Ummm. Wait, let me check.

呃...等等，讓我看看

Okay.

好吧，我知道了

No, I didn’t get it.

不，我不明白。

Oh! Let me send it to you again.

哦，我再給你送去吧。

But what’s in the mail?

但是郵件裡有什麼？

I just sent some documents for you to look at.

我剛剛發了一些文件給你看。

Okay, send it over.

好吧，把它送過來。

I heard Mr. Peter called you?

我聽說彼得先生給你打電話了？

Yeah… I just got back from his cabin.

我剛從他的小木屋回來

Why? Was it something serious?

為什麼？是嚴重的事情嗎？

Not serious, but it was pretty important.

雖然不嚴重，但這很重要。

What was it?

什麼事？

He was just telling me about a new project. That’s it.

他只是告訴我一個新的項目。就這樣吧

Oh. Thank God! You were getting your ear chewed, because he looked a bit mad today.

哦，謝天謝地！謝天謝地！你的耳朵被咬了，因為他今天看起來有點瘋狂。

He’s mad alright, but not at me… He’s mad at the competition. They’ve underbid us.

他很生氣，但不是生我的氣，而是生競爭對手的氣他們出的價太低了

Hey Fiona, are you done with the support team review?

嘿，Fiona，你做完支持團隊的審查了嗎？

Nope Sophie. I am still grading the calls.

不，蘇菲。我還在給電話評級。

Oh, come on! You’re gonna get me in trouble. We have our team meeting this morning!

哦，來吧！ - 你會給我帶來麻煩的。你會給我帶來麻煩的我們今天早上有團隊會議！

I know, I know. I am working as fast as I can. There’s a lot of work here.

我知道，我知道。我正在儘快的工作，我可以。這裡有很多工作。

Fiona, I gave it to you three days ago.

菲奧娜，我三天前給你的。

Well, don’t worry. I am almost done. I’ll have it all laid out for you in a couple of hours.

好了，不要擔心。我幾乎完成了。幾個小時後我就會給你安排好的。

Great! I hope so. I gotta review it so that I can answer the questions in that meeting.

厲害！我希望如此。我得複習一下，這樣我就能在會議上回答問題了。

Don’t worry, Sophie. I’ll get it done.

別擔心，蘇菲。我會搞定的

Listen Jake, I want that contract.

聽著，傑克，我想要那份合同。

I know Mr. Higgins. We need it.

我認識希金斯先生我們需要它。

It’s going to do wonders to our bottomline. So get it for me, will ya?

這對我們的底線會有很大的幫助。所以幫我去拿，好嗎？

Well, I am pretty sure it’s ours.

好吧，我很確定這是我們的。

I am not so sure. Wheelers Inc is after it too, and they’re a slick outfit.

我不太確定。Wheelers公司也在追，他們是個狡猾的傢伙。

Not as slick as ours. I already know about their operating margins.

不像我們這麼狡猾。我已經知道他們的經營利潤率了。

They’ve got a higher manufacturing cost. We’ll beat them with a lower bid.

他們的製造成本更高。我們會用更低的價格擊敗他們。

A lower bid? Have you checked the project viability?

出價較低？你檢查過項目的可行性嗎？

Sure! We’ve got the advantage of economies of scale. We’re already producing this stuff for Checkers Corp.

當然！我們有規模經濟的優勢。我們已經在為跳棋公司生產這些東西了。

Yeah, that makes sense.

是啊，這是有道理的。

Okay, keep the bid low, and send them a sample of our current work. We want them to be impressed.

好吧，把標價壓低，給他們發一份我們目前工作的樣品。我們要讓他們印象深刻

I’ll take care of it Mr Higgins. Won’t let you down.

我會處理的，希金斯先生。不會讓你失望的

Ear chewed : When someone is chewing your ear, they are criticizing you for something you did wrong.

咬耳朵：當有人在咬你的耳朵時，他們是在責備你做錯了什麼。

Underbid : To underbid is to give a lower priced bid than someone else. A bid is the offer you give someone when you do their work for a fee.

Underbid : 低價是指比別人出價低。出價是指當你為別人做工作時，你給別人的報價，以收取費用。

Grading the calls : It means to rate or analyze the phone-calls made by company employees for quality. Call-centers often do that.

電話分級：是指對公司員工撥打的電話進行品質評價或分析。呼叫中心經常這樣做。

Laid out : Laid out in this context means available. When a work is laid out, it’s ready and available.

躺在外面 。在這裡，Laid out的意思是可用。當一個作品被佈置出來時，它已經準備好了，可以使用了。

Bottom line : The bottom line is the net profit after all expenses have been deducted.

底線：底線是指扣除所有費用後的淨利潤。

Slick outfit : A slick outfit is a company that’s very professional, well managed and efficient.

滑稽的裝備：滑稽的裝備是一個非常專業、管理完善、效率高的公司。

Operating margins : The operating margin is the amount you need to earn to pay the expenses you make in running your business.

營業利潤率：營業利潤率是指你需要賺取的金額來支付你在經營業務中的費用。

Manufacturing cost : It is the money you spend in manufacturing something.

製造成本：是指製造某物所花費的資金。

Project viability : When you check the project’s viability,

項目可行性：當你檢查項目的可行性。

it means you consider all the factors like expenses, time, capabilities, etc., and decide whether a project is worth doing or not.

就是說你要考慮所有的因素，比如費用、時間、能力等，決定一個項目是否值得做。

Economies of scale : According to a rule in manufacturing,

規模經濟：根據製造業的規則。

the more quantities you manufacture of an item, the less each individual item costs you because some costs like rent etc., are fixed.

你生產一件商品的數量越多，每件商品的成本就越低，因為有些成本如租金等是固定的。

This is called economies of scale, example things become cheaper to manufacture, the more quantity you manufacture.

這就是所謂的規模經濟，比如說東西製造成本越低，製造數量越多。