1. No, it's not the same as meeting face-to-face, but with the economy flatlining, digital confabs are a working alternative.
这听起来没有说服力，但是事实如此，只是与面对面的会议有些不同。
2. Nowadays, these confabs are just as likely to break out in the coffee room, alongside the photocopier, or while waiting to use the fax machine.
现在，这样的寒暄或闲聊可能会发生在咖啡间、复印机旁，或者等候使用传真机的间隙。
3. Indeed, jeans are now a legitimate part of the global power-dress lexicon, worn to influential confabs where the wearers want to signal they're serious -- but not fussy -- and innovative.
实际上，牛仔裤如今成为了全球大人物着装词汇中的一个正当部分，在一些重要会议中时有亮相，穿着者希望以此表示他们既认真──但不挑剔──又具创新精神。