Intermediate - Requesting a Sample (C0470)

哎，我是。你好。还在中国吗？最近过得怎样？
āi ，wǒ shì 。nǐhǎo 。hái zài Zhōngguó ma ？zuìjìn guò de zěnyàng ？
Hey ,that’s me. Hello. Are you still in China? How are things recently?

挺好的，事情也办得很顺利。我跟你说啊，我把我们上次谈过的情况向公司汇报过了。我们公司也对你们的报价进行了讨论，觉得可以接受。
tǐng hǎo de ，shìqing yě bàn de hěn shùnlì 。wǒ gēn nǐ shuō a ，wǒ bǎ wǒmen shàngcì tán guo de qíngkuàng xiàng gōngsī huìbào guo le 。wǒmen gōngsī yě duì nǐmen de bàojià jìnxíng le tǎolùn ，juéde kěyǐ jiēshòu 。
Pretty good, and things have been going very smoothly. I have to tell you, I’ve reported to the company the matters we discussed last time. Our company also had a discussion about your quote, and felt that it was acceptable.

那真是太好了。我就说嘛，我们产品的性价比最好了。
nà zhēnshì tài hǎo le 。wǒ jiù shuō ma ，wǒmen chǎnpǐn de xìngjiàbǐ zuìhǎo le 。
That’s really great. Didn’t I say our products are the best value for the money?

问题是，现在我们公司需要一些样品。你们可以免费提供吗？还是需要我们付钱？
wèntí shì ，xiànzài wǒmen gōngsī xūyào yīxiē yàngpǐn 。nǐmen kěyǐ miǎnfèi tígōng ma ？háishì xūyào wǒmen fùqián ？
The issue is, now our company needs some samples. Can you provide them for free? Or do you need us to pay for them?

你要多少？
nǐ yào duōshao ？
How many do you need?

不同型号的锤子各一把。
bùtóng xínghào de chuízi gè yī bǎ 。
One of each different model of hammer.

好说，好说。小意思，不用钱。
hǎoshuō ，hǎoshuō 。xiǎoyìsi ，bùyòng qián 。
Easily done, easily done. That’s a trifle. You don’t have to pay.

太好了。另外能不能麻烦你们把样品空运到我们公司？
tài hǎo le 。lìngwài néngbunéng máfan nǐmen bǎ yàngpǐn kōngyùn dào wǒmen gōngsī ？
That’s great. In addition, would you be able to air transport the samples to our company?

这个……
zhège ......
This….

费用由我们来出。
fèiyòng yóu wǒmen lái chū 。
We would pay the costs.

那好办。
nà hǎobàn 。
Well that’s easy to do then.

那你们最快多久能运到？
nà nǐmen zuìkuài duōjiǔ néng yùndào ？
So, when is the quickest you could send them?

如果明天发货，一周后就可以拿到。
rúguǒ míngtiān fāhuò ，yīzhōu hòu jiù kěyǐ nádào 。
If we send the goods tomorrow, you will be able to get them one week after that.

好的。那我们就说定了。李先生，我真是不知该怎么感谢你了！
hǎo de 。nà wǒmen jiù shuōdìng le 。Lǐ xiānsheng ，wǒ zhēnshì bùzhī gāi zěnme gǎnxiè nǐ le ！
All right. So, then let’s settle on that. Mr. Li, I really don’t know how to thank you.

哎！你这么说就太见外了。
āi ！nǐ zhème shuō jiù tài jiànwài le 。
Oh! You don’t need to be so formal with me.

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