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商务信函用语 Expressions for Business Letters 1. 如能尽快报你方产品最低价，我方将不胜感激。 We shall be obliged if you will quote your rock—bottom prices for your products at your earliest convenience． 现报实盘：以我方时间3月21日下午5时前你方复到为 We offer you firm subject to your reply here by 5p．m，March 21 our time．上述例打底线部分为典型的外贸信函程式化套语，用在 试分析下述各例： 4. 烦请贵方注意这一事实：标题货装运短重问题仍未解决。 We would like to draw your attention to the fact that the question of short weight on the captioned shipment remains unsettled． 汉、英语在各自的语言表达draw”这一动词还可用call”和invite”来替换，只是“invite”中词更显礼貌一些。 ：我方定单拖欠至今尚未履行。 We brought to the knowledge of the Seller that our order had been outstanding for considerable time． 此例与上例基本属同一类型，语气委婉，但言辞庄重，为常见 6. 如蒙贵公司向我方提供该公司情况，将不胜感激。 We should be grateful if you should get for US some informatioabout this company． obliged”, “grateful”这两个词外，还可用“thankful” It would be appreciated if．．． We should appreciate it if．．． 你方9月8日来函收悉。 We are in receipt of your letter of Sept．8． 8. 希望保险索赔一事不会给你方造成麻烦。诸多麻烦，容此申谢。 We hope no difficulty will arise in connection with the insurance claim and thank you in advance for your trouble on our behalf． ”之意。按汉语思维，会译成“Please allow me here to express to you our thanks for bothering you so much”，但这 9. 承蒙合作，容此申谢。 Thank you in advance for your cooperation． 10. 随函附寄我方价目单一式两份，请查收。 Enclosed please find two copies of our price list． Please find two copies…enclosed”，把句中宾补提到句首。类似的还有： Please find enclosed two copies of．．． Enclosed are two copies of… We are sending you under cover two copies of．．． 当然，最后这一例形式略有不同，“under cover表达了随函的under separate cover”、“by separate mail”或“by separate post”等套语，则是“另函”之意了。这一意义英语中还有更接 11. 现我方最新目录和价格表，上有贵方所需行情。 We enc1ose our latest catalogue and a price list giving details you ask for我方经营多种轻工产品，详见附表。 We deal in a wide range of light industrial products as per list enclosed． 汉语“详见附表”似乎还For particulars please refer to the list attached”，as per”，在商函却不及后者地道。 这一套语还可更简洁： Details as per the attached list． 谨告之装船单证正本通过中国银行寄送你方。 Please be ad