If you're paying someone a compliment, you have to stay 100% positive.

如果你要称赞某人，你必须保持百分百的正面评价。

It's a way of paying someone a compliment before you give the news.

这句话（引导的内容）可以在传达消息之前给某人一份赞美。

If you want to pay someone a compliment then just keep it simple and say it straight.

如果你想赞美别人的话，那么请直言不会吧。

A less formal way would be to say just 'you did a great interview', but it's still common to pay someone a compliment before you deliver the good news.

另一种不那么正式的开场白是说，‘you did a great interview’——你的表现出色极了！但是，在告知别人好消息之前先赞扬几句很常见。

The verb " to flatter" means to tell someone how good they look or how important they are – " to pay someone a compliment, " we might also say.

动词“奉承”的意思是告诉某人他们看起来有多好或他们有多重要——“恭维某人”，我们也可以说。