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请问第一段最后一句的officer跟director指的是什么意思？
一开始我的理解是“职员”和“主管”（丢Google翻出来的则是“官员”和“股东”）
后来看到第二段，又出现了employees，直觉officer可能指的不是职员，而是另有他意
因为如此一来就跟employees(员工)撞意了
另外officer这个字又有其他意思如：军官；公务员，官员等意
希望有人帮解疑惑，第一次接触合约翻译...谢谢