树立贸易关系的常用书信
Letters for Establishing Business Relations1.Importer Writes to Exporter
Dear Sirs,
We have obtained your address from the Commercial Counsellor of your Embassy in London and are now writing you for the establishment of business relations.
We are very well connected with all the major dealers here of light industrial products, and feel sure we can sell large quantities of Chinese goods if we get your offers at competitive prices.
As to our standing, we are permitted to mention the Bank of England, London, as a reference.
Please let us have all necessary information regarding your products for export.
Yours faithfully,
Notes
1.commercial adj. 商业的,商务的
commercial counsellor 商务参赞
commercial counsellor's office 商务参赞处
commercial attache 商务专员
commercial articles 商品, (报上)商业新闻
commerce n. 商业
commerce department 商业部门
2.embassy n. 大使馆
the American Embassy in Beijing 美国驻北京大使馆
ambassador n. 大使,使节
3.dealer n. 商人
retail dealer (or:retailer) 批发商
wholesale dealer (or:wholesaler) 批发商
deal n. b. 贸易,成交,运营
make (or:do) a deal with... 与...做买卖
deal on credit 信誉买卖,赊帐买卖
4.connected with... 与...有联络;与...有关系
5.light industrial product 轻工业产品
6.competitive adj. 有竞争力的
competitive price 竞争价钱
competitive capacity 竞争才能
competitive power 竞争才能
competitive edge 竞争优势
eg.If your price is competitive, we will place an order with you. 假如你方价钱有竞争力的话,我们将向你方发出订单。
Your products has no competitive capacity in our market. 你方产品在我市场上没有竞争力。
compete v. 竞争
~with (or:against) sb. in sth. 在...方面与某人竞争
eg.We should compete with other enterprises in the quality of the products. 我们必需在产品的质量方面与其它企业竞争。
~with (or:against) sb. for sth. 为...事情与某人竞争
eg.We must compete against other countries in trade for obtaining larger international market. 为了获取更大的国际市场我们必需与其他国度在贸易方面停止竞争。
competition n. 竞争
eg.To enable us to meet competition, you must quote the lowest possible price. 为了使我们能顺应竞争, 你方必需报尽可能低的价钱。
competitor n. 竞争者,竞争对手
eg.We trust that the superior quality, attractive design and reasonable price of our products will surely enable us to defeat the competitors. 我们置信我方产品的优秀质量、诱人设计、合理价钱定能使我方击败竞争对手。
7.standing 资信状况,信誉,固定的,永世的
standing cost 长期本钱,固定本钱
standing orders 长期订单
standing director 常务董事
有关“资信状况”的表达办法还有:
credit standing 信誉状况
financial standing 财金状况
finances 财源,资金状况(常用复数)
8.We are permitted to mention the Bank of England, London, as a reference. 我们已征得伦敦的英国银行同意,把它们作为我们的咨询银行。
9.regarding prep. 关于,与 with regard to, in regard to, as regards 同义,普通能够换用。
eg.Regarding the terms of payment, we require confirmed and irrevocable letter of credit. 关于支付条件,我们请求保兑的、不可吊销的信誉证。
2.Self Introduction by Exporter
出口商的自我引见
Dear Sirs,
We write to introduce ourselves as one of the largest exporters, from China, of a wide range of Machinery and Equipments.
We enclose a copy of our latest catalog covering the details of all the items available at present, and hope some of these items will be of interest of you.
It will be a great pleasure to receive your inquiries for any of the items against which we will send you our lowest quotations.
Should, by chance, your corporation not deal with the import of the goods mentioned above, we would be most grateful if this letter could be forwarded to the correct import corporation.
We are looking forward to your favourable and prompt reply.
Yours faithfully,
Notes
1.a wide range of... 大范围的..., 各类的...
2.enclose v. 封入
eg.We enclose a copy of our price list. 随函附上我方价目表一份。
过去分词enclosed可作名词用,前面加定冠词。
eg.We believe you will find the enclosed interesting. 我们置信你们对所附之件会感兴味。
enclosure n. 附件(缩写:Encl. Enc.)
3.catalogue n. 目录(也可写作catalog)】
latest catalogue 最新目录
catalogue for the standardized parts 规范化零件目录
catalogue of material 资料目录
4.available adj. 可应用的,可得到的,可供给的(做定语时前置后置均可,后置较为常用。)
commodities available for export 供出口的商品
not available 缺货
We will ship by the first steamer available (or:the first available steamer) next month. 货物将由下月第一条便船装运。
This is the only stock available (or:the only available stock). 这是独一可供之货。
We are sending you under cover a catalog covering the goods available at present. 随函附上一份我方目前可供之货的目录单。
5.inquiry n. 询价,询盘 (美国人常用,英国人有时运用enquiry)
6.quotation n. 报价,行情
quotation table (list) 价目表
exchange rate quotation 外汇行情
discount quotation 贴现行情
market quotation 市场行情
quote v.t. 开价
quote a price 报价
quote favourable terms 报优惠价
7.deal with 运营,处置
Our company deals with the import and export of chemical products. 我们公司运营化工产品的进出口业务。
表示“运营(某种或某类商品)”的说法很多,常见的有:handle, deal in, trade in, be in the line等。上面的例句可改写为:
Our company handles (or:deals in, trades in, is in the line of) the import and export of chemical products.
8. forward v.t. 转交,传送
Your letter of November 8 addressed to our Head Office has been forwarded (or:transmitted, referred, passed on, handed over) to us for attention and reply. 你方11月8日致我总公司的函已转给我们办复。
9.care of=c/o 由...转交,信封上常用。 如:
Mr. David Smith
c/o world Trading Co.
由世界贸易公司转交史密斯*大卫先生。
10.favourable adj. 有利的,同意的,有协助的
表示赞同某事或表示对某人、某事有利,后接介词to:
We are favourable to your terms and conditions of this transaction. 我们同意你方这个买卖的条件。
The market has so changed as to be favourable to the sellers. 市场变为对买方有利。
假如表示对某种行为有利普通接介词for:
The time is not favourable for the disposal of the goods. 如今不是卖货的有利机遇。
favourable reply 合意的答复,相似good news, 相当于中文的“佳音”、“好音讯”。
favourable price 优惠价钱