Do you mean to say that if we entrust you with the agency, you will sell $1,000,000 each year?
$ R& _8 m" @5 j# E 你的意思是说如果我们指定你们为代理,你将每年销售100万美元?6 u! C/ O' _- T' |' ]: y# a
I couldn't have said it any better. But we expect a 10% commission, of course.
: u: D7 O9 H; m' H6 @7 p# x 就是这个意思。当然我们要求10%的佣金。
# P8 _2 J3 P' U/ ~+ r commission:[C, U] payment to sb for selling goods which increases with the quantity of goods sold 佣金; 回扣; 酬劳金:
* v; j6 v# M2 W/ q * You get (a) 10% commission on everything you sell. 你可从售出的每种货物中得到10%佣金。
& v& k1 h! X, a9 r/ y) h- Y# m * earn 2000 (in) commission 挣得2000英镑酬劳金
Q8 ~% J. n0 v( C- ^% f' @ * She is working for us on commission, ie is not paid a salary. 她按挣回扣方式为我们工作(没有薪水)。
' T% B3 e. n+ v# R7 t& q* G Our agents in other areas usually get a 5-7% commission.: A7 W# b% `9 C# s
我们给其它地区代理的佣金通常是5-7%.
h# K! u6 S$ |: @+ e/ @# @ But your product is still new to our market, and we need to do a lot of work and spend a lot of money on sales promotion.
% B, ?6 H9 ?; N/ r 但我们市场对你们产品仍然不太了解,我们在推销过程中需要做很多工作,花很多钱。' a* m4 p7 T& n% A8 G% r( [2 r& v
A 10% commission won't leave us much.
0 @5 h6 A) F3 h+ D- @, r0 B: x 10%的佣金剩不下多少。
9 I' a, j1 t2 r7 O0 T; q" s. Y As you know, we are a well-established firm in the line of textiles, and we enjoy good relations with all the wholesalers, chain stores and distributors in Canada.$ A2 s3 J8 i. s. A G6 R I
你知道,我公司在纺织业有良好的信誉,跟加拿大所有的批发商、连锁商店和分销商都保持很好的关系。) l1 K+ f, }# V6 D4 z
line: [sing] department of activity; type of business 活动的范围; 行业:
- \ D$ e( k$ g, j1 ?" L * He's something in the `banking line. 他在银行工作。
: E, J& W2 o) J * Her line is more selling than production. 她搞销售而不搞生产。6 L8 j+ m; [0 i# z* Z" h$ |- P
* That's not (much in) my line, ie not one of my skills or interests. 那我可不(大)在行。. L! B+ [; i% n( k& J$ }
You'll find it most worthwhile if you appoint us as your sole agent.7 S* V8 j) g/ G! m9 h1 _9 j5 [$ F
如果指定我们为你们的独家代理,你们会觉得特别值。
3 B5 T& d/ n# U7 y4 B# W Thank you for your intention to help promote the sales of our products, and we are quite satisfied with your performance in the last two years.
" o, w0 c) W/ y' R 感谢你们推销我方产品的意愿,对你们过去两年的表现我们也非常满意。. }# b7 s/ y8 w
But honestly, an annual sales volume of $500,000 does not justify a sole agency agreement.7 J3 i$ G2 [* @, {
但说实在的,50万美元的年销售量并不证明你们能胜任独家代理的工作。
& o) k# J/ S- p" ^ If we are granted the sole agency, we can assure you that we'll double the turnover.
2 W( |& H, |4 z% W 如果我们得到独家代理权,我们保证销售量可翻一番。( m( g s, G9 A; v9 \
I've come to talk about an agency agreement.# `3 H. Z/ s# G4 Y
我是来谈代理协议的。
2 [1 _! B# ^! M) Q! y What do you have in mind?
9 w; X: H2 ~) B h, h( {% v 你们有什么想法?4 S% @$ q1 l% x u8 {7 N# \& [. N% J
Ever since your product entered our market two years ago, it has shown a great market potential.
$ n# d; W" P1 I- o 你们产品自从两年以前进入我们市场以来,显示出了很大的潜力。
) I, r. A9 ^+ t1 v& j5 _ potential :n [U] ~ (for sth) possibility of being developed or used 潜在性; 可能性:
, ]$ r4 ]2 s) @. C" N, o *She recognized the potential for error in the method being used. 她意识到在所采用的方法中可能出错。- a2 h7 N6 r4 w" H* C
* He studied the German market to find the potential there for profitable investment.
5 B ~5 M; V1 t* \: ]1 t* w 他对德国的市场进行了研究以寻求投资获利的可能性。( z: f5 v z$ r# s6 G- p7 Z
But you can do even better if you develop some kind of sales network there.2 `9 x: M q' |, C) o0 {3 ^
但如果你们能在那儿开发出某种销售网络,将会卖得更好。
$ \4 [9 A' H& f To tell you the truth, I was just thinking of that.1 R' B" T* c' j
说实话我也正在考虑这事。 |