虽然陈垒走之后 我们网咖确实受到了点影响
“After Chen Lei left, it's true that our business has been affected,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Mr. Li, I'm sorry. Mr. Pei has made it clear.”
虽然陈垒走之后 我们网咖 确实 受到了点影响
“After Chen Lei left, it's true that our business has been affected,”
但是我们能克服
“but we'll overcome this.”
“Yes, we took a hit, but don't assume we're desperate or ready to fold.”
In Chinese business negotiations, admitting minor difficulties using softening quantifiers like '点' prevents giving the opponent upper-hand leverage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
was slightly affected
A common mitigating pattern used to soften bad news or play down commercial difficulties.
after (someone) left
Euphemistic and natural way to refer to an employee's departure or resignation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If Chen Lei leaves, we'll just hire a new resident singer.”
“when that singer was around, this Internet cafe was booming. Now that he's gone,”