格林先生，请坐。

B: Thank you, Mr. Sun. Iam very sorry for coming late, but something urgent came up at the last minute.

谢谢孙先生。很抱歉我来晚了，但我临走时突然有点急事。

A: That's all right. Let's get down to business. I was told that you have some comments to make about the registeration of our trademarks.

没关系，我们谈正事吧。我听说贵公司对我们的商标注册有异议。

B: Yes, I work in a law firm. I have been asked by the British trading company to come here and have a face-to-face consultation with you.

是的，我在法律事务所工作，这次是受英国贸易公司委托来跟您面谈的。

A: You are welcome. I believe that you have some problems to discuss with me regarding the application for the registration of our trademarks.

欢迎。您是不是想和我谈谈我们申请商标注册的问题？

B: Yes, you are applying to register the trademark of "Golden Dragon" for table lights, right?

是的，贵公司正在申请金龙牌台灯，是吗？

A: Yes, you are right.

对。

B: You may not know this, but the dragon represents an evil omen in our country. It's not appropriate to register the brand.

您也许不知道，龙在我国是不祥之物。采用这个牌子恐怕不合适。

A: Oh, will you excuse my oversight. Then what do you think I should do?

哦，请原谅我们的疏忽。那您看来，我们该怎么办？

B: I think it's better for you to change the brand name.

我认为你方最好改变名称。

A: But in that case, the customers won't recognize our products.

但是那样的话，消费者就认不出我们的产品了。

B: Yes, it's a tough problem.

是啊，这个问题很难办。

A: I'll hold a meeting to discuss this problem and find out a solution soon.

我立即召开会议，尽快找出解决办法。 重点讲解： “get down to business”是“开始谈正事”的意思；例如：We have to get down to business right now. （我们即刻开始谈正事吧。） “come up”是“突然出现，突然发生”的意思，例如：Something urgent has come up. （发生了紧急的事情。）