这个公司也许现在规模小
“The scale of this company may be small now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可是
“But...”
这个 公司 也许现在 规模 小
“The scale of this company may be small now.”
万一以后发展得越来越大呢
“What if it grows bigger in the future?”
“Don't write them off just yet; look at where they could be in the future.”
Conceding an opponent's factual point first makes the subsequent forward-looking counter-argument much harder to reject outright.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
small in scale
Standard business Chinese description for startups or small-to-medium enterprises.
perhaps; maybe
A useful spoken hedging device that softens assertions before introducing a counter-perspective.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“When a small company runs into trouble,”
“Don't mention that company anymore.”
“I've seen too many tricks from such small companies.”
“We don't usually work with startup companies.”
“let alone companies even smaller than Dingqi.”
“No matter how small the business is, it's still business.”