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DEREK JONES: The technology is the same as ours.
5 F; [5 Z$ E( Q; u& x& o/ {7 v 德里克.琼斯:技术和我们的一样。
+ h: P+ T; ?0 t$ k I have never seen two products which are so similar.
- q& |; q. G1 ]7 n4 A* G 我从没见过两个如此相象的产品。. s2 a% k( F! |. W- n
In concept and design there are no basic differences.
% O4 ]) p1 D* p- a; |4 f 在理念和设计上没有根本的不同。
+ z& ~, [$ ^3 Z0 x6 w- b None. However I have examined the components and the xr590...) f0 M$ i0 K1 b7 p
没有。但是,我检验过部件和xr590……
" r8 Y, ~* b$ F; h x3 Q KATE MCKENNA: What is the xr590?
) q$ [1 |+ n* C* ` 凯特.麦凯纳:xr590是什么?
% f5 X: N7 E6 \7 f$ |* E# p DEREK JONES: The xr590 is the power source which drives dealer dan.0 _! d( \7 m& t4 C
德里克.琼斯:xr590是驱动"商人丹"的能量源。/ q4 k1 x$ s2 }7 |. d8 i4 ]
I think it has a few weaknesses.
4 \+ [2 k' Z% e( C4 E 我认为它有几个弱点。
! i9 M+ T7 m" s7 Z, {, O+ ^4 Q1 @ It' s not as good.
7 Z: {% y" j2 j! W7 [ 还不是很完善。2 J. ~2 S" t# q' R4 A) T0 M% e
In my opinion it' s not reliable enough for children.
( J; l' l( Y% v8 J& I" f, ^$ Y9 g 我看对儿童来讲还不足够可靠。) \1 U3 ? N m, L$ y! r
don bradley: Exactly how unreliable is it?7 Q$ Y/ v' g' y
堂.布拉德利:具体讲,怎么个不可靠法?! N# r# B: p$ N9 z! u8 L4 V( a
DEREK JONES:Ican' t say exactly.0 W( m* r2 c! Y: j1 v$ L
德里克.琼斯:我说不出来。
, M; A3 a! q7 M4 y- U3 b I haven' t completed the tests yet.
0 t2 K" V7 _6 @2 C, K$ K. ` 我还没完成测试。
# [7 c8 ^# Q5 r% @# m W( J It' s too early to say.. p5 _, p6 f" c) F* b2 S
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( B* }1 W$ ]: F! I2 o' i KATE MCKENNA: Will it affect their sales?4 K. B3 x8 d0 U
凯特.麦凯纳:这会影响他们的销售吗?
" P6 u- s" s' K$ i0 @6 I E* A don bradley: Derek?
% |8 k2 T: u' } 堂.布拉德利:德里克?
& J+ s" p: `5 F1 u DEREK JONES: Not much in the first six months, i suppose.
3 W( d# _# g7 e% [) I/ ^' {" B 德里克.琼斯:我想最初的6个月不会有太大的影响。
: B) F4 x5 O- V9 c0 H% q9 v J KATE MCKENNA: It' s the first six months that are important.
3 e: |+ K2 [" j- h1 T; v3 q f 凯特.麦凯纳:最初的6个月才是重要的。 ?, E7 U$ t) {5 X
don bradley: Edward, what do you think of their packaging?1 I/ t8 I9 D: Z# l5 W9 O
堂.布拉德利:爱德华, 你认为他们的包装怎么样?
X6 s# ^' R# Q; X, i3 a# y( t EDWARD GREEN: Well, plenty of bright colours.
& B" P( D2 ?; m1 C" z 爱德华.格林:色彩很鲜艳。5 j! {% F# ?: s4 p- r$ z6 r5 v
It' ll have a lot of impact at point of sale./ x2 N- ~' t* ~% ?: @
在现场销售时会有很强的冲击效果。
# q- o' b }' z GERALDINE: I' m afraid they are all meeting at the moment.$ E& K) w. c* K# H2 _
杰拉尔丁:恐怕他们现在都在开会。
4 ` r' h$ a: _9 y No, I' m sorry, I don' t know what time it will finish.
5 ]' ]& w) z) X, @% j 不, 对不起,我不知道会议什么时候结束。# I# p8 Z% \+ S; N! S+ ~2 I8 B
I' ll put you through to mr. harris' s secretary, and she can make an appointment for you.
* v6 p* M4 k! e& K+ l# O 我给你转到哈里斯先生的秘书,她可以为你安排约会。8 E# ]% e' X1 J m2 i% P
Please hold the line.
~! h* {, _4 n 请不要挂机。3 H: a% m+ g) z8 f; s9 v! G
CLIVE HARRIS: Nice to see you again, peter.0 A0 E9 x9 N" ]9 c* {# b( n
克莱夫.哈里斯:很高兴再见到你,皮特。
! |/ e" G7 n6 T9 T It' s been a long time.
' t* |' q$ ?# E: ?- ?6 V 好久不见了。
6 x! ^5 I8 e& n6 T: g- N' V0 w PETER DAY: How are things at bibury systems?
( U( X3 I# S1 n& Z, R 皮特.戴:bibury系统公司运转的怎样?www.ExamW.CoM
- z& f3 K: D! H" P3 p CLIVE HARRIS: Very interesting at the moment.. h$ u6 |7 e' @5 _
克莱夫.哈里斯:正处在非常有趣的时期。, X6 S; g" J6 _, l% ~ T- N! [
PETER DAY: I' ve just heard you' re going into partnership with a rather good japanese company.
+ D$ k2 O! T$ I9 g6 W4 C 皮特.戴:我听说你们要和日本的一家不错的公司合伙。
& v, |# I: t7 W& \5 V3 R0 q$ ^8 e CLIVE HARRIS: That' s not exactly true...peter, are you still doing consultancy work?6 z* L" b4 K: Q5 T/ B- d2 f
克莱夫.哈里斯:也不全是这样……皮特,你还在做顾问业务吗?
9 d7 O+ d9 }7 g1 w0 V PETER DAY: yes. I haven' t retired yet!
$ A- n) W: W+ D c6 Z5 U0 Z& i6 t* V 皮特.戴:是啊。我还没退休啊!
! ^ P7 h o7 [* q CLIVE HARRIS: Look, can i give you a lift back?
6 s M- F# ] ?+ y6 F' s' |/ S 克莱夫.哈里斯:那 ,我开车送你回去,好吗?$ V/ E: f W. e
We haven' t had a chance to chat for a long time.: d5 G' ~2 u8 Q4 d: F/ H
我们好久没机会一起谈谈了。; J) ^+ L8 K8 E' ]+ J
DON BRADLEY: What have you found out about their marketing strategy?
( d% k! a% H- W7 B 堂.布拉德利:你对他们的营销策略有什么发现吗?1 Y9 i# T* C ~; j! s% o9 m# J
KATE MCKENNA: They have already scheduled a television advertising campaign.6 F+ c+ Z$ M6 D$ G# k7 y
凯特.麦凯纳:他们已经安排了一场电视广告推广。$ \* K! @- d% E* \) D
DON BRADLEY: Who with?
! ^" }! S7 J- E6 |: J" p 堂.布拉德利:和谁一起?
7 Z! c. f; O: M, Z( F+ h( C- j, {/ A KATE MCKENNA: e.g.n.c.9 u% S4 I% Z9 J- N' n+ O- H
KATE MCKENNA: E.G.N.C. The company that they always use.# K) `, P2 Z8 H; s v* x. }5 b% w
凯特.麦凯纳:E.G.N.C.他们一直用的那家公司。8 i+ h. h' P' {9 X- p
DON BRADLEY: When is it scheduled?
+ }7 I$ {8 F# e2 m8 M- U7 E6 p 堂.布拉德利:定在什么时候?
- K1 W1 }- e7 s- n }* d KATE MCKENNA: Something next month, but I haven' t found out the exact date yet.. E% [5 q6 Z9 @1 w4 h$ s
凯特.麦凯纳:下个月的某个时候,但还没查到具体的日期。
% r5 k! O, e8 }! E; f! V% g$ ^. e DON BRADLEY: Have you heard what they are spending on TV advertising?# F, e R, d6 |3 {
堂.布拉德利:有没有听说他们在电视广告上的花费是多少?
: F6 _; x$ k' U5 ^) L' @ KATE MCKENNA: I don' t know.
2 ~ r1 l, Z' [' e 凯特.麦凯纳:不知道。
( m7 C w7 l1 G2 X0 y GERALDINE: No, I' m sorry, they are still in a meeting.
! i# e6 U1 o( }( i 杰拉尔丁:不,对不起,他们还在开会。
+ N. }# M( C3 C7 i/ B, v' d" V I don' t know how long they' ll be.
! q% f( i, O' t; k 不知道还要开多久。
0 M7 m, e4 h% D0 @ Let me take your number and I will get one of them to call you back.+ s( o4 f/ J" |. p+ K$ `. a
我记下你的号码,我会让他们中的一个打回给你。4 d1 h$ c% ?' k7 H) H/ V
PETER DAY: It' s good of you to give me a lift.
" b5 _& b! C* I% B7 X 皮特.戴:你真好,开车送我。
t" [% M- Z% n, R8 ~" R CLIVE HARRIS: It' s no problem. M7 U# N; B, O9 T5 ^) D
克莱夫.哈里斯:没什么。
" i9 j, G+ M+ p, W6 q Are you still doing consultancy work for J.K. Toys?
# f8 u( i- V. H2 _ 你还在为J.K.玩具公司做顾问工作吗?5 ]# t! d# [% Y1 S
PETER DAY: I wondered why you were going out of your way to give me a lift.
& u- k; i7 S7 t, W) [, G 皮特.戴:我正在想你为什么大老远地送我,又不顺路。! P' T6 D. x7 o+ s& V( i
CLIVE HARRIS: Well, are you?
% L1 G2 J7 C6 I* Q& [7 J8 `3 e 克莱夫.哈里斯:嗯,你还在做吗?/ z8 O# ?9 x! m
PETER DAY: Technically no. I' ve just finished.
( T( ]6 C1 {+ B0 y" e) D 皮特.戴:可以说不做了。我刚做完。8 \, ]& }* Z; l
But that work was confidential.& O' ?4 t' p( g( D$ D% x) a( I
但那项工作是保密的。
/ d1 Y# P; l% x5 Y CLIVE HARRIS: Yes, of course.3 a; Z* P( P- |
克莱夫.哈里斯:是的,当然。: x! z L# r* P5 F3 \5 G8 ~( z- N
You could be working for us, you know, I might need a consultant.* ^* g3 y5 `: t/ v h1 B
你可以为我们工作,要知道,我们也可能需要顾问。
" M. l ]8 ?: @" U PETER DAY: Really?2 @. K" ]: b# E/ b5 @$ o
皮特.戴:真的? i" ~- C6 H) J) T( w5 Y ?) a- t
CLIVE HARRIS: Well, perhaps.1 b; [. p/ w. b) e6 L
克莱夫.哈里斯:嗯,或许。
; e+ R: m0 H7 y5 \ b& L! b% j I might need an idea of the best way to react to Dealer Dan.
. b6 m& y1 u- c( h 我需要一个反击"商人丹"的最佳方式的点子。PETER DAY: How did you get to hear about that?; E/ n N1 F( K' r$ J6 H
皮特.戴:你怎么知道的?
% w, C0 n, n; H% g5 I CLIVE HARRIS: A customer.
' b: S' I/ ^- u) l" F 克莱夫.哈里斯:一个顾客告诉我们的。% m8 _; ~3 |- z
Do you know that Dealer Dan is very like a new toy we have developed?
+ }3 Y! h' y: V; G; ] 你知道"商人丹"跟我们的一款新玩具很相似吗?
0 [% Z5 E' E1 e Dealer Dan could hurt us badly.* K J6 V& ~0 n2 Q+ Q
"商人丹"可以重创我们。6 F( ^. D( j( b. O2 m2 H
I don' t want any secrets.
0 j+ i3 r% |: } 我不要任何秘密。$ V' r( B# J) z f$ }
I don' t want to compromise you, I just want some general information.
- Q& V* P0 a9 g 我不想为难你,我只想要些大面上的信息。: U O( O9 X' n4 _) \9 S4 ~: Z
PETER DAY: How general?
$ X) D3 u; h% T8 r0 o2 i) l 皮特.戴:怎样才算大面上的信息?
! {! @( }" K% L& C; P KATE MCKENNA: We know their selling price, but what' s their unit cost?+ k7 T F: H5 P3 s
凯特.麦凯纳:我们知道他们的销售价格,但他们的单位成本是怎样的?! }% G, Q2 S; z. m8 o, C
DON BRADLEY: Derek, what' s your estimate?
9 f. Y) |/ ?& ~0 @5 x 堂.布拉德利:德里克,你的估计是多少?
& M9 f8 |7 @! B# q$ P DEREK JONES: I can' t say.' u7 k5 z- _# m- {0 w
德里克.琼斯:说不上来。
9 n2 o6 [/ c' J2 a I don' t know what their production run is.
: i& N% g3 k2 d3 l8 d 我们还不知道产品是怎样的。
4 u0 x6 X" L" d, w) i We haven' t had that information yet.7 i2 v6 ?2 R7 A% j4 L& w( r
我们还没有这方面的资料。
& d. m+ K: G* l9 |, o DON BRADLEY: Well, Big Boss' s production run is three hundred thousand.! |7 q/ ^; ~9 @2 _4 C
堂.布拉德利:"大老板"的产量是30万。
* ^4 V- X) D( }4 Y0 Q Will they produce three hundred thousand? Or more?
7 @+ Q# W" _. _7 X 他们会生产30万吗?或者更多?
( G: P" Y6 E5 z# E* j/ g- q7 L DEREK JONES: I don' t know the answer to that one.7 P& ?8 A a; l% H8 v
德里克.琼斯:这个我不知道。- ~( _) H1 h! j* s, p) {* r
At that retail price they have to sell a lot of toys.
& @% N5 g* _3 `" d; r 以那样的零售价,他们要售出很多玩具才行。) K0 x+ ]; \$ d" k" k7 t1 l: X
DON BRADLEY: It can' t be less than 300 thousand, can it?) V3 R& I9 O( Y% s: _
堂.布拉德利:但不能少于30万,对吧?
) F# |- ^0 ?( O& h! I# ]- P) g PETER DAY: Thanks for the lift, Clive.9 W% @5 c( n% d4 e' a5 B
皮特.戴:谢谢你送我,克莱夫。& x5 Y$ O) y& h5 L) v7 }) L0 }
CLIVE HARRIS: You are something of a specialist in the Far East, aren' t you?
" {2 c# x4 }( D' |! A; u 克莱夫.哈里斯:你在远东是名专家,对吧?
9 W1 x. `7 n S% V2 w PETER DAY: You could say that.! T' W0 N$ Q4 ?% k) A* ^# Q B* L
皮特.戴:也可以这样说。% H/ L& I, @ G( m
CLIVE HARRIS: Well, when this deal with this Japanese company is settled, we might need your help.' M; Z5 a4 W8 ~( h1 U- x
克莱夫.哈里斯:我们和日本公司的交易完成后,我们或许会需要你的帮助。- R( h- T# t6 \) P5 |
We shall need a consultant to help set things up.
& D$ q/ i6 y4 c" T 我们需要一名顾问处理事情。4 F+ C" d' Q1 A2 ]6 z9 h5 \
Of course, the success of Big Boss is a very important part of the deal.
$ d$ Z' O- c0 T8 }' \2 g$ w5 n 当然,"大老板"的成功是这项交易的一个重要部分。
! u5 _3 P4 B% D5 n9 q/ W7 D) E PETER DAY: When might this happen?7 g& @' o- j! v& Z' M+ T8 G
皮特.戴:那会是什么时候?
, w( }( c+ p1 L2 c: O N CLIVE HARRIS: That depends.
' f& X p, c! J6 V! B( P7 D* \, g 克莱夫.哈里斯:这个要看情况。1 m- [1 w% T' b. ?& K( p5 k
PETER DAY: The production run is 300,000 units.
% s/ O7 e( ?% w+ h/ d! @ 皮特.戴:产量是30万件。8 P# T- K3 R5 C
CLIVE HARRIS: And the advertising budget?. s2 B$ D: F7 x `5 \/ o7 O# g
克莱夫.哈里斯:广告预算呢?9 `6 b, f3 w' L4 X# X F
PETER DAY: Clive, I don' t know.
& |; u; f$ c/ g1 z5 m 皮特.戴:克莱夫, 不知道。
' {* f- `) Z$ {5 t. Z' d Q; M Really, I don' t know.
4 A8 `9 t& {4 | 真的,我不知道。 |