Business English Conversation商务英语对话

Lesson 3 business negotiation

Dialogue 1 Counter offer

Leslie: How are you this afternoon?

今天下午过得如何?

Paul: Just fine. I looked over the catalog you gave me this

morning, and I’d like to discuss prices on your computer speakers.

还好。今天早上我已经详细看过你给我的目录了。我想讨论一下你们计算机扬声器的价格。Leslie: Very good. Here is our price list.

好的。这是我们的价目表。

Paul: Let me see…. I see that your listed price for the K-two-one model is ten US dollars. Do you offer quantity discounts?

我看看。你们K-2-1 型的标价是美金十块钱。大量订购的话，有折扣吗？

Leslie: We sure do. We give a five percent discount for orders of a hundred or more.

当然有。100 或以上的订单我们有百分之五的折扣。

Paul: What kind of discount could you give me if I were to place an order for six hundred units?

如果我下六百的订单，你们可以给我什么样的折扣？

Leslie: On an order of six hundred, we can give you a discount of ten percent.

六百的话，我们可以给你百分之十的折扣。

Paul: What about lead time?

交货时间呢?

Leslie: We could ship your order within ten days of receiving your payment.

在收到货款的十天内，我们就可以把货送出去。

Paul: So, you require payment in advance of shipment?

那么，你们是要提前付款的?

Leslie: Yes. You could wire transfer the payment into our bank account or open a letter of credit in our favor.

是的。你可以汇款到我们的银行帐户，或是开一个以我们公司为抬头的信用状。

Paul: I’d like to go ahead and place an order for six hundred units.

那我想就先下六百的订单。

Leslie: Great! Ill just fill out the purchase order and have you sign it.

好极了! 我马上写订购单并请你签名。

Dialogue 2 Order negotiation

A: I'm sorry to say that the price you quote is too high. It wouldbe very difficult for us to push any sales if we buy it at this price.

B: well, if you take quality into consideration, you won't think our price is too high.

A: Let’s meet each other half way.

- 很遗憾你们报的价格太高，如果按这种价格买进，我方实在难以推销。

- 如果你考虑一下质量，你就不会觉得我们的价格太高了。

- 那咱们就各让一步吧。

A: I'm sorry to say that your price has soared. It's almost 20% higher than last year's. B: That's because the price of raw materials has gone up.

A: I see. Thank you.

- 很遗憾，贵方的价格猛长，比去年几乎高出20%。

- 那是因为原材料的价格上涨了。

- 我知道了，多谢。

A: How many do you intend to order?

B: I want to order 900 dozen.

A: The most we can offer you at present is 600 dozen.

- 这种产品你们想订多少？

- 我们想订900打。

- 目前我们至多只能提供600打。

A: We have inspected the rice, and we're surprised to know that the weight is short.

B: We sell our goods on loaded weight and not on landed weight.

A: I see.

- 这些大米我们检验过了，重量不够，我们感到奇怪。

- 我们出售商品是以装船重量为准，不是以卸货重量为准。

- 我知道了。

Dialogue 3

A: The next thing I'd like to bring up for discussion is packing.

B: Please state your opinions about packing.

A: All right. We wish our opinions on packing will be passed on to your manufacturers

- 下面我想就包装问题讨论一下。

- 请陈述你们的意见。

- 好，我们希望我们对包装的意见能传达到厂商。

A: You know, packing has a close bearing on sales.

B: Yes, it also affects the reputation of our products. Buyers always pay great attention to packing.

A: We wish the new packing will give our clients satisfaction.

- 大家都知道，包装直接关系到产品的销售。

- 是的，它也会影响我们产品的信誉，买主总是很注意包装。

- 我们希望新包装会使我们的顾客满意。