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商业谈判

A：Ah, Lian and Lok. Welcome. It’s a pleasure to see you here again. Now, you know everyone here, except for Ahmed.
丽安，洛克，欢迎你们。很高兴再次和你们见面。在座的各位除了这位之外大家都已经见过面了。这位是阿麦德。

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B：How do you do?
你好。

A：How do you do?
你好。

B：A pleasure.
很高兴见到您。

A：Ahmed is our business manager. He’ll be sitting in. Can we get you anything? Tea or coffee?
阿麦德是我们的业务经理。他会旁听这次谈判。 二位需要喝些什么吗？茶还是咖啡？

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B：No, thank you.
不用了。谢谢。

A：We’re fine thanks.
谢谢您的好意。

B：All right then. Please, take a seat. I know your time is valuable. We’re hoping that this meeting won’t go longer than an hour. Would you like me to arrange a taxi for you when we finish?
那好，各位请坐吧。 我知道各位的时间很宝贵，我们希望这次会晤的时间不要超过一个小时。 会谈结束时二位是否需要我们为您安排计程车呢？

A：Thank you. That would be great.
那太好了，谢谢您。

B：I’ll make a note of it. I have an agenda drawn up but feel free to change the order or add items as you wish.
我会记住这件事的。 我这里有一份起草好了的会谈程序，不过如果二位有任何议题需要增减的话，请务必不要拘泥于此。

A：This looks fine. You seem to have covered everything.
我觉得这份议程很不错。看来您已经考虑到所有的事项了。