Chapter Five Acceptance & Orders
Exercises:
Ⅰ.Translate the following sentences:
1. We shall book a trial order with you, provided you will give us a 5% commission.
2. We have booked your Order No.168 for bed sheets and pillow-cases and are sending our Sales Confirmation No. BP-201 in duplicate. 3. Your order is receiving our immediate attention and you can depend on us to effect delivery well within your time limit.
4. We enclose a trial order. If the quality is up to our expectation, we shall send further order in the near future. Your prompt attention to this will be appreciated.
5. We wish to refer to the recent exchange of cables and are pleases to confirm having concluded with you a transaction of 50 tons of canned crabmeat.
6. We are pleased to have transacted the initial business with your firm and look forward to the further expansion of trade to our mutual benefit. 7. We have succeeded in putting through the deal of five hundred tons of canned mushroom.
8. The price you quoted being found workable, we have cabled you our acceptance.
9. We have cabled our confirmation of your order and you are requested to open the L/C as soon as possible.
10. Please accept our offer and confirm the above-mentioned terms immediately.
Ⅱ.Translate the following letter into English:
兹高兴地确认按照下列条款卖给你方29英寸东芝彩色电视机2000台：
2000台29英寸东芝彩色电视机， 横滨成本、保险家运费价每台…美元，木箱装，每箱装4台。收到信用证一周内，从横滨运至大连。
请特别注意货物的包装，以免货物在运输途中受损。
我们现在正在洽办开信用证，在接到你方确认书后，即可开出以你方为受益人的信用证。
谨上，
2001年8月20日
Ⅲ.Put in the missing words:
1. We appreciate your cooperation and trust the shipment will prove ______ your entire satisfaction.
2. We confirm our purchase ______ you ______ 1000 dozen of Alarm
Clocks ______ US$9.50 ______ dozen CIF Vancouver ______ export packing.
3. We confirm the sale to you of 200 tons Green Beans resulting ______cables exchanged.
4. As a ______ of our endeavour, we have obtained supplies for you. 5. We confirm cables exchanged resulting ______ the sale to you of 200 tons of Green Beans.
6. We hope to come ______ terms with you _______ this trial purchase. 7. We expect to put _______ the deal.
8. We have approached the manufacturers ______ the result that they agree to arrange supplies for you.
9. We are well experienced ______ this line and can place orders ______ you _____ large quantities if your prices are attractive enough. 10. We regret that the execution of the agreement is ______ from satisfactory.
11. We appreciate your effort ______ pushing the sale of our products these years.
12. You may rest assured that the shipment will turn out ______ your satisfaction.
13. Enclosed please find the duplicate ______ our counter-signature. 14. The L/C, we believe, will reach you ______ due course. 15. Your offer is not interested ______ us.
16. We do not deal ______ this line.
17. Your products are ______ no interest ______ us. 18. We deal ______ many firms _______ Paris.
19. We expect to place ______ you an order ______ \Machines.
20. We based our price ______ the international market.
Ⅳ.Write a letter stating the following points: 1) You have received S/C No.668 in duplicate. 2) You countersigned and returned one copy. 3) Express thanks for their cooperation. 4) You have opened an L/C.
You are prepared to order another 50 tons.