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Suppliers (Part 2)

Suppliers (Part 2)
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ID: 2247 Upper Intermediate
Being a supplier for a big factory can be extremely difficult. Caught between rising material costs and the factory's ever increasing demands for quality and efficiency, things can get difficult. In this lesson, a father/son team discuss how to solve their most recent problem any way that they can.
John,Dilu
Suppliers (Part 2)
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投诉 tóusù to complain
批 pī batch
次 cì poor, substandard
尺寸 chǐcun measurement, size
郑力刚才Y工厂那边过来投诉说这次送去的这批零件质量太次连尺寸都不达标
ZhèngLì 郑力gāngcái 刚才Y Ygōngchǎng 工厂nàbiān 那边guòlai 过来tóusù 投诉shuō 说zhècì 这次sòng qù 送去de 的zhè 这pī 批língjiàn 零件zhìliàng 质量tài 太cì 次lián 连chǐcun 尺寸dōu 都bù 不dábiāo 达标
Zheng Li, Y Factory came over just now and complained. The quality of the batch of parts we delivered this time is really poor. Even the measurements aren't up to standard.
爸你又不是不知道按照他们的图纸原料浪费得太厉害我们做不下来啊
bà 爸nǐ 你yòu 又bùshì 不是bù 不zhīdào 知道ànzhào 按照tāmen de 他们的túzhǐ 图纸yuánliào 原料làngfèi 浪费de 得tài 太lìhai 厉害wǒmen 我们zuò 做bù 不xiàlai 下来a 啊
Dad, you know this all too well. According to their schematics, the amount of material being wasted is extreme. We can't do it.
我也知道不过零件差太多Y工厂那边交代不过去呀而且今年年底又要供应商招标了投诉太多对我们不利啊
wǒ 我yě 也zhīdào 知道bùguò 不过língjiàn 零件chà 差tài 太duō 多Y Ygōngchǎng 工厂nàbiān 那边jiāodài 交代bù 不guòqu 过去ya 呀érqiě 而且jīnnián 今年niándǐ 年底yòu yào 又要gōngyìngshāng 供应商zhāobiāo 招标le 了tóusù 投诉tài 太duō 多duì 对wǒmen 我们bùlì 不利a 啊
I know, but the parts are below standard. There's no way we can explain this to Y Factory! Furthermore, at the end of this year they're going to put out bids for suppliers again. Too many complaints won't be good for us.
他们东西要好的钱又只给这一点儿全都按照要求我们根本没得赚啊这种抠门客户不做就不做
tāmen 他们dōngxi 东西yào 要hǎo 好de 的qián 钱yòu 又zhǐ 只gěi 给zhè 这yīdiǎnr 一点儿quándōu 全都ànzhào 按照yāoqiú 要求wǒmen 我们gēnběn 根本méidezhuàn 没得赚a 啊zhèzhǒng 这种kōumén 抠门kèhù 客户bù 不zuò 做jiù 就bù 不zuò 做
They want their parts to be so good, but they only willing to give this amount of money. If we did everything according to their requests, we simply wouldn't make any money. For these kinds of stingy clients, it's better to just not deal with them.
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