Spanish Business Situations

A Spoken Language Guide

Michael Gorman, Maria-Luisa Henson

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2005
• ISBN:
  9781134795659
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Spanish Business Situations is a handy reference and learning text for all who use or need spoken Spanish for business. Over 40 situations are simply presented, including * basic phone calls * leaving messages * making presentations * comparing, enquiring, booking * selling techniques With full English translations and usage note, Spanish Business Situations will help you to communicate confidently and effectively in a broad range of everyday business situations.

Segunda parte
Section II

Cara a cara
Face to face

18
Arriving for an appointment

Receptionist	Good morning, can I help you?
Ms Jones	Good morning, my name is Claire Jones. I have an appointment with Mrs Leslie at 10.
Receptionist	One moment, please. Mrs Leslie's secretary will come down to meet you. Please take a seat.
Ms Jones	Thank you.
Receptionist	Would you like a coffee while you are waiting?
Ms Jones	Yes, thank you.
Receptionist	Please help yourself, the coffee machine and the cups are on your left.

18
Llegada a una cita

Recepcionista	Buenos días, Qué desea?
Srta Germán	Buenos días. Me llamo Clara Germán. Tengo una cita con la señora Ledesma a las diez.
Recepcionista	Un momento, por favor. La secretaria de la señora Ledesma bajará a verla. Siéntese,^1 por favor.
Srta Germán	Gracias.
Recepcionista	Quiere tomar un café mientras espera?
Srta Germán	Sí, gracias.
Recepcionista	Sírvase usted misma,^2 la máquina y las tazas están a la izquierda.

1 The standard way of inviting a visitor (formal) to sit down.

2 Literally, ‘Serve yourself’.

19
Arranging further contacts with a company

Mr Calder	Thank you very much for your help this morning, Mr Wallace, I think we've made a lot of progress on the matter of financing the deal.
Mr Wallace	Yes, I agree. It's been useful to clear the air in view of the initial difficulties we experienced. Presumably, this will not be our last meeting as we must await the final decision and then act quickly.
Mr Calder	Indeed. Do you know when that will be?
Mr Wallace	I've been promised an answer by the end of June, so if we say early July there will still be a couple of weeks before we close for the summer vacation.
Mr Calder	Fine. How about Monday the 3rd?
Mr Wallace	I can't make the morning, but I shall be free all afternoon. More importantly, the main people involved will be able to work on the final proposals that week. If we need to develop our plans further, bringing in other companies or arranging further contacts, there should be time enough to do that.
Mr Calder	So, shall we say 2 p.m. here? In the meantime we can still explore the possibilities or value of involving other parties both within and outside our companies.
Mr Wallace	Very well. I'll get that organized. I'll give you a ring by the 14th to confirm everything we might know by then.
Mr Calder	Right. Thanks again… Can I get to the carpark by going straight down in the elevator?
Mr Wallace	Yes. First floor, first door on the left. See you in July if not before.

19
Tramitando más contactos con una empresa

Sr Caldas	Muchas gracias por ayudarme esta mañana, señor Velasco. Pienso que hemos hecho muchos progresos en lo que se refiere a^1 la financiación del proyecto.
Sr Velasco	Sí, estoy de acuerdo. Ha sido útil aclarar la situación en vista de las dificultades que se nos planteaban^2 al principio. Probablemente ésta no sea la última reunion, ya que tenemos que esperar a que se tome la decision definitiva para luego actuar con rapidez.
Sr Caldas	Por supuesto. Sabe usted cuándo será?
Sr Velasco	Han prometido darme respuesta para finales de junio, así que si decimos que será a primeros de julio nos quedarán dos semanas antes de que cerremos por vacaciones.
Sr Caldas	Bueno. Qué le parece para el lunes día tres?
Sr Velasco	Por la mañana no puedo, pero estaré libre toda la tarde. Aun más importante es que los principales participantes podrán trabajar en las propuestas finales esa semana. Sí tenemos que desarrollar más nuestros pla...