VIP Class Notes (Mike)

What happened in your meeting on Dec 3rd?

Vocabulary

on maternal leaves 休产假
I was on ~ for 4 months

rusty (adj.) 生锈的

position (n) 职位，岗位

headquarter (n) 总部

Italy (n)
Italian (n/adj.)

solve (v) 解决 = fix – solution (n) 解决办法
～a problem

vocabulary (n) 词汇量
My vocabulary is small/limited.

grammar 语法

self-confidence (n) 自信心

obstacle (n) 障碍

recently (adv.) 最近

translate (v) – translation

mis- 错误的
mistake (n)

wrong (adj.) = incorrect

machine translation 机器翻译

proofread (v) 校对
We need to hire an editor/translator to proofread the labels first.

edit (v) 剪辑，编辑 – editor 剪辑师，编辑
He edited those videos.

recall (v) 召回

else (adv.) 其他的
what else do you need to do?

scale (n) 规模

familiar with 熟悉
They are not ~ Chinese Law.

strict (adj.)
Chines Law is strict when it comes to education.
My high school math teacher is very strict.

stick (n) 棍子，拐杖

issue = problem

Grammar

In Chinese/English
How are do you say “黑板” in English?
What is the word for “黑板” in English?
I read that book in English.

Journey to the West
西游记

中国的书: could be books in English
汉语书： books translated from English, or books in Chinese

tell – told
tell sb to do sth
We need to tell our warehouse to reprint the labels.

I need told American or Italian.
I need to report this problem to my American/Italian colleagues.

I need to call Italy tell sth
I need to share the problems regarding quality.

what are some of the possible questions they might ask you?

Some of our care labels are mistranslated. 

According to Chinese law/regulation, product labels have to be in Chinese. 

they can support me technical.
they can give me some technical support.

If I found out the problem in the WH, I will reprint the labels immediately. 
If the problem is caught before they arrived in the store, then I will tell them to recall the products and ship them back to our WH.

You need to make sure the translation is correct/right before reprinting them.

What is the scale of the problem?

If our buyers bought in large amount/quantity, and at the same time, the labels have translation problems, I would remake the Chinese labels.

Is there anything else you need to report to them?

Anything else? 还有其他的吗？

major/minor issue 小问题
major 主要的，大的
minor 小的，次要的