English for business - appunti

ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS

Susan Martin

Libro: business result advanced

Esame: Cover letter + european cv text and graphic + description in order of our brand identity considering

us as a product

Action verbs for CV

Contact: contattare

ü Exceed: superare

ü Meet: conoscere

ü Present: presentare

ü Rectuit: assumere

ü Train: formare, istruire

ü To be dismissed: essere licenziato – lost a job due to disciplinary problems

ü To be made redundant: essere licenziato – lost a job due to disciplinary problems

ü To be laid off: essere licenziato per problemi aziendali – lost a job due to poor company

ü perfomances

To be on assignment: avere un incarico – making positive career moves

ü To be promoted: essere promossi – making positives career moves

ü To be resting: avere una pausa – currently enjoying having no work

ü To be suspended: venire sospesi - lost a job due to disciplinary problems

ü To be transferred: venire trasferiti – making a geographical change

ü To give in your notice – dare le dimissioni – leaving a job you were unhappy with

ü To join a company: entrare in un’azienda - making positives career moves

ü To quit: mollare il lavoro – leaving a job you were unhappy with

ü Ta take a sabbatical: prendere un period sabbatico - currently enjoying having no work

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Supply chain

Raw materials supplier: fornitori di materie prime

ü Component supplier: fornitore di componenti

ü Manufacturer: costruttore, produttore, fabbricante

ü Wholesales: commerciante, grossista

ü Retailer: venditore in negozio, rivenditore, vendita al dettaglio

ü Customer: compratore

ü

Financial supply chain

Goods despatched: prodotti spediti

ü Good delivered: prodotti consegnati

ü Invoice note signed: fattura fermata

ü Invoice note copy returned: ritorno della copia della fattura fermata

ü Delivery confirmed: conferma di consegna

ü Good generated: pacco generato

ü Invoice despatched: fattura spedita

ü

Career and practice

Stand up to: resistere

ü Stand up for: lottare per

ü Hold on to: tenere stretto

ü Stick up for: prendere le difese di qualcuno

ü Cling on to: aggrapparsi, attaccarsi

ü Look out for: fare attenzione

ü Stay ahead of: stare davanti a

ü Come up to: arrivare a

ü Move on to: passare a

ü Get on with: andare d’accordo con qualcuno, continuare a fare qualcosa

ü Keep in with: tenere

ü Stand out from: risaltare, opporsi

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Company types

Industry type:

Primary: agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining

ü Secondary: construction, manufacturing

ü Terciary/service: banking, tourism, entertainment

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Business type:

Sole trader: when the business is owned by one person who is responsible fro any debts

ü partnership: two or more people own the business, they share profits and losses

ü limited liability (ltd): the company is responsible for any losses, not the owners; the company is

ü private. Shares cannot be sold to the public.

public liability (plc): the company is owned by shareholders who receive dividend and gain or lose

ü money if share prices go up or own

Business model:

b2b: business to business – companies sell to companies

ü b2c: business to consumer – companies sell to individuals

ü c2c: consumers to consumers – individuals sell to individuals

ü b2b2c: third party vendors or consultant sell a company’s product to consumers

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Functional structure:

Headquarters: capi, sede centrale del comando

ü research and development: ricerca e sviluppo

ü production: produzione

ü marketing: marketing

ü account and finance: finanza

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Business fundamentals glossary:

Beverage: in the food industry means drink

ü Debt /det/: amount of money that I own (the b is always silence)

ü Dividend /dividend/: a share of profits of a company, paid by people who have invested in the

ü company

Equities /equitis/: company shares that can be bought or sold on a market

ü Limited company: a company whose owners are legally responsible fro only limited amount of its

ü debts (società di capitali))

Mining /maining/: process of getting coal or metal from under the ground

ü Proprietorship

ü Public limited company: business structure in which individual and his company are considered a

ü single entity for tax and liability (società di persona)

Retail /riteil/: the sale of goods directly to the public

ü Share /scer/: one of the equal part of a company that you can buy as a way of investing money

ü Third-party: adjective relating to a person or organization involver in legal agreement or cause

ü Utility: essential public service such as gas, water, electricity

ü Bear market - Bearish: when the market goes down

ü Bull market - Bulish: when the mark goes up

ü Bond: document given to someone who invests money in a company or government

ü Bottom /botom/: reach the lowest point

ü Breakeven: point of balance, not loosing money

ü Value investor: who buys stocks they believe the market has undervalued

ü Innovator: someone who invests or being using new ideas, methods, equipment. Innovators can

ü have great idea but not good business goals, if it has also business goals it’s a entrepreneur

Peak: reach the highest point

ü Recession: a period when trade and industry are not successful and tere is a lot of unemployment

ü Staple /steipol/: important product, especially a food

ü Trough /trof/: period when something rises and falls regularly, especially economic activity

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Cross cultural experiences

Building relationship: succeed in creating rapport with others

ü Keeping your eyes open: stay alert

ü Processing information: deal with and gain understanding of imput you receive

ü Reading a situation: understand what is going on

ü Taking you time: avoid felling rushed

ü Keeping an open mind: don’t judge people

ü Forming/giving an opinion: make a judgement

ü Managing unknowns: deal successfully with unfamiliar situations

ü Working both ways: have a reciprocal effect

ü Building/enhancing your skills: develop your ability in a certain area

ü Weighting up/evaluating he prod and cons: consider the advantages and disadvantages

ü Giving you an insight: provide you with useful information to help you understand something

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Personality adj

Open-minded: aperto alle altre opinion

ü Out of the way: fuori mano, lontano

ü Time consuming: che porta via tempo

ü Tedious: noioso

ü Up and coming: emergente

ü Self assured: sicuro di sè

ü Outspoken: chiaro, netto, esplicito

ü Run of the mill: ordinario, commune

ü Down to earth: semplice, senza pretese

ü Easy going: calmo, rilassato

ü Low key: di basso profile, tenue

ü Unexpected: inaspettato

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Fair trade

Amend a contract: modificare un contratto

ü Award a contract: assegnare un contratto

ü Break a contract: rompere, terminare un contratto

ü Cancel a contract: cncellare un contratto

ü Draft a contract: abbozzare un contratto

ü Negotiate a contract: negoziare un contratto

ü Renege a contr