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.

　　不会在晚上或者周末聊电话。

　　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假期培训，针对所有人。

　　They involve their workers.

　　他们专著培训他们的工人。

　　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。

（编辑：何莹莹）