1、A: Im sorry to say that the price you quote is too high. It would be very difficult for us to push any sales if we buy it at this price. B: well, if you take quality into consideration, you wont think our price is too high. A: Lets meet each other half way. - 很遗憾你们报的价格太高,如果按这种价格买进,我方实在难以推销。 - 如果你考虑一
2、下质量,你就不会觉得我们的价格太高了。 - 那咱们就各让一步吧。 A: Im sorry to say that your price has soared. Its almost 20% higher than last years. B: Thats because the price of raw materials has gone up. A: I see. Thank you. - 很遗憾,贵方的价格猛长,比去年几乎高出 20%。 - 那是因为原材料的价格上涨了。 - 我知道了,多谢。 A: How many do you intend to order? B: I want to
3、 order 900 dozen. A: The most we can offer you at present is 600 dozen. - 这种产品你们想订多少? - 我们想订 900 打。 - 目前我们至多只能提供 600 打。 A: We have inspected the rice, and were surprised to know that the weight is short. B: We sell our goods on loaded weight and not on landed weight. A: I see. - 这些大米我们检验过了,重量不够,我们感到
4、奇怪。 - 我们出售商品是以装船重量为准,不是以卸货重量为准。 - 我知道了。A: The next thing Id like to bring up for discussion is packing. B: Please state your opinions about packing. A: All right. We wish our opinions on packing will be passed on to your manufacturers. - 下面我想就包装问题讨论一下。 - 请陈述你们的意见。 - 好,我们希望我们对包装的意见能传达到厂商。 A: You know
5、, packing has a close bearing on sales. B: Yes, it also affects the reputation of our products. Buyers always pay great attention to packing. A: We wish the new packing will give our clients satisfaction. - 大家都知道,包装直接关系到产品的销售。 - 是的,它也会影响我们产品的信誉,买主总是很注意包装。 - 我们希望新包装会使我们的顾客满意。 A: How are the shirts pa
6、cked? B: Theyre packed in cardboard boxes. A: Im afraid the cardboard boxes are not strong enough for ocean transportation. - 衬衫怎样包装? - 它们用纸板箱包装。 - 我担心远洋运输用纸板箱不够结实。 A: From what Ive heard, youre already well up in shipping work. B: Yes, we arrange shipments to any part of the world. A: Do you do any
7、 chartering? - 据我所知,你方对运输工作很在行。 - 是的,我们承揽去世界各地的货物运输。 - 你们租船吗? A: How do you like the goods dispatched, by railway or by sea? B: By sea, please. Because of the high cost of railway transportation, we prefer sea transportation. A: Thats what we think. - 你方将怎样发运货物,铁路还是海运? - 请海运发货,铁路运输费用太高,我们愿意走海运。 - 我们
8、正是这么想的。A: When can you effect shipment? Im terribly worried about late shipment. B: We can effect shipment in December or early next year at the latest. A: Thats fine. - 你们什么时候能交货?我非常担心货物迟交。 - 我们最晚在今年十二月或明年初交货。 - 那很好。 在双方谈判的过程中,一定要注意倾听对方的发言,如果对对方的观点表示了解,可以说:I see what you mean. (我明白您的意思。 ) 如果表示赞成,可以
9、说: Thats a good idea. (是个好主意。 )或者说: I agree with you. (我赞成。 ) 如果是有条件地接受,可以用 on the condition that 这个句型,例如: We accept your proposal, on the condition that you order 20,000 units. (如果您订 2 万台,我们会接受您的建议。 ) 在与外商,尤其是欧美国家的商人谈判时,如果有不同意见,最好坦白地提出来而不要拐弯抹角,比如,表示无法赞同对方的意见时,可以说: I dont think thats a good idea. (我
10、不认为那是个好主意。 ) 或者 Frankly, we cant agree with your proposal. (坦白地讲,我无法同意您的提案。 ) 如果是拒绝,可以说: Were not prepared to accept your proposal at this time. (我们这一次不准备接受你们的建议。 ) 有时,还要讲明拒绝的理由,如 To be quite honest, we dont believe this product will sell very well in China. (说老实话,我们不相信这种产品在中国会卖得好。 ) 谈判期间,由於言语沟通问题,出现误解也是在所难免的:可能是对方误解了你,也可能是你误解了对方。在这两种情况出现後,你可以说: No, Im afraid you misunderstood me. What I was trying to say was. (不,恐怕你误解了。我想说的是) 或者说: Oh, Im sorry, I misunderstood you. Then I go along with you. (哦,对不起,我误解你了。那样的话,我同意你的观点。 )