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@ 41204 Budget Meeting
A 今年公司預算的重點是削減開支。你們銷售部是花錢大戶，有什麼計劃？
jīnnián gōngsī yùsuàn de zhòngdiǎn shì xuējiǎn kāizhī. nǐmen xiāoshòu bù shì huāqián dàhù, yǒu shénme jìhuà?
The main focus of our budget this year is reducing expenditures. You guys in sales are the big spenders. What's your plan?
B 顧總監，經濟越不好，我們越要主動出擊。所以銷售部今年的預算稍微增加了一點。
Gù zǒngjiān, jīngjì yuè bù hǎo, wǒmen yuè yào zhǔdòng chūjī. suǒyǐ xiāoshòu bù jīnnián de yùsuàn shāowēi zēngjiā le yīdiǎn.
Chief Inspector Gu, the worse the economy gets, the more pro-active we need to be. So the sales department's budget increased a bit this year.
A 什麼？增加？現在這種經濟狀況，公司不可能批。
shénme? zēngjiā? xiànzài zhèzhǒng jīngjì zhuàngkuàng, gōngsī bù kěnéng pī.
What? It increased? In this kind of economic environment, the company really can't approve this.
B 可是我們不能保守等死。我需要更大的銷售團隊，不僅要守住老客戶，更要大力開拓新客戶。
kěshì wǒmen bùnéng bǎoshǒu děng sǐ. wǒ xūyào gèng dà de xiāoshòu tuánduì, bùjǐn yào shǒuzhù lǎo kèhù, gèng yào dàlì kāituò xīn kèhù.
But we can't just sit tight and wait for our doom. I need an even bigger sales team. We don't just need to keep our old clients-- even more, we need to get new clients!
A 你招聘新銷售我不管，但是差旅費、招待費要砍。以後能坐火車就坐火車，賓館住三星的。招待費用一律提前報給我審批。
nǐ zhāopìn xīn xiāoshòu wǒ bù guǎn, dànshì chāilǚfèi, zhāodàifèi yào kǎn. yǐhòu néng zuò huǒchē jiù zuò huǒchē, bīnguǎn zhù sānxīng de. zhāodài fèiyòng yīlǜ tíqián bào gěi wǒ shěnpī.
I don't care if you hire new salespeople. But we need to cut travel and hospitality expenses. In the future, take the train if you can, and stay in three-star hotels. Tell me about all hospitality fees in advance so that I can examine and approve them.
B 切，站著說話不腰疼。省錢誰不會啊？有本事你來賺錢！
qiē, zhàn zhe shuōhuà bù yāoténg. shěngqián shéi bùhuì a? yǒu běnshì nǐ lái zhuànqián!
Pssshhh...talk is cheap. Who can't save money? If you have the skills, come make money!
C 顧總監，今年我們市場部預算已經吃緊了，沒法再減了。
Gù zǒngjiān , jīnnián wǒmen shìchǎng bù yùsuàn yǐjīng chījǐn le, méifǎ zài jiǎn le.
Chief Inspector Gu, the marketing department's budget this year is already really tight. There's no way to reduce it any further.
A 我看不是吧。比如廣告這塊，只保留投資回報率最高的兩種媒介，其它都取消。展會也不要參加了，浪費錢。
wǒ kàn bù shì ba. bǐrú guǎnggào zhè kuài, zhǐ bǎoliú tóuzī huíbào lǜ zuì gāo de liǎng zhǒng méijiè, qítā dōu qǔxiāo. zhǎnhuì yě bùyào cānjiā le, làngfèi qián.
That's not how I see it. Take ads, for example. Only keep the two kinds of media that give the best return on investment. Get rid of the others. We also don't want to go to any more exhibitions. They're a waste of money.
C 這......
zhè......
This...
A 好了，到人力資源部。
hǎo le, dào rénlì zīyuán bù.
OK, next up: Human Resources.
D 顧總監，今年我們取消校園招聘，而且凍結員工薪酬。
Gù zǒngjiān, jīnnián wǒmen qǔxiāo xiàoyuán zhāopìn, érqiě dòngjié yuángōng xīnchóu.
Chief Inspector Gu, we're canceling on-campus recruiting this year, and we're freezing employee salaries.
A 嗯，可以。我看看還有什麼能減的？節日補貼不要了。
ng4, kěyǐ. wǒ kàn kan hái yǒu shénme néng jiǎn de? jiérì bǔtiē bù yào le.
Hmm...OK. Is there anything else we can reduce? No more holiday subsidies.
D 好吧。不過我建議午餐補貼保留。否則感覺公司太小氣了。
hǎo ba. bùguò wǒ jiànyì wǔcān bǔtiē bǎoliú. fǒuzé gǎnjué gōngsī tài xiǎoqì le.
Umm...alright. But I recommend we keep the lunch subsidy. Otherwise, it'll feel like the company is being too stingy.
A 可以保留，但是要降低標準。現在是十塊錢吧，以後五塊就夠了。
kěyǐ bǎoliú, dànshì yào jiàngdī biāozhǔn. xiànzài shì shí kuàiqián ba, yǐhòu wǔ kuài jiù gòu le.
We can keep it. But we need to lower the standard. It's ten kuai now, right? In the future, five kuai will be plenty.
B 啊，那吃什麼呀？
á, nà chī shénme ya?
Agh? Then what will we eat?
Key Vocabulary
預算 yùsuàn
大戶 dàhù
削減 xuējiǎn
開支 kāizhī
主動 zhǔdòng
出擊 chūjī
批 pī
保守 bǎoshǒu
大力 dàlì
開拓 kāituò
差旅費 chāilǚfèi
招待費 zhāodàifèi
一律 yīlǜ
審批 shěnpī
站著說話不腰疼 zhàn zhe shuōhuà bù yāoténg
吃緊 chījǐn
保留 bǎoliú
回報率 huíbào lǜ
媒介 méijiè
取消 qǔxiāo
人力資源部 rénlì zīyuán bù
凍結 dòngjié
薪酬 xīnchóu
補貼 bǔtiē
Supplementary Vocabulary
納稅 nàshuì
開銷 kāixiāo
國有企業 guóyǒuqǐyè
超支 chāozhī
分配 fēnpèi
預算監督 yùsuàn jiāndū
預算控制 yùsuàn kòngzhì
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