Intermediate - Business Card Gone Wrong (C1133)

A 朱小姐,名片印好了。你看一下。
Zhū xiǎojie, míngpiàn yìn hǎo le. nǐ kàn yīxià.
Miss Zhu, your business cards have come out. Take a look.
B 谢谢。啊?颜色不对!
xièxie. ǎ? yánsè bù duì!
Thanks. Oh! The color is wrong!
A 是吗?你给我的设计就是这个颜色,我是照着印的。
shì ma? nǐ gěi wǒ de shèjì jiùshì zhè ge yánsè, wǒ shì zhào zhe yìn de.
Really? The design you gave me had this color. I printed them according to your design.
B 啊哟,公司名也拼错了。
āyō, gōngsī míng yě pīncuò le.
Agh-- the company name is also misspelled.
A 是吗?
shì ma?
Really?
B 你自己看。而且字体也不对。
nǐ zìjǐ kàn. érqiě zìtǐ yě bù duì.
Look for yourself. And the font is wrong.
A 这是文件格式的问题。我没办法。
zhè shì wénjiàn géshì de wèntí. wǒ méi bànfǎ.
This is a problem with the document format. There's nothing I can do.
B 瞎说!你必须给我免费重印。
xiāshuō! nǐ bìxū gěi wǒ miǎnfèi chóngyìn.
Baloney! You have to reprint them for me, for free!
A 我给你打折吧。
wǒ gěi nǐ dǎzhé ba.
How about I give you a discount?
B 不行,这全是你的错!
bùxíng, zhè quán shì nǐ de cuò!
No way! This is completely your error!
A 我是做小生意的......
wǒ shì zuò xiǎo shēngyi de......
I don't have a big margin...
B 那你退钱。
nà nǐ tuìqián.
Then give me back my money.
A 朱小姐......
Zhū xiǎojie......
Miss Zhu...
B 要么重印,要么退钱!
yàome chóngyìn, yàome tuìqián!
Either reprint them, or give me my money back!

Key Vocabulary

名片 míngpiàn business card
yìn to print
颜色 yánsè color
设计 shèjì design
照着 zhào zhe according to
拼错 pīncuò misspell
字体 zìtǐ font
文件 wénjiàn document
格式 géshì format
没办法 méi bànfǎ to have no solution
必须 bìxū need to
免费 miǎnfèi free
重印 chóngyìn reprint
打折 dǎzhé to discount
退钱 tuìqián money-back
要么...要么... yàome...yàome... either...or...

Supplementary Vocabulary

按照 ànzhào according to
字号 zìhào font size
宋体 sòngtǐ the standard Song typeface
黑体 hēitǐ bold-face
楷体 kǎitǐ block letter
重写 chóngxiě rewrite
重做 chóngzuò redo