that we just about managed to cover the extra costs within the budget. Our customers were very satisfied with the outcome.[qh]
幸运的是，我们将额外成本努力控制在预算之内。我们的客户对结果非常满意。[qh]
Although we had minor problems with suppliers from the start, these were easily overcome.[qh]
虽然从一开始我们和供应商出现一些小问题，但这些都被轻易解决。[qh]
Initially, I thought we'd underestimated the cost of the project, as it was so tight most of the time, but we managed to avoid an overspend.[qh]
首先，我认为我们低估了这个项目的成本，结果大部分时间我们的预算都很紧，但我们还是尽量避免了超支。[qh]
It was a very stressful time. However, it was the breakdowns which really upset the staff,[qh]
项目期间压力很大。但出现的这些故障才让我们的员真正感到沮丧，[qh]
and I wouldn't have blamed them if they'd walked out on strike the fifth time it happened in a week.[qh]
如果他们在一周内五次罢工，我不会责怪他们。[qh]