Anyway, let's hope she won't be away too long! There are a couple of managers just back from secondments.

管怎样，希望离开太久！有几个经理刚借调回来。

In my late twenties, I applied to go on secondment overseas to work for four months in a remote rural hospital.

30岁的时候，我申请了海外借调，在一家偏远的农村医院工作了4个月。