Artificial rainmaking is practised in many countries but its success is hard to prove.

许多国家都开展了人工降雨，但难以证实其成功作用。

They found that both the inheritance and the rainmaking paths to senior partnership are risky.

他们发现，在通往高级合伙人的道路上，继承客户资源和培养新客户都是险招。

Even so, for women, rainmaking is often the only option, for reasons that are familiar by now.

即便如此，出于众所周知的理由，培养新客户往往是女性唯一的选择。

Second, he says, firms might want to support the rainmaking path to senior partnership by allowing more time for networking outside the office.

第二，他说，公司可能会允许初级合伙人花费更多时间建立外部网络，以支持培养新客户这条通向高级合伙人的路径。

Rainmaking is even riskier, the study says, in part because it takes just as much time and effort but isn't billable unless and until a new client signs on.

培养新客户的风险更大，部分原因是它需要耗费同样多的时间和精力，但这些付出是不计费的，除非一位新客户愿意签约。