Chinese language study HK-An Important Meeting

 

♦A:喂,凯特,你好吗?
Wèi, kǎitè, nǐ hǎo ma?
Hello, Kate.  How are you doing?
♦B:很好!你呢?
Hěn hǎo! Nǐ ne?
Fine! And yourself?
♦A:没什么可抱怨的,你抽 空看我的建议书了吗?我想它对公司会大有帮 助的。
Méishénme kě bàoyuàn de, nǐ chōukòng kàn wǒ de jiànyì shūle ma? Wǒ xiǎng tā duì gōngsī huì dà yǒu bāngzhù de.
Can’t complain. Did you have time to look at my proposal? I think it’s going to be helpful.
♦B:还没呢。我们现在可以 看一下吗?我现在有时 间。
Hái méi ne. Wǒmen xiànzài kěyǐ kàn yīxià ma? Wǒ xiànzài yǒu shíjiān.
No, not really. Can we go over it now? I have some time.
♦A:当然可以。我在考虑推 出一些新产品和广告策略。首先我们如果要保持竞 争力的话,就需要使我们的工厂现代化。我们早就应该添置新设 备了,那些早已过时。
Dāngrán kěyǐ. Wǒ zài kǎolǜ tuīchū yīxiē xīn chǎnpǐn hé guǎnggào cèlüè. Shǒuxiān wǒmen rúguǒ yào bǎochí jìngzhēng lì dehuà, Jiù xūyào shǐ wǒmen de gōngchǎng xiàndàihuà. Wǒmen zǎo jiù yīnggāi tiānzhì xīn shèbèile, nàxiē zǎoyǐ guòshí.
Sure. I’ve been trying to come up with some new production and advertising strategies.
First of all, if we want to stay competitive, we need to modernize our factory. New equipment is long overdue. We’re behind the times.
♦B:费用是多少?我们必须要考虑财政预 算。
Fèiyòng shì duōshǎo? Wǒmen bìxū yào kǎolǜ cáizhèng yùsuàn.
How much will that cost? We have to think about our budget you know.
♦A:我们有几种选择,从10万美元到50万美元都有。
Wǒmen yǒu jǐ zhǒng xuǎnzé, cóng 10 wàn měiyuán dào 50 wàn měiyuán dōu yǒu.
We have several options ranging from one hundred thousand dollars all the way up to half a million.
♦B:我们得跟财务部门讨论 这些开支。
Wǒmen de gēn cáiwù bùmén tǎolùn zhèxiē kāizhī.
OK. We’ll have to discuss these costs with finance.