职场双语对话之-银行篇

By Vincent from www.englishvincent.com

Girl: We have an elderly woman asking for anextension on her  of mortgage payment. She’s on a fixed  income, and  she’s had some
medical problems. There’s gotta be something we can do to  help her.
外边有个老太太想要申请延期还月供。她没多少收入的,健康状况也不是很好。总有什么办法可以帮帮她的吧
Ask for=request for 要求/请求/申请
Medical problems=health problems=身体有毛病,不是很健康。
Man: Well, apparently, we’ve already granted her
two extensions
呃,不过我们好像已经给她延了两次了。 
 
Apparently= used when the real situation is different from what you thought it was
在这里表示转折,意思是其实不是那样的,而是这样的
有点像in fact. 所以这里不应该翻译成显而易见的,因为这样的话语气就很怪,相反,这里的语气婉转地转折,用于陈述我们已经让她两次延期支付房贷的事实。
 
Grant是同意给予,发放,准许,批准等以,通常和access, application,allowance license, leave, permit, permission, warrant, Visa等单词搭配。
Man: And, you know, on this type of foreclosure, we seize the trapped equity and the bank makes a sizable amount in fees. 
还有,碰上此类需要取消赎回权的情况,我们没收其无法带走的资产,银行也可以借此大赚一笔。
Trapped equity在这里应该是指应由银行没收的资产,具体如何翻译还真没搞明白。
  Girl        Girl: We would have to throw her out of her house. 
那样我们就不得不把她从房子里面赶出去。
 
 
Man: It’s a tough decision. Your call.
我们也是不得已呀。你决定。  
It’s a tough decision
我们经常还会用到it’s a hard/difficult choice. 意思是这是个很艰难的,很难下的,让人左右为难的决定。当这里银行经理说出这句话,意思已经很清楚了,我们不能批准第三次月供延期支付,因为我们是不得已的,不过决定还是你来下。
Your call: it’s up to you to decide. 你定,你看着办,主意你来定。

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