title: Business Companion: Chinese (Mandarin) Handbook
author: Tim Dobbins
description: age brings more than 50 years of language expertise to this outstanding series for anyone who does business internationally, whether abroad, on the telephone, or via e-mail.The Living Language <b>Business Companion: Chinese Handbook</b> is a perfect phrasebook for any business situation, and provides cultural information essential to working with Chinese colleagues.<br /><br />Key Features Include:<br /><br />General business situations common to all fields, such as making telephone calls, sending letters or e-mail, conducting interviews, making presentations, attending trade shows, getting around, and even socializing.<br />Industry-specific terms in over 25 fields such as banking, advertising, pharmaceuticals, engineering, telecommunications, medical and dental, publishing, and more.<br />A two-way glossary of the most common and essential terms businesspeople will need to know.<br />Appendices full of practical information such as weights and measurements, useful addresses,
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  PALGRAVE POCKET CONSULTANTS
  
  
  Palgrave Pocket Consultants are concise, authoritative guides that provide
  actionable solutions to specifi c, high-level business problems that would
  otherwise drive you or your company to employ a consultant. Written for
  aspiring middle to senior managers working across business at any scale, they
  off er solutions to the most cutting-edge issues across modern business. Be
  your own expert and have the advice you need at your fi ngertips.
  
  
  _Forthcoming titles_ :
  
  
  ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TALENT
  
  
  Tim Baker
  
  
  MANAGING ONLINE REPUTATION
  
  
  Charlie Pownall
  
  
  RISKY BUSINESS IN CHINA
  
  
  Jeremy Gordon
  
  
  THE NEW CHINESE TRAVELER
  
  
  Gary Bowerman
  
  
  CREATING A RELIABLE WORKFORCE
  
  
  Ivan Robertson and Cary Cooper
  
  
  THE WORKPLACE COMMUNITY
  
  
  Ian Gee and Matthew Hanwell
  
  
  Series ISBN 9781137396792
  
  
  About the Author
  
  
  Matthew Crabbe studied Chinese language, society and history at the University
  of Leeds and has since turned an acad