The Company / Die Firma

ƒƒMy name is ... / I’m ...

ƒƒ How do you do? / Pleased to meet you.

ƒƒ Let me / May I introduce ... / This is ...

ƒƒ Have you met ...?

ƒƒ Yes we have. Nice to see you again.

ƒƒ How are you?

ƒƒ Did you have a good trip / journey? Yes, thank you.

ƒƒ Is this your first time in ...? Yes it is / no it’s the second time.

ƒƒ How long have you been here? I arrived yesterday.

ƒƒ How long and where are you staying? I’ll be staying for

3 more days in the Plaza hotel.

ƒƒ Are you satisfied with your hotel? Yes, I am thanks. / No I’m

afraid I’m not.

ƒƒ Could we have lunch together? Yes. I’d love to. / I’m sorry but

I can’t. / I’m afraid I have another appointment.

ƒƒWhat do you do?

ƒƒ I’m in administration.

ƒƒ He’s in charge of advertising.

ƒƒ She’s responsible for ...

ƒƒ He’s my boss. / He’s my superior. / I report to him.

ƒƒWho does he report to? Who’s his boss?

ƒƒ He works part-time / full-time.

ƒƒ I organize the work shifts.

ƒƒ He plans the production programmes.

ƒƒ That’s not my job / work.

ƒƒ I supervise production.

ƒƒ He deals with personnel problems.

ƒƒ I’m a temporary worker / temp.

accounting Buchhaltung

administration Verwaltung

advertising department Werbeabteilung

after-sales service Kundenbetreuung

assembly Montage

customer service Kundenberatung

despatch; dispatch Versand

finance department Finanzabteilung

human resources; personnel department

Personalabteilung

information technology (IT) IT-Abteilung

legal department Rechtsabteilung

logistics Logistik

marketing Marketing

orders Bestellungen

production Produktion

public relations (PR) Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

purchasing Einkauf

research and development Forschung und Entwicklung

(R&D) (F&E)

sales and distribution Vertrieb

warehouse Lagerhalle

ƒƒ Our head / main office is in Frankfurt.

ƒƒ Our main business is communications.

ƒƒWe have offices / branches / subsidiaries.

ƒƒ I’m in the oil / computer / construction etc. business.

ƒƒWe employ 200 people. / We have a staff of 200.

ƒƒWe’re a service company / provider.

ƒƒWe have some overseas subsidiaries.

ƒƒWe specialize in telecommunications.

ƒƒWe do a lot of business with the USA.

ƒƒWe supply spare parts.

ƒƒWe produce / manufacture electrical devices.

ƒƒ Could you tell me where the ... is? It’s on the third floor.

ƒƒ Excuse me, how do I find the ...? It’s behind the lift (BE) /

elevator (AmE). / You’re standing right in front of it.

ƒƒ How do I get to your office? Go through that glass door and ... /

Go along this corridor.

ƒƒWould you, please, show me the car park (BE) / parking lot

(AmE)? You have to go past the production plant / works.

vorbei There’s a parking garage in the basement. Where can I

find the photocopier? It’s next to / by the post room.

ƒƒWhich building is the conference centre? It’s the building on

the left. / The building is on the other side of / across the

street.

ƒƒ Could you please arrange the room in advance?

ƒƒ I would like to change the seating arrangement.

ƒƒ I prefer a frontal / round table / form seating

ƒƒ For how many persons is this room? / What is the seating

capacity?

ƒƒ I expect 20 participants.

ƒƒ Could we order some coffee / tea / drinks / lunch?

ƒƒ I would like to have a rostrum, if possible.

ƒƒ Have you circulated the agenda?

ƒƒ Excuse me, where can I find the light switch?

ƒƒ Do you have a data projector (deutsch: Beamer!) I can attach

to a computer or should I bring one myself?

ƒƒ I need an extension cord for the projector.

ƒƒWe should test the speakers / Tannoy and the microphone.

ƒƒ Can I use the white board as a screen?

ƒƒ Is there a flipchart in the room?

ƒƒ Do I have access to the internet?

ƒƒ Could you make a printout of this list of participants?

ƒƒ Can I plug in my laptop somewhere?

ƒƒMy plug doesn’t seem to fit into the socket.

ƒƒ I’m afraid the file transfer didn’t work.

ƒƒ I can’t access / call up my computer file.

ƒƒ There’s an error message.

ƒƒ Do you have an adapter?

ƒƒ The slide projector doesn’t function.

ƒƒ The microphone doesn’t work.

ƒƒ I’m afraid I don’t know how this device works.

ƒƒ I don’t have a marker or an eraser for the white board.