銷售商務會談的場景會話(2)

　　A: You know, packing has a close bearing on sales.

　　B: Yes, it also affects the reputation of our products. Buyers always pay great attention to packing.

　　A: We wish the new packing will give our clients satisfaction.

　　- 大家都知道，包裝直接關系到產品的銷售。

　　- 是的，它也會影響我們產品的信譽，買主總是很注意包裝。

　　- 我們希望新包裝會使我們的顧客滿意。

　　A: How are the shirts packed?

　　B: They're packed in cardboard boxes.

　　A: I'm afraid the cardboard boxes are not strong enough for ocean transportation.

　　- 襯衫怎樣包裝?

　　- 它們用紙板箱包裝。

　　- 我擔心遠洋運輸用紙板箱不夠結實。

　　A: From what I've heard, you're already well up in shipping1 work.

　　B: Yes, we arrange shipments to any part of the world.

　　A: Do you do any chartering?

　　- 據我所知，你方對運輸工作很在行。

　　- 是的，我們承攬去世界各地的貨物運輸。
- 你們租船嗎?

　　A: How do you like the goods dispatched, by railway or by sea?

　　B: By sea, please. Because of the high cost of railway transportation, we prefer sea transportation.

　　A: That's what we think.

　　- 你方將怎樣發運貨物，鐵路還是海運?

　　- 請海運發貨，鐵路運輸費用太高，我們愿意走海運。

　　- 我們正是這么想的。

　　A: When can you effect shipment? I'm terribly worried about late shipment.

　　B: We can effect shipment in December or early next year at the latest.

　　A: That's fine.

　　- 你們什么時候能交貨?我非常擔心貨物遲交。

　　- 我們最晚在今年十二月或明年初交貨。

　　- 那很好。

　　擴展：商業英文書信中所使用的詞語

　　(1)貴函

　　Your letter; Your favour; your esteemed2 letter; Your esteemed favour; Your valued letter; Your valued favour; Your note; Your communication; Your greatly esteemed letter; Your very friendly note; Your friendly advice; Yours.

　　(2)本信，本函

　　Our (my) letter; Our (my) respects; Ours (mine); This letter; these lines; The present.

　　(3)前函

　　The last letter; The last mail; The last post; the last communication; The last respects(自己的信); The last favour(來信)

　　(4)次函

　　The next letter; The next mail; The next communication; The letter following; the following.

　　(5)貴函發出日期

　　Your letter of (the) 5th May; Your favour dated (the) 5th June; Yours of the 3rd July; Yours under date (of) the 5th July; Your letter bearing date 5th July; Your favour of even date(AE); Your letter of yesterday; Your favour of yesterday's date; Your letter dated yesterday.

　　(6)貴方來電、電傳及傳真

　　Your telegram; Your wire; Your cablegram(從國外); Your coded wire(密碼電報); Your code message; Your cipher3 telegram; Your wireless4 telegram; Your TELEX5; Your Fax.

　　(7)貴方電話

　　Your telephone message; Your phone message; Your telephonic communication; Your telephone call; Your ring.

　　(8)通知

　　(Noun)

　　Advice; Notice; Information; Notification; Communication; A report; News; Intelligence; Message.

　　(Verb)(通知，告知)

　　To communicate (a fact) to; To report (a fact) to...on; To apprise6 (a person) of; To let (a person) know; To acquaint (a person) with; To intimate (a fact) to; To send word; to send a message; To mail a notice; to write (a person) information; To give notice(預告); To break a news to(通知壞消息); To announce(宣布).

　　(9)回信

　　(Noun)

　　An answer; A reply; A response.

　　(Verb)

　　To answer; To reply; To give a reply; To give one's answer; To make an answer; To send an answer; To write in reply; To answer one's letter.

　　(特此回信)

　　Reply to; Answering to; In answer to; In reply to; In response to.

　　(等候回信)

　　To await an answer; To wait for an answer.

　　(收到回信)

　　To get an answer; To favour one with an answer; To get a letter answered.

　　(10)收訖，收到

　　(Noun)

　　Receipt(收到); A receipt(收據); A receiver(領取人，取款人); A recipient7(收款人)

　　(Verb)

　　To receive; To be in receipt of; To be to (at) hand; To come to hand; To be in possesion of; To be favoured with; To get; To have; To have before (a person); To make out a receipt(開出收據); To acknowledge receipt(告知收訖).