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Faxes

Words​

brief​

headquarters​

blurred​

unreadable​

re-fax​

barely​

Phrase​

time sensitive​

toner cartridge​

quite a few​

can't wait any longer​

than you can imagine​

stand a chance​

get a hold of​

联系上某人

first thing​

fax over​

传真过去

get on it​

立刻着手处理此事。

ASAP​

pretty sure​

come in​

传过来 come in off the fax machine 从传真机里传出来

off the fax​

没传过来

make out​

辨认出，弄清楚

take a look​

Primary​

这个案子在时间上有些棘手。

There are time sensitive matters with this case.

恐怕我不能再等了。

I'm afraid that I can't wait any longer.

我在想他是在想法躲着我。

I'm beginning to think that he's trying to avoid me.

再试试跟他联系一下。

Try to get a hold of him again.

万一我无法跟他直接通话怎么办?

What if I can't speak to him directly?

让他的秘书把这些材料发传真过来

Ask his secretary to fax them.

我怎么才能找到马丁的传真号?

How do I find Martin's fax number?

今天稍晚一点儿我把他们办公室的号码发邮件给你。

I'll email you their office number later today.

我要尽快得到这些辩护状。

I need these briefs ASAP.

我猜是传真机又没纸了。

I guess the fax machine is out of paper, too.

intermediate​

明天早晨之前你能把安德森公司律师的辩护状放在我办公桌上吗?

Can you have the briefs from the Anderson Firm's lawyer on my desk by tomorrow morning?

要拿到安德森公司的辩护状比你想象得要困难得多。

Getting those Anderson briefs has been harder than you can imagine.

给他打电话,看看他能否 马上 发份传真来。

Give him a call and see if he can fax them first thing.

你还可以给他们办公室打电话,让秘书告诉你传真号。

You can also call their office and ask the secretary to give you their fax number.

我在等总部的紧急传真,我 敢肯定 昨天晚上这些传真就到了。

I'm waiting for some urgent faxes from headquarters, I'm pretty sure they came in last night.

昨天晚上 传真过来的 所有材料我都放您桌上了。

Everything that came in off the fax machine last night is all on your desk.

如果复本不能读的话,我给他们打电话让他们重新发一次。

If the copy is unreadable, I'll call them and ask them to refax.

这些复本上的字颜色太黑了, 我什么也看不出来。

These copies are so dark, I can't make out any of thewords.

Senior​

我已经设法和他们的律师联系过多次, 但每一次我给他打电话, 他的秘书都说他在开会或不在办公室,要么就是 出差 了。

I have tried to contact their lawyer many times, but every time I call, his secretary says he's in a meeting or out of the office, or away on business.

我想可能是传真机的调色剂出了问题, 我可以把调色块更换一下。

You know, I think the fax machine is out of toner, I can change the toner cartridge.

看起来是传真机吃掉了我一半的重要传真文件, 而那些侥幸通过的又不是太模糊就是太浅, 根本没法看!

It looks like the fax machine ate half my important faxes, and the ones that made it through are so blurred or too light, they're unreadable.

别担心, 我今天下午就去找人来看一下, 同时, 我让他们把您要的文件重新发到其他传真机上。

Don't worry, I'll have someone look at it this afternoon, and in the meantime, I'll have your documents re-faxed to our other fax machine.

是这样, 不过这份还需要再重新发一遍。你来看, 还少了3页呢!

Yes, but this one will have to be re-faxed as well. And look, there's about three pages missing.

Dialogue-1​

A: 明天早晨之前你能把安德森公司律师的辩护状放在我办公桌上吗? 这个案子在时间上有些棘手。恐怕我不能再等了。

Can you have the briefs from the Anderson Firm's lawyer on my desk by tomorrow morning? There are quite a few very time sensitive matters with this case. I'm afraid that I can't wait any longer.

B: 要拿到安德森公司的辩护状比你想象得要困难得多。我已经设法和他们的律师联系过多次, 但每一次我给他打电话, 他的秘书都说他在开会或不在办公室, 要么就是出差了。我在想他是在想法躲着我。

Getting those Anderson briefs has been harder than you can imagine. I have tried to contact their lawyer many times, but every time I call, his secretary says he is in a meeting or out of the office, or away on business. I am beginning to think that he's trying to avoid me.

A: 那很有可能。他知道如果我们错过了诉讼的最后期限, 那我们就没有机会跟他们竞标了。再试试跟他联系一下。给他打电话, 看看他能否马上就发份传真来。

That's highly possible. He kowns if we miss our filing deadline, we don't stand a chance to compete against them for the bid. Try to get a hold of him again. Give him a call and see if he can fax them first thing.

B: 万一我无法跟他直接通话怎么办?

What if I can't speak to him directly?

A: 让他的秘书把这些材料发传真过来也一样。传真发完之后,再给马丁的办公室传一份复本。

Ask his secretary to fax them, it's the same thing. Have them faxed over, with a copy also faxed to Martin's office.

B: 怎么才能找到马丁的传真号?在你的罗拉代克斯卡上吗?

How do I find Martin's fax number? Is he in your rolodex?

A: 没有,不过你还可以给他们办公室打电话,让秘书告诉你传真号。今天稍晚一点儿我把他们办公室的号码发邮件给你。

No, but you can also call their office and ask the secretary to give you their fax number. I'll email you their office number later today.

B: 好的。我立刻去办这事。

Ok, I'll get on it first thing.

A: 一定别忘了。我要尽快得到这些辩护状。

Make sure you do. I need these briefs ASAP.

Dialogue-2​

A: 你把今早的传真放我桌上了吗?我在等总部的紧急传真, 我敢肯定昨天晚上这些传真就到了。

Do you put this morning's faxes on my desk? I'm waiting for some urgent faxes from headquarters, I'm pretty sure they came in last night.

B: 昨天晚上传真过来的所有材料我都放您桌上了。不过, 我注意到有些传真发过来时就很模糊。也许您也可以看看。如果复本不能读的话, 我给他们打电话让他们重新发一次。

Everything that came in off the fax machine last night is all on your desk. However, I noticed that some of the faxes came through pretty blurred. Maybe you can take a look at them. If the copy is unreadable, I'll call them and ask them to refax.

A: 没错, 你去给他们打电话让他们重新发一次。这些复本上的字颜色太黑了, 我什么也看不出来。

That's right, you give them a call and ask to refax them. These copies are so dark, I can't make out any of the words.

B: 那份怎么样?

What about this one?

A: 这份吗? 这份颜色又太浅了, 我根本没法看。怎么会这样呢?

This one? This one is so light I can barely read it. How did this happen？ (How can that be？)

B: 我想, 可能是传真机的调色剂出了问题, 我可以把调色块更换一下。那样问题就都解决了。

I think, maybe the fax machine is out of toner, I can change the toner cartridge. That should solve the problem.

A: 是这样, 不过这份还需要再重新发一遍。你来看, 还少了3页呢! 看起来是传真机吃掉了我一半的重要传真文件, 而那些侥幸通过的又不是太模糊就是太浅, 根本没法看!

Yes, but this one will have to be re-faxed as well. And look, there's about three pages missing. It looks like the fax machine ate half my important faxes, and the ones that made it through are so blurred or too light, they're unreadable.

B: 我猜是传真机又没纸了。别担心, 我今天下午就去找人来看一下, 同时, 我让他们把您要的文件重新发到其他传真机上。

I guess the fax machine is out of paper, too. Don't worry, I'll have someone look at it this afternoon, and in the meantime, I'll have your documents re-faxed to our other fax machine.