Intermediate - Negotiating Price and Payment Terms (C0613)

A:李经理,我是Peter。
Mr. Li, this is Peter.
Lǐ jīnglǐ, wǒ shì Peter.
B:哦!怎么了?
Oh! What is it?
ō! Zěnme le?
A:榔头的价格不对,比你当时的报价高。
The hammer price isn't right. It's higher than the quote you gave me.
Lángtou de jiàgé bù duì, bǐ nǐ dāngshí de bàojià gāo.
B:Peter,你也知道最近美金贬值了,所以我们公司调整了价格。
Peter, you know that recently the American dollar has depreciated. We've had to revise our prices.
Peter, nǐ yě zhīdào zuìjìn měijīn biǎnzhí le. Suǒyǐ wǒmen gōngsī tiáozhěng le jiàgé.
A:可是价格我们已经说好了。你不能不讲信用。
But we already agreed on the price. You can't be untrustworthy.
Kěshì jiàgé wǒmen yǐjīng shuōhǎo le. Nǐ bùnéng bù jiǎng xìnyòng.
B:我也没办法啊。
There's nothing I can do either.
Wǒ yě méi bànfǎ a.
A:那我们没法合作了。
Then I'm afraid we can't work together.
Nà wǒmen méifǎ hézuò le.
B:Peter, 和气生财。我们可以商量。
Peter, amiability will get you rich. We can discuss it.
Peter, héqìshēngcái. Wǒmen kěyǐ shāngliang.
A:好,现金预付款我不付。所有的货款运输前付。
Well, I'm not paying the cash advance. The entire payment will be made prior to shipping.
Hǎo, xiànjīn yùfùkuǎn wǒ bù fù. Suǒyǒu de huòkuǎn yùnshū qián fù.
B:什么?没有钱,我们怎么生产?
What? Without money, how can we manufacture?
Shénme? Méiyǒu qián, wǒmen zěnme shēngchǎn?
A:看来我们没法谈下去了。
Looks like there's no more room for negotiation.
Kànlai wǒmen méifǎ tán xiàqu le.
B:这样吧,没有预付款可以,但你要开信用证。
How about this: No cash advance is all right. But you have to provide a letter of credit.
Zhèyàng ba, méiyǒu yùfùkuǎn kěyǐ, dàn nǐ yào kāi xìnyòngzhèng.
A:可以。李经理,我希望你们能包括标签。
OK. Mr. Li, I hope you can include labels for each box.
Kěyǐ. Lǐ jīnglǐ, wǒ xīwàng nǐmen néng bāokuò biāoqiān.
B:行!就算交个朋友吧。
Can do! Consider it a new friendship.
Xíng! Jiù suàn jiāo ge péngyou ba.
A:是啊,有钱大家赚。
Yes, there's money for us all to make.
Shì a, yǒu qián dàjiā zhuàn.
B:哎,你的钱难赚啊!
Oh, your money is not easy to earn!
āi, nǐ de qián nán zhuàn a!

Key Vocabulary

榔头lángtouhammer
当时dāngshíat that time
报价bàojiàprice quote
贬值biǎnzhíto depreciate
调整tiáozhěngto adjust
说好shuōhǎoto agree on
讲信用jiǎng xìnyòngtrustworthy
合作hézuòto work together
和气生财héqìshēngcáiamiability will make you rich
商量shāngliangto discuss
预付款yùfùkuǎnadvance payment
货款huòkuǎnpayment for goods
运输yùnshūshipping
谈下去tán xiàquto go on discussing
kāito issue
信用证xìnyòngzhèngletter of credit
标签biāoqiānlabel

Supplementary Vocabulary

锤子chuízihammer
涨价zhǎngjiàto rise in price
升值shēngzhíto appreciate
反悔fǎnhuǐto go back on one's word
违约wéiyuēto break a contract
亏本kuīběnto lose money in business