評論
打印
Introduce foreign counterparts
介紹外商
A: Mr.Yan, I'd like to meet Mr.David Smith, sales manager for Northern Relfections of Canada. Mr.Smith, Mr.Ben Yan, general manager of Apex Trading.
嚴先生，讓我為你介紹加拿大北方瑞弗萊克森的業務經理大衛·史密斯先生。史密斯先生，這位是本·嚴先生，愛派克貿易公司的總經理。
B: It's very nice to finally meet you, Mr.Smith, after so many phone calls and faxes. I'd like you to have my business card.
很高興見到您。在經過多次電話，傳真溝通之后，我們終于見面了。史密斯先生，請收下我的名片。
C: Thanks very much, Mr.Yan. Please accept mine. And please, call me David.
謝謝您，嚴先生。也請收下我的名片，叫我大衛就行了。
A: If you don't mind, David, while you and Mr.Yan get acquainted, I'd like to check the arrangements for the meeting.
如果你不介意，大衛，你和嚴先生聊著，我失陪一會兒，看看會議安排得如何。
C: You're certainly on top of things, Washington.
華盛頓，一切當然盡在你的掌控之中。
B: (Looking at Washington)You'll find Mr.Steven Washington is a force to be reckoned with at Apex Trading.
（看看華盛頓）您會發現斯蒂文·華盛頓是愛派克貿易公司的一員大將。
A: Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mr.Yan. I'll be right back.(Leaves room)
嚴先生，謝謝你的信任，我馬上回來。（走出房間）
C: He appears to be a top-norch young man, Mr.Yan. Talent and enthusiasms like that are hard to find.
嚴先生，他看起來是個有作為的年輕人，很難找到像他這樣有才干、有熱忱的人。
B: Don't I know it. He's doing a great job for us. And please, call me Ben.
我完全贊同，他在公司表現不俗，請叫我本就可以了。
C: Ben, can you tell me in a nutshell what the retail market is like in Taiwan?
本，你可以簡單地告訴我臺灣零售市場的現狀嗎？
B: Well, as per capita income goes up and up, the growth sector seems to be in the top-end.
好，由于每人的平均收入不斷地增高，市場的發展領域似乎偏向于高價位商品。
C: Retail is going upscale here? Taiwan is certainly growing more quickly than I had imagined.
這里的零售業還在不斷增長？臺灣真的比我想象中發展得快多了。
B: Yes. Things certainly have changed since I was a boy. We've developed very quickly.
沒錯，現在的臺灣和我小時候完全不一樣了，這里發展得非常迅速。
C: Do you think the trend will continue?
你想這種趨勢還會持續下去嗎？
B: I don't see why not. We do have some problems, but we are still willing to work hard and wages aren't too high at this point.
我不覺得有什么不行！雖然是有一些問題，但我們仍愿意勤奮工作，而且現階段工資仍不算太高。
C: Everything I've seen so far is very impressive. Very impressive indeed.
到目前為止，我所看到的一切都令我印象深刻，真的十分深刻。
