Sandu* checked his watch. He was winding down(逐渐收尾、放松下来) the last 15 minutes of his shift at a vast Google datacentre site in Saint-Ghislain, Belgium, in March, when the call came in. The 34-year-old electrical tester had already worked almost 10 hours, but says such last-minute jobs were normal: “I had no choice. People have been fired after saying no.”(这位34岁的电气测试员已经工作了近10个小时，但他说这种临下班派活很正常：“我没得选。有人拒绝后就被开除了。”)
桑杜*看了看表。三月，在比利时圣吉斯兰一处庞大的谷歌数据中心工地，他正熬着当班的最后15分钟，这时电话来了。这位34岁的电气测试员已经干了将近10个小时，但他说这种临下班派活的情况很平常：“我没得选。有人说过‘不’，然后就被开除了。”
The task was one Sandu had done many times before and involved a series of tests measuring the safety and integrity(完好、完整) of the electrical wiring. A protective suit was locked away(锁起来存放) in an equipment room. The round trip would have added another 15 minutes to the job, he says, and people were waiting, so he decided not to retrieve the suit.(他说，来回取一趟会让工作再多花15分钟，而当时还有人在等着，所以他决定不去取防护服。)
这项任务桑杜以前做过很多次，内容包括一系列检测，用来测量电线的安全性和完好程度。防护服锁在设备间里。他说，来回取一趟会让工作再多花15分钟，而当时还有人在等着，所以他决定不去取。
Once in the voltage room, Sandu says the managers confirmed the lines had been de-energised(断电的、已切断电源的). In the first round, everything went as planned. Then, on the second test, while holding insulated tongs(绝缘钳), he linked the cables. But this time, the lines were live(线路带电).
桑杜说，进了电压室后，管理人员确认线路已经断电。第一轮一切按计划进行。接着做第二轮测试时，他握着绝缘钳去连接电缆。但这一次，线路是带电的。