help in paraphrasing

[Anonymous]

1)Re:

The edge lies in your awareness of how people negotiate the world over.

Try:

The advantage lies in your awareness of how people negotiate the world over.


2)Re:

This year Top Class(a company)invested heavily in a new plant in China and need to expand sales by volumen and revenue to pay for the borrowing costs and to justify the growth in capacity.

Try:

This year, Top Class invested heavily in a new plant in China and needs to expand sales volume and increase revenue so it can pay the borrowing costs and justify the increase in capacity.

Dear teacher:
Re:
1) Could you please tell me what does "negotiate the world over"mean?
2)And what does "borrowing costs and to justify the growth in capacity"[/b]mean?

A million thanks!

 

[RonBee]

The phrase negotiate the world over means negotiate anywhere in the world. (Presumably, if you know negotiating techniques used in different places around the world that will help you with your own negotiating skills.)

The phrase borrowing costs means the costs of borrowing. The interest on a loan is certainly the most significant cost of borrowing.

Capacity is space, which costs money. Possibly the person increased the size of the plant because he (or she) was anticipating an increase in production. Such an expense would certainly have to be justified.

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