They were thus capable of performing their business-related roles but were probably not likable. Her perception of the technical competence for international business professionals can be inferred from her attribution of qualities and abilities to them: international business professionals were glorious, 有战略脑子 [having strategic brain] and 灵活 [flexible]; they held resources and power and were influential. Her understanding of their discursive competence was expressed as an insight into the routine nature of workplace writing and their reliance on 模版 [templates] in writing