Getting Started-(成立公司)
A:Let's review our start-up plans. When do you think we will be able to move into our new office?
我们再看一遍我们的初步计划。你想什么时候我们可以搬进新的办公室?
B:Well, we can move in any time after July first, but moving in and actually getting started are two different things.
七月一号之后我们随时可以搬进去,不过搬进去和实际开始工作是两回事。
A:Good point. Anyway, I have our new marketing manager, Helen Parker, helping us get set up.
说得好。无论如何,我会要我们新任的市场经理,海伦.派克帮忙我们打点一切。
B:What is she doing?
她是做什么的?
A:She's overseeing the purchase of equipment and so forth.
她监督机器设备的采购等等。
B:Does she have a background in that sort of thing?
她有那方面的背景吗?
A:As a matter of fact, it turns out she practically ran her last company, from marketing to finance.
事实上,她上一个公司从行销到财务,实际上都是她在运作的。
B:I'm looking forward to meeting her.
我期待认识她。
A:Have you begun to investigate factories? I'm so glad we aren't going to try to run our own factory at first.
你开始调查工厂了吗?我很高兴我们没有先试图设立自己的工厂。
B:Yes, I've started. And I've found some good people for R and D, too. Then there are the art people designing our logos-
是的,开始了。我也替研发部门找了些好人才。然后有一些美术人员设计我们的商标——
A:Oh, no! Millions of details: logos, slogans, letterhead, name cards . . .
商标,标语,信头,名片……
B:You thought setting up a company was going to be easy?
你觉得创立一间公司会容易吗?
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