(Brian): Henry, hello! Please come in! Let ¡Hola Henry!, ven que te presento a mis compañeros.

me introduce you to my colleagues.

(Brian): Mark, this is my brother Henry.
Mark, te presento a mi hermano Henry, este es Mark
Henry this is Mark Brown, our Project
Brown, nuestro jefe de proyectos y este es Vincent
manager and this is Vincent Price, an IT Price, es informático como yo.
support engineer, like me.
Encantado
(Vincent): Nice to meet you.
(Brian): This is an open plan office, but
Es un despacho colectivo, pero es muy práctico porque
it’s well thought out because everyone
cada uno tiene su propio espacio.
has their own space.
This is my work space! I have a
computer, of course and I look at my Este es mi escritorio. Tengo un ordenador por supuesto.
giant screen. I also have all the other Y mira que pantalla tan grande. ¿También tengo un
necessary office equipment a phone, a teléfono una lámpara y la foto de mi novia Emma ¿no
es genial?
lamp, etc… as well as a photo of my
girlfriend Emma! Isn’t it cool?
(Henry): Your office isn’t very tidy, Brian, Tu despacho no está muy ordenado
is it?
(Brian): No comment! Sin comentarios
(Brian): Behind me, there’s a filing Detrás de mi tengo un armario para guardar carpetas y
cabinet for files and other documents. documentos
The office printer is in that Little room. La impresora está en ese pequeño cuarto. aquí también
We also make photocopies and send hacemos fotocopias y enviamos faxes
faxes from there.
Y que hay ahí dentro
(Henry): And what’s in there, Brian? Es nuestra sala de reuniones.
(Brian): That’s our meeting room Y allí, en la entrada, hay un tablón de anuncios para
dejar los mensajes urgentes.
Over there, at the reception, there’s a
large board used to display urgent
messages.
(Henry): So, Brian, what exactly, do you
do?
(Brian): Well… for example, when a
potential customer contacts our
company. “CRS Systems” to resolve a
computer issue...
… I go onsite to the customer, analyse
their computer systems…
… I talk to the managing director and
also to some employees. I take lots of
notes and then…
… I look for solutions. Sometimes, I
create a small custom-made program
for the clients.
(Brian): I then make an offer, and if the
client accepts it, they have to sign a
contract!
(Henry): And, do you manage your
projects yourself?
(Brian): Yes, because they’re small
contracts with small and medium-sized
businesses.
(Brian): When we deal with big
companies, we work in teams, of course.