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PIETER: Good morning. I'd like to open a bank account, please.

皮特：早上好。我想要开立一个银行账户。

WOMAN: Certainly. If you'd like to take a seat, I'll just get some details from you.

女士：没问题。你可以先坐一下，我这就给你整理一些信息。

It won't take long.

不会耽搁太久的。

PIETER: Thanks.

皮特：谢谢。

WOMAN: Is it a current account or a deposit account you wanted?

女士：您想要开的是活期账户还是定期账户呢？

PIETER: A current account.

皮特：一个活期账户。

WOMAN: Right. I've got the application form here then.

女士：好的。我手头这有申请表。

We have different types - I see you've got our leaflet there.

我们有不同种类的活期账户，我看你有我们宣传单。

PIETER: I've decided on the one called 'Select.'

皮特：我决定了一种叫做“精选”的活期账户。

WOMAN: Right, that's fine, so, first of all, can I have your full name please?

女士：好的，没问题，那么首先可以告诉我你的全名吗？

PIETER: Yes, it's Pieter Henes. That's P-I-E-T-E-R.

皮特：好的，皮特亨尼斯。是P－I－E－T－E－R。

WOMAN: Is it H-E-double N-E-S?

女士：然后是H－E－双写N－E－S吗？

PIETER: Uh, only one N actually.

皮特：不，事实上只是一个N。

It's a less common spelling of the name.

我名字的拼写不是很常见。

WOMAN: Oh, right. OK.

女士：哦，没错。好的。

And what's your date of birth please?

你的生日是什么时候呢？

PIETER: The twenty-seventh of the first, nineteen seventy-three.

皮特：1973年的第一个月，27号。

WOMAN: Right. And will this be a joint account?

女士：好的。然后您需要申请一个联名账户吗？

PIETER: No, just myself.

皮特：不用，只是我个人的。

WOMAN: OK, fine.

女士：好的。

And where are you living, Mr. Henes?

亨尼斯先生您的居住地址在哪里呢？

PIETER: 15. Riverside.

皮特：河边路15号。

WOMAN: Is that all one word?

女士：是一个完整的单词吗？

PIETER: Yes.

皮特：是的。

WOMAN: Exeter?

女士：埃克塞特吗？

PIETER: Yes.

皮特：是的。

WOMAN: How long have you been at your present address?

女士：您在目前这个地址住了多长时间了呢？

Er, is it more than two years?

超过两年时间了吗？

PIETER: Ah, just two weeks actually.

皮特：啊，事实上只住了两周时间。

I only arrived in the country a month ago.

我一个月前刚来到这个国家。

I'm from Holland.

我来自荷兰。

WOMAN: Oh, that's fine.

女士：好的。

But we normally ask for a previous address in that case.

不过这样的话通常我们需要询问您之前的居住地址。

PIETER: Oh yes, well, it's Rielsdorf 2.

皮特：好的，是里尔斯多夫2号。

That's R-I-E-L-S-D-O-R-F 2, Utrecht.R－I－E－L－S－D－O－R－F 2，

由特莱彻。

WOMAN: Holland. OK. Thank you.

女士：荷兰。好的。谢谢。

Do you have a daytime telephone number?

您有白天联系的电话号码吗？

PIETER: Yes, I think the number at my office is six-oh-six-two-nine-five.

皮特：我记得我办公室电话是606295。

Um, just a minute, I'd better check.

等一下，我最好核对一下。

Oh no sorry, six-one-six.

呃，哦不好意思，是616。

I'm not used to it yet.

我还不太熟悉这个电话。

Would you like my home number too?

你还需要我家里的电话号码吗？

WOMAN: Yes please.

女士：是的，请说一下。

PIETER: It's seven-nine-six-four-three-one.

皮特：是796431。

WOMAN: Are they both local numbers?

女士：这两个都是本地电话号码吧？

PIETER: Yes.

皮特：是的。

WOMAN: Right. And your occupation?

女士：好的。然后您的职业是？

PIETER: Well, I'm in Britain as a project manager, but that's not my main job.

皮特：嗯，我在英国是一个项目经理，不过这并不是我的主要工作。

I'm an engineer by profession.

我是一个专业工程师。

WOMAN: I see. I think I'll put that then. It's shorter!

女士：了解了。我写这个吧。这个短一些！

Now we usually ask for a piece of information which we can use to check your identity, for security reasons.

然后为了核对您的身份我们通常会询问一些信息，为了确保安全的原因。

You know, if you phone us.

你知道的，如果您打电话给我们的时候。

PIETER: Like, erm, my wife's first name?

皮特：比如，我想想，我爱人的名字？

WOMAN: Mother's might be better.

女士：母亲的名字更好一些。

It's less likely to be known.

不太会被人知道。

PIETER: OK. Hers is Siti.

皮特：好的。她的名字是西缇。

WOMAN: Siti?

女士：西缇？

PIETER: Yes, S-I-T-I. It's Indonesian.

皮特：是的，S－I－T－I。是印度尼西亚人。

WOMAN: Fine. And how much would you like to open your account with?

女士：好的。那么您打算用多少资金来开户呢？

We usually ask for a minimum sum of £50. That's about €75.

我们通常需要最低金额50镑。大概75欧元。

PIETER: Well, I'm going to transfer €2,000 from my Dutch account, just till I get paid.

皮特：嗯，我打算从我的荷兰账户转入2000欧元，得等我拿到工资。

In fact, I wanted to ask you about that.

其实，我想问下你。

What's the best way to do it?

该怎么做最好呢？

WOMAN: It depends which bank you're with.

女士：这得取决于你是哪家银行。

PIETER: It's the Fransen Bank in Utrecht.

皮特：是由特莱彻的弗兰森银行。

WOMAN: OK, fine. I'll check that in a minute.

女士：好的。我稍后看看这家银行。

If we have links with them we can do a direct transfer.

如果我们跟他们有合作业务的话我们就可以直接转账了。

But it's not a big problem either way. Um, let's see.

不过总的来说不是什么大问题。我看看啊。

How often would you like to receive statements?

您打算多久接受一次银行账单呢？

PIETER: I haven't really thought.

皮特：我还没仔细想过。

Um, what's the usual thing?

通常是怎样的呢？

WOMAN: It's up to you.

女士：这取决于你自己。

Some people like them weekly.

有的人每周都要账单。

PIETER: Oh, no, that's too often.

皮特：不用，这太频繁了。

Can I have them sent, urn, once a month?

我能申请......呃......一个月寄一次吗？

WOMAN: Yes, that's fine. Is there anything else?

女士：可以啊，没问题。还有其他问题吗？

PIETER: I was thinking of registering for your internet service at some stage.

皮特：我在考虑以后某个时间注册你们的网银服务。

WOMAN: Oh, yes. Would you like me to send you information about that?

女士：可以啊。你需要我给你把相关信息发给你吗？

PIETER: Please, yes.

皮特：好的，谢谢。

WOMAN: And would you like to receive information about the bank's other services - insurance, loans, anything like that?

女士：那么您还想接收银行其他服务的信息吗，比如保险啊，贷款啊之类的？

PIETER: Hmm, I don't think so, thanks.

皮特：嗯，先不用了，谢谢。

WOMAN: That's OK then. And one last thing, if you agree…

女士：那么好吧。最后一件事，如果您同意……