外贸口语一点通第224期:寒暄介绍之介绍外商

 　　Introduce foreign counterparts

　　介绍外商
　　A: Mr.Yan, I'd like to meet Mr.David Smith, sales manager for Northern Relfections of Canada. Mr.Smith, Mr.Ben Yan, general manager of Apex 1 Trading.
　　严先生，让我为你介绍加拿大北方瑞弗莱克森的业务经理大卫·史密斯先生。史密斯先生，这位是本·严先生，爱派克贸易公司的总经理。
　　B: It's very nice to finally meet you, Mr.Smith, after so many phone calls and faxes. I'd like you to have my business card.
　　很高兴见到您。在经过多次电话，传真沟通之后，我们终于见面了。史密斯先生，请收下我的名片。
　　C: Thanks very much, Mr.Yan. Please accept mine. And please, call me David.
　　谢谢您，严先生。也请收下我的名片，叫我大卫就行了。
　　A: If you don't mind, David, while you and Mr.Yan get acquainted, I'd like to check the arrangements for the meeting.
　　如果你不介意，大卫，你和严先生聊着，我失陪一会儿，看看会议安排得如何。
　　C: You're certainly on top of things, Washington.
　　华盛顿，一切当然尽在你的掌控之中。
　　B: (Looking at Washington)You'll find Mr.Steven Washington is a force to be reckoned with at Apex Trading.
　　（看看华盛顿）您会发现斯蒂文·华盛顿是爱派克贸易公司的一员大将。
　　A: Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mr.Yan. I'll be right back.(Leaves room)
　　严先生，谢谢你的信任，我马上回来。（走出房间）
　　C: He appears to be a top-norch young man, Mr.Yan. Talent and enthusiasms like that are hard to find.
　　严先生，他看起来是个有作为的年轻人，很难找到像他这样有才干、有热忱的人。
　　B: Don't I know it. He's doing a great job for us. And please, call me Ben.
　　我完全赞同，他在公司表现不俗，请叫我本就可以了。
　　C: Ben, can you tell me in a nutshell what the retail 2 market is like in Taiwan?
　　本，你可以简单地告诉我台湾零售市场的现状吗？
　　B: Well, as per capita income goes up and up, the growth sector 3 seems to be in the top-end.
　　好，由于每人的平均收入不断地增高，市场的发展领域似乎偏向于高价位商品。
　　C: Retail is going upscale here? Taiwan is certainly growing more quickly than I had imagined.
　　这里的零售业还在不断增长？台湾真的比我想象中发展得快多了。
　　B: Yes. Things certainly have changed since I was a boy. We've developed very quickly.
　　没错，现在的台湾和我小时候完全不一样了，这里发展得非常迅速。
　　C: Do you think the trend will continue?
　　你想这种趋势还会持续下去吗？
　　B: I don't see why not. We do have some problems, but we are still willing to work hard and wages aren't too high at this point.
　　我不觉得有什么不行！虽然是有一些问题，但我们仍愿意勤奋工作，而且现阶段工资仍不算太高。
　　C: Everything I've seen so far is very impressive. Very impressive indeed.
　　到目前为止，我所看到的一切都令我印象深刻，真的十分深刻。
　　1. be reckoned with 意思是“认为；把……看作”。
　　eg. The new company is already a force to be reckoned with.
　　这家新公司成为不可轻视的一股势力。
　　eg. All this has turned Google into a force to be reckoned with.
　　这一切，都让谷歌变成了一支不容小觑的力量。
　　2. get acquainted 认识，了解
　　eg. I happened to get acquainted with the widow of some departed high Anglo-Indian official.
　　我偶然结识了一个高级英裔印度官员的遗孀。
　　eg. Lot of bachelors said that they didn't have sufficient time to get acquainted with their true love.
　　很多单身的人都说自己的工作忙得没有足够的时间去认识真命天子（天女）。