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Man： Let's start with head office, shall we? Or one of the regions?
男：我们是从总公司开始吗？还是从其中一个地区开始？
Woman： Well, we've got to start somewhere. How about the south-western branch office?
女：嗯，我们得从某个地方开始，西南分公司怎么样？
Man： Uh-huh. And then spread to everywhere else later.
男：嗯，然后再散播到其他地方。
Woman: Right. Now, how are they going to get their suggestions to us?
女：对。那他们如何向我们提出建议？
Man: However they want.
男：他们想用什么方法都行。
Woman: What, even by phone?
女：什么，甚至是打电话吗？
Man: Oh, I see what you mean, could be pretty disruptive -
男：哦，我明白你的意思了，这样可能会很混乱，
Woman: If we get a lot... or memos -
女：如果我们接到很多电话或备忘录呢，
Man: Would be good. They're simple, direct... in a box, maybe, in Reception -
男：那就好了。它们既简单又直接，放在一个盒子里，可以搁在接待处，
Woman: But then we'd be putting off any people who don't go in there -
女：不去接待处的人就没法提建议了，
Man: True. OK, they can send them to us then. Well, I hope this is going to work!
男：对。他们可以把建议寄给我们。好吧，我希望这能奏效！
Woman: Bound to. It's not a question of whether it works, but how well!
女：一定会的。问题不在于它是否有效，而在于效果如何！
We'll need to evaluate it，of course, for the board. They'll want to know how much money we think we're saving.
当然，我们需要为董事会进行评估。他们会想知道我们能省多少钱。
Man: But I don't think we'll know that exactly for some time yet.
男：但我想我们还不能完全确定。
Woman: The same's true for quality issues, too.
女：质量问题也一样。
Man: Hmm. We could just give an initial report on how many ideas we receive in the first month, or something like that.
男：嗯。我们可以先报告第一个月收到了多少意见，或类似的内容。
Woman: That's the most realistic aim, and it should be enough to start with.
女：这是最现实的目标，应该可以开始了。
