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Telephone Call John: Hello, Peter! Here, John! Peter: Hello John, this is Peter! John: How are things to you? Peter: Can’t complain. How are you? John: Not bad at all! Peter: John, how can I help you? John: I want to talk you about our new project in the Company… Peter: John, sorry, but I can’t make out what you are saying. Could you speak up? John: Of course! If you want, I could hang up and call back later. Peter: It’s not necessary. Now I can hear you better. John: Ok, as I was saying, we are waiting the program that your team is developing. Peter: Yes, I have two colleagues working in it. It's tricky, you know... John: I was wondering if the program could be ready next Monday. Peter: Let me see... We are going to finish the code in two days, but we need to do several tests before the program is able to pass to productive System. So, maybe it could be finished next Wednesday. John: I'm sorry Peter, but that's too late! Our customer is waiting that program since last week. Peter: Ok, John. Let me talk with our development team to find a solution. John: Ok Peter, thank you very much. Please, keep me posted. Peter: Of course, I'll do. Bye John. John: Bye Peter.

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Telephone Call

John: Hello, Peter! It's John!
Peter: Hello John, this is Peter!
John: How are things to you?
Peter: Can’t complain. How about you?
John: Not bad at all!
Peter: How can I help you, John?
John: I want to talk you about our new company project in the Company…
Peter: Sorry John, but I can’t make out what you're* saying. Could you speak up?
John: Of course! If you want, I could hang up and call back later.
Peter: That’s not necessary. I can hear you better now.
John: OK, as I was saying, we're* waiting for the program that your team is developing.
Peter: Yes, I have two colleagues working on it. It's tricky, you know...
John: I was wondering if the program could be ready by next Monday.
Peter: Let me see... We're* going to finish the code in two days, but we need to do several tests before the program can go into production**. So, maybe it could be finished by next Wednesday.
John: I'm sorry Peter, but that's too late! Our customer has been waiting for that program since last week.
Peter: OK, John. Let me talk with our development team to find a solution.
John: OK Peter, thank you very much. Please, keep me posted.
Peter: Of course, will do. Bye John.
John: Bye Peter.

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* In conversation, the contracted forms are always used except when adding emphasis on the verb.

** Here I assume you mean that the software is ready to be released. If there's a department called "Production" that Peter has to send it to after development, then you'd say "can be sent to Production".

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Telephone Call

John: Hello, Peter! Here, John! This is John.
Peter: Hello John, this is Peter! (This would be odd, since John's greeting of "Hello, Peter!" clearly expects Peter and only Peter to answer.  "This is Peter!" would be an appropriate response to "Is Peter there?", "May I speak to Peter?" or simply "Hello, this is John!")
John: How are things to with (or 'for' or simply 'How are you?') you?
Peter: Can’t complain. How are you?
John: Not bad at all!
Peter: John, how can I help you?
John: I want to talk you about our new project in ('in' is OK, but 'at' would be more usual) the Company…
Peter: John, sorry, but I can’t make out what you are saying. Could you speak up?
John: Of course! If you want, I could hang up and call back later.
Peter: It’s not necessary. Now I can hear you better.
John: Ok, as I was saying, we are waiting for (or use 'awaiting' instead of 'waiting', but that's less common) the program that your team is developing.
Peter: Yes, I have two colleagues working in on it. It's tricky, you know...
John: I was wondering if the program could be ready next Monday.
Peter: Let me see... We are going to finish the code in two days, but we need to do several tests before the program is able to pass to productive System. So, maybe it could be finished next Wednesday. ('pass to productive System' sounds a little odd to me, but only a little.  If "Productive System" is a stage in development known to both Peter and John, then that seems OK.  If "productive System" is meant generally, then "...able to be released..." or "... able to reach a usable system...." or "... able to reach a finished state ..." would all be a little better.)
John: I'm sorry Peter, but that's too late! Our customer is has been waiting for that program since last week.
Peter: Ok, John. Let me talk with our development team to find a solution.
John: Ok Peter, thank you very much. Please, keep me posted.
Peter: Of course, I'll do. Bye John.
John: Bye Peter.

Please note that I'm a speaker of American English.  This seems particularly relevant since phone customs may differ over English speaking areas, especially in a business context.

This is very well done!



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