French Business Situations

A Spoken Language Guide

Nathalie McAndrew Cazorla, Stuart Williams

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2005
• ISBN:
  9781134795864
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

French Business Situations is a handy reference and learning text for all those who use or need spoken French for business. It is suitable for self-study or class use.

Over 40 spoken situations are simply presented, including:

• Basic phone calls
• Leaving messages
• Making presentations
• Comparing, enquiring, booking
• Selling techniques

With full English translations and brief usage notes, this guide will help the user communicate confidently in a broad range of everyday situations.

Deuxième partieSection IIFace à faceFace to face

18Arriving for an appointment

Receptionist	Good morning, can I help you?
Frances Jones	Good morning, my name is Frances Jones. I have an appointment with Mrs Jenkins at 10.
Receptionist	One moment, please, I’ll just check...Mrs Jenkins’ secretary will come down to meet you. Please take a seat.
Frances Jones	Thank you.
Receptionist	Would you like a coffee while you are waiting?
Frances Jones	Yes, thank you.
Receptionist	Please help yourself, the coffee machine and the cups are on your left.

18Arriver pour un rendez-vous

Réceptionniste	Bonjour Madame, que puis-je faire pour vous?
Françoise Jacquard	Bonjour, je suis Françoise Jacquard. J’ai rendez-vous avec Mme Gérard à 10h00.
Réceptionniste	Patientez quelques instants, s’il vous plaît, je vais me renseigner.... La secrétaire de Mme Gérard va venir vous chercher. Veuillez vous asseoir en attendant.
Françoise Jacquard	Merci.
Réceptionniste	Aimeriez-vous prendre un café en attendant?
Françoise Jacquard	Oui, avec plaisir.
Réceptionniste	Servez-vous, la machine à café et les tasses sont sur votre gauche.

19Arranging further contacts with a company

Mr Collins	Thank you very much for your help this morning, Mr Vine. I think we’ve made a lot of progress on the matter of financing the deal.
Mr Vine	Yes, I agree. It’s been useful to clear the air after the initial difficulties we experienced. Presumably, this will not be our last meeting as we must await the final decision and then act quickly.
Mr Collins	Indeed. Do you have any idea of when that will be?
Mr Vine	I’ve been promised an answer by the end of June, so if we say early July there will still be a couple of weeks before we close for the summer vacation.
Mr Collins	Fine. How about Monday the 3rd?
Mr Vine	I can’t make the morning, but I shall be free all afternoon. More importantly, the main people involved will be able to work on the final proposals that week. If we need to develop our plans further, bringing in other companies or arranging further contacts, there should be time enough to do that.
Mr Collins	Shall we say 2 p.m. here? In the meantime we can still explore the possibilities or value of involving other parties both within and outside our companies.
Mr Vine	Very well. I’ll get that organized. I’ll give you a ring by the 14th to confirm everything we might know by then.
Mr Collins	Right. Thanks again.... Can I get to the carpark by going straight down in the elevator?
Mr Vine	Yes. First floor, first door on the left. See you in July if not before.

19Organiser un rendez-vous avec une entreprise avec laquelle il y a déjà eu des contacts

M.Colbert	Je tenais à vous remercier de l’aide que vous nous avez apportée ce matin, M.Vigny. II semble que nous ayons fait beaucoup de progrès au niveau des moyens de financement du projet.
M. Vigny	Oui, je suis tout à fait d’accord. II était utile de clarifier les choses après les difficultés que nous avons eues au début. Ce n’est vraisemblablement pas la dernière réunion que nous ferons car nous devons attendre la décision finale, après quoi nous devrons agir trés vite.
M.Colbert	Tout à fait. Sauriez-vous quand cela pourrait être?
M...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• How to use this book
• Première partie: Au telephone/Section I: On the téléphone
• Deuxième partie: Face à face/Section II: Face to face