外贸信函:常用的词汇词组
(1)贵函
Your letter; Your favour; your esteemed 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(来信)
(4)次函
The next letter; The next mail; The next communication; The letter following; the following.
(5)贵函发出日期
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)贵方来电、电传及传真
Your telegram; Your wire; Your cablegram(从国外); Your coded wire(密码电报); Your code message; Your cipher telegram; Your wireless telegram; Your TELEX; Your Fax.
(7)贵方电话
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 apprise (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(预告); To break a news to(通知坏消息); 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)收讫,收到
(Noun) Receipt(收到); A receipt(收据); A receiver(领取人,取款人); A recipient(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(开出收据); To acknowledge receipt(告知收讫).
(11)确认
To confirm; Confirming; Confirmation; In Confirmation of(为确认...,为证实...); A letter of confirmation(确认函或确认书)
(12)高兴,愉快,欣慰
To have the pleasure to do; To have the pleasure of doing; To have pleasure to do; to have pleasure in (of) doing; To take (a) pleasure in doing (something); To take pleasure in doing (something); To be pleased to (with)(by); to be delighted at (in)(with); To be glad to (of)(about); To be rejoiced in (at).
(13)随函附件
Enclose; Inclose.
(14)迅速,立刻
Urgently; Promptly; Immediately; With all speed; At once; With dispatch; With all despatch; With the quickest possible despatch; With the least possible delay; As soon as possible; As quickly as possible; As promptly as possible; At one‘‘s earliest convenience; At the earliest possible moment; At an early date; Without delay; Without loss of time; Immediately on receipt of this letter; By express messenger; By Special messenger; By special delivery; By express letter.
(15)回信
By return; By return of post; By return of mail; By return of air-mail.
(16)依照
According to; Agreeably to; Conformably to; pursuant to; In accordance with; In conformity with (to); In obedience to; In deference to; In compliance with; In agreement with; In pursuance of.
(17)就...,关于
About; Regarding; Concerning; As to; As regards; With regard to; In regard to;(of); Respecting; Relative to; Anent; In connection with; Referring to; With reference to; In reference to; Re.
(18)期满到期及应付之款
To be due; To fall due (become) due(日期将到); Duly(正时,及时);In due Course (依照顺序).
(19)(每个,按照,通过)
Per(=by, through) rail.(post,mail,steamer)(通过铁路,邮政,轮船)
Per pro.= by proxy (由代理)
Per annum (=yearly,每年)
Per mensem (=monthly,每月)
Per diem [daiem] (=daily,每日)
Per man, per capital (=per head,依照人数,每一人)
Per piece (每一个,每一件)
(20)表示抱歉(冒昧做了某事)
To take the liberty of doing something; To take the liberty to do something; To take the liberty in doing something.
(21)甚感遗憾,请包涵
To regret; To be sorry; To be chagrined; To be mortified; To be vexed; To regret to say; To be sorry to say; To one‘‘s regret; To feel a great regret for; To express regret; To be regretted; To be a matter for regret; To be regrettable; To be deplorable.
(22)(我们)对于...甚感荣幸
To have the honour of doing (being); To have the honour to do (be); To do one (oneself) the honour of doing (being); To esteem (regard) it as a high honour to do (be); To appreciate the honour to do (be); To feel honoured to do (be); To owe one a debt of honour to do (be); To be honoured with doing (being) something; To honour one with doing (being) something.
(23)请
Please; Kindly; be good enough; Be kind enough; Have the kindness.
(24)感谢,衷心感谢等
To thank; To be (feel) thankful; To be (feel) grateful; To be obliged; To be indebted; To esteem (it) a favour (privilege); To give (tender, return) one‘‘s thanks; To express one‘‘s gratitude (appreciation); To tender one‘‘s sincere thanks for; To be overwhelmed with gratitude.
(25)请照顾等
(Noun)(请吩咐) Command; Order; Service
(Verb)(服务) To command; To order; To serve; To be at one‘‘s service; To render service to one; To do one a service; To be of service to one.
外贸信函:讯盘 报盘 投诉
Enquiry 询盘(a)
Dear sir,
We have seen your advertisement in the New Asia Journal and are particularly interested in your portable typewriters, but we require a machine suitable for fairly heavy duty.
Please send me your current illustrated catalogue and a price list.
Your faithfully
敬启者:
我们在《新亚洲周刊》见到你们的广告。我们对你们的手提打字机尤感兴趣,但我们需要的是一台适用于打字量较大的机子。
请你寄一份最新的附图产品目录和价目表来。谢谢。
Enquiry 询盘(b)
Dear Sir,
We are a leading dealer in waterproof garments in this city. Our customers have expressed interest in your raincoats and enquired about their quality.
Provided quality and price are satisfactory there are prospects of good sales here, but before placing a firm order we should be glad if you would send us, on fourteen day‘s approval, a selection of men‘s and women‘s raincoats. Any of the items unsold at the end of the period, and which we decide not to keep as stock, would be returned at our expense.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
敬启者:
我们是一家经销防水衣的主要商号。我们的顾客对贵公司生产的雨衣有兴趣,并曾询问过它们的品质。
若质量和价格适宜,你们的雨衣在这里会有较好的销量。但在正式下定单之前,我们希望先试销。如你们能选一批男,女装雨衣寄来,并同意给我们14天的试销期,我们将会感到很高兴。在此期限结束时,任何未销出而我们又不准备库存的产品将退还给你们,退货费用由我方负担。
盼早日赐复。