剑桥商务英语(BEC)初级翻译汇总

翻 译
1． 你父亲做什么工作（谋生）？What does your father do for a living?
2． 我是搞软件开发的。 I'm on the software development side.
3． 我以前没有这儿见过你。 I haven't seen you around before.
4． 约翰在一家计算机公司干了许多年了。 John has been with a computer
company for years.
5． 我妻子在家工作。 My wife works from at home.
6、因为要开个会，周五下午我恐怕不能来。
I’m afraid I can’t come on Friday afternoon, because I will be having a meeting then.
7、我们打算在这个地区建一座新工厂。 We are going to set up a new plant in this area.
8、你们公司的总部设在哪儿？ Where is your company based?
9、I’m sort of surprised. north mid-west of the States 美国中西部的北部
10、你也从纽约来？真是太巧了。
You are also from New York? That’s really a coincidence.
11、我们定个日子一起吃饭吧。 Let’s fix up a date to have dinner together.
12、我们将尽力满足客户的需求。We’ll try to meet the customers’ demands
13、两个陌生人正在尽量寻找双方都感兴趣的话题。
Two strangers are trying to find topics of common interest.
14、这是我第二次来美国。 This is my second trip to the United States.
15、我还需要一天才能完成工作。 I need another day to finish the work.
16、真遗憾，我只能呆一周。 Unfortunately, I can only stay for a week.
17、来访者由厂长亲自带着参观新工厂。
The visitors are shown around the new plant by the director himself.
18、两个陌生人在尽量寻找双方都感兴趣的话题。
Two strangers are trying to find topics of common interest.
19、你觉得伦敦怎么样？ How do you find London?
20、你住在哪家旅馆？ Which hotel are you staying in?
21、你有时间游览纽约吗？ Have you found time to see much in New York?

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22、很遗憾，我只能在中国呆两周
Unfortunately, I can only stay a couple of weeks in China.
23、我们将在东京设办事处。 Our company is setting up an office in Tokyo.
24、你们公司的总部在哪儿？ Where is your company based?
25、太巧了！我也是设计师。 That is a coincidence! I’m also a designer.
26、我们必须满足这位客户的要求。We’ve got to meet this customer’s request.
27、由于经济萧条，在过去的两个月中，许多工人被解雇了。
Owing to the depression, a number of workers have been fired in the past two months.
28、(比起国产车来)有的消费者更喜欢进口车。
Some consumers prefer imported cars (to those hat are home-made)
29、我们宁肯降低价格，也不愿积压大量货物。
We would rather cut down the price than keep a large quantity of goods in stock.
30、我想就新计划谈几句。I’d like to say a few words about the new plan.
31、他经营了一家公司，利润很高。 He runs a company at a high profit.
32、这个代表团的团长是财务部长。
This delegation is headed by the Minister of Finance.
33、所有部门总管要向总裁报告。
Directors of all departments must report to the Managing Director.
34、这位经理只对营销总管汇报工作。
This manager is only accountable to the Marketing Director.
35、在同事们的协助下，我按时完成了工作。
Assisted by my colleagues I finished the job on time.
36、营销部负责广告。The Marketing Department takes care of advertising.
37、我想就新公司的组织结构讲几句。
I’d like to say a few words about the organizational structure of the new company.
38、总裁负责整个公司的经营并向董事会汇报工作。
The Managing Director is responsible for running the company and (is)
accountable to the Board of Directors.
39、财务部负责公司财务和会计。

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The Finance Department takes care of corporate finance and accounting.
40、管理服务部负责整个公司的合理化建设。The Management Services
Department is in charge of rationalization of the whole company.
41、研究与发展部与五个地区紧密合作开发新产品。 The R&D Department
works closely with the five regions on new product development.
42、五个地区经理直接由总裁领导。
Five Regional Managers are directly under the Managing Director.
43、除了母公司，ABC公司有三个子公司。
In addition to the parent company, ABC Company has three subsidiaries.
44、收多少送货费？ How much do you charge for delivery costs?
45、我想订购10辆汽车。 I’d like to place an order for ten cars.
46、我们保证两周交货。We guarantee delivery within two weeks.
47、我们生产的电视机通常保修一年。
There is a usual one-year guarantee for our TV sets.
48、我们保证令顾客满意。 We guarantee satisfaction to customers.
49、有位客户来信询问新产品的价格。
A customer enquired about the price of our new product in his letter.
50、考虑到双方的关系，我们愿提供5%的折扣。
In view of our relationship, we would offer you a discount of 5%.
51、我打电话是想问一下贵公司的办公室存档设备的情况。
I’m phoning to enquire about your office filing system.
52、我想先核实一下尺寸大小。
I’d like to check on the dimensions first.
53．标准件为3.5米宽。 The standard unit is 3.5metres wide.
54．实际上能安装几层架子？ How many shelves can actually be fitted?
55．我需要知道它们突出来多少，换句话说，有多深。
I’d like to know how much they stick out – in other words, how deep they are.
56．运费取决于收货人到我们仓库的距离。
Delivery costs depend on how far the receiver is from our warehouse.

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57．我们离市中心大约十英里。 We are about ten miles from the center.
58．那是我们的免费送货区，因此不另收费。
That is in our free delivery area, so there’ll be no extra charge for delivery.
59．我们保证两周内交货。 We guarantee delivery within two weeks.
60．鉴于订货较多，我们给5%的折扣。
In view of the size of your order, we can offer a discount of 5%.
61．通常有1年的保修期，但这种打印机的平均使用寿命至少10年。
There is the usual one – year guarantee, but printers of this kind have an
average life of at least 10 years.
62、请让他尽快给我回电话，好吗？
Could you ask him to call me back as soon as possible?
63、因为预算紧，他们在付款方面有麻烦。
They have problems with payment because of tight budget.
64、以防他没有你的电话号码，你能告诉我你的号码吗？
In case he does not have your number, could you tell me what it is?
65、我一定把这个口信转达给他。 I’ll make sure he gets the message.
66、谢谢你回电话。 Thanks for getting back.
67、我打电话是因为LPY17的安装有问题。
The reason I called is we’re having installation problems with the LPY17.
68、我确信我们不久就会解决问题。 I’m sure we’ll sort out the problem soon.
69、我打电话想问一下能否在下周安排一次会面。
I’m phoning to see if we could fix a meeting for next week.
70、周五上午对我来说很合适。 Friday morning would suit me fine.
71、我想约见一下你们公司的财务经理。
I’d like to make an appointment to see your Corporate Finance Manager.
72、为了获得更大的市场份额，我们降低了产品价格。
We have lowered the price with a view to getting more market share.
73、飞机将于上午10点钟从巴黎飞往纽约。
The plane will leave Paris for New York at 10 a.m.

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74、我通常5点钟起床，早餐前跑步。
I usually get up at five and go for a jog before breakfast
75、你订了哪些杂志？ Which magazines do you take?
76、从头到尾地看报纸要花很多时间。
It takes a lot of time to read the papers from cover to cover.
77、看完报之后，我离家去上班。 After the papers, I leave for the office.
78、我让秘书整理出那些需要马上处理的邮件。
I asked my secretary to sort out those letters, which need immediate attention.
79、我每天上午都要和财务主管、销售主管开例会。
Every morning I have regular meetings with my Finance and Sales Directors.
80、我常到国外出差，通过电话了解公司的最新情况。I travel abroad on business
a lot and keep up-to-date with the company y telephone.
81、我经常在周末也有约会。More often than not, I have engagements on weekends.
82、我们将继续讨论议事日程上的下一项。
We’ll move on to the next item on the agenda.
83、我们简单看一下各部门的近期计划吧。
Let’s have a look every briefly at the current departmental projects.
84、销售部现在正进行什么工作？
What are the Sales Department working on at the moment?
85、我们正在就新安装的电话进行用户调研。
We are doing a user study for the installation of the new telephones.
86、财务部正在考虑改进核算体制。
The Finance Department is thinking of improving the accounting system.
87、旧体制有问题，因此我们在研究新的管理体制。
We are having problems with the old system, so we’re looking into a new
managing system.
88、人事部现在正在安装新的电脑系统。
The Personnel Department are currently installing a new computer system.
89、大部分公司都正在招聘新的大学毕业生。

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Most companies are recruiting new graduates now.
90、这家服装公司下周要迁到美国去，因此他们现在很忙。Since they are moving
to America next week, the garment company have got their hands full now.
91、那家新公司将在下个月举办一系列素质培训班。
A series of seminars will be run next month by that new company.
92、工作预定在11月开始。 The work is due to start in November.
93、上次面试时，他不给我机会回答问题。
He gave me no chance to answerreply to his question in the last interview.
94、盼早日复信。 I’m looking forward to your early reply.
95、虽然我们将在3月份开始大规模的促销，但明年的销售情况大致不会变。
We expect sales will be roughly the same next year, although we will be
starting a large-scale promotion in March.
96、也许明年我们能将销售额增加到300000。
Perhaps we can boost sales to 300000 next year.
97、我们不指望销售额和去年一样高。
We do not expect that sales will be as high as last year.
98、我将销售目标定得稍微低了一点，定在600000。
I have se the sales target slightly lower, at 600000.
99、明年我们打算推出新产品，确信其销量将快速增长。
Next year we intend to launch a new product and we are sure sales will take off
very quickly.
100、我想花大家几分钟时间回顾一下今年的情况。
I’d like to spend a few minutes of your time looking back over the year.
101、在财务方面，成果令人欣慰。
On the financial front the results have been very pleasing.
102、总体说来，公司经营状况良好。The company as a whole has performed well.
103、国内消费市场竞争激烈。
The domestic consumer market has been very competitive.
104、我想大家会有兴趣了解一下最新情况，因为这对我们未来的发展是十分重

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要的。 I think you would be interested to have an update since this is vital for our
future growth.
105、我们需要制定一个新政策，该政策必须考虑到变化着的市场条件。 We need
to define a new strategy which must take account of changing market conditions.
106、如果我们降低价格，毛利将减少，那将使利润减少。
If we reduce prices, our margins will be lower and that will cut profits.
107、我认为我们应该追求更高的利润率。
I think we should go for higher profitability.
108、如果我们能改进产品，就可以卖更高的价格，从而获得更高的利润。
If we can upgrade the product, we’ll get higher prices and therefore higher profits.
109、在日用消费品市场上如果提高价格，无论质量如何，销售量都将快速下降。
In the market of everyday consumer commodities, if we increase prices,
whatever the quality is, sales will drop badly.
110、如果能降低成本，那将使我们更有实力适应市场。
If we can reduce costs, that must put us in a better position to adapt to the market.
111、我打电话是想问一下EA工程的时间安排问题。
I’m phoning about the timing for Project EA.
112、该项目的开工日期已经定了。We’ve got the starting date fixed for the project
113、我们定于4月5日开始初期调研。We are to begin a pilot study on 5 April.
114、我们和供货商的约会定于5月1日。
We’ve arranged a meeting with the supplier scheduled for May 1st.
115、如果一切按计划进行，届时我们将订货。
If everything goes well according to plan, then we’ll place an order with them.
116、他们定于什么时候完工？ When are they due to finish the project?
117、合同上写着8月6日之前。 In the contract, it says by 6 August.
118、我们的日程很紧。 Now we’re on a pretty tight schedule.

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