Smith: Your client is an automobile manufacturer. It asks our company to help it reduce costs by 5%.
史密斯:你的客戶(hù)是一個(gè)汽車(chē)制造商。它要求我們幫助它減少5%的成本。
Li Tian: Let me repeat the case. We have to help the client to cut 5% of its cost.
李甜:讓我重復(fù)一下問(wèn)題。我們需要幫助客戶(hù)減少5%的成本。
Smith: Yes, that right.
史密斯:是的。
Li Tian: Can I take a few minutes to think about it?
李甜:能給我一些時(shí)間想一下嗎?
Smith: Sure.
史密斯:沒(méi)問(wèn)題。
Li Tian: First of all, I need to know the cost structure of the client's product.
李甜:首先,我需要知道它的產(chǎn)品的成本是由哪幾部分構(gòu)成的。
Smith: And then?
史密斯:然后呢?
Li Tian: Based on that, I will give some possible solutions to reduce the cost.
李甜:我會(huì)據(jù)此給出一些減少成本的可行辦法。
Smith: What's your conclusion?
史密斯:你的結(jié)論是?
Li Tian: The largest area that the cost can be cut is the purchased materials. The client can look for suppliers with cheaper purchased materials.
李甜:能被削減成本最多的一部分就是采購(gòu)的物資,客戶(hù)可以去尋找更便宜的物資供應(yīng)商。