商务请柬格式及翻译练习

Accepting the Invitation
August 23, 2007 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Green,
We will be delighted to dine with you at your home on Friday 18th at 8 ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ.m. at your home. Thank you so much for your kind invitation. We are looking forward to seeing you both.
We do appreciate you asking us and hope that you will have a very happy day. Very best wishes to the young couple and we look forward to seeing you before too long.
Letter of Invitation & Reply
邀请信的分类
通常邀请信分两种：一种是正式的，叫请帖或请 柬；一种是非正式的，就是一般的邀请信。
请柬：邀请人、被邀请人、地点、场合等。 邀请信措辞婉转、诚恳有礼；语言表达清楚明确，
态度真诚，语气婉转。
邀请信的主要内容
1.表明写作意图,向对方发出邀请; 2. 说明邀请的具体原因,活动的具体时间及
客人姓名的全称相当于汉语“恭
Mr. ___________
（加’s）或用 请” Your(泛指) “company or
requests the pleasure of___ presence at…”相
_______________’s company 当于汉语的“光
at __________
临”
地点等; 3. 结尾时表示希望对方接受邀请; 4. 表明希望尽快得到答复,有时可注明
R.S.V.P./ r.s.v.p. (法语，意思是“请赐 复”)
邀请信回复的主要内容
1. 无论是否接受邀请,都应表明谢意; 2. 如接受邀请,应确认应邀时间、地点等详
细信息； 3. 如谢绝邀请,文字应婉转,应表示歉意,并
2. May I take this opportunity to invite you to our university to give a lecture.
Formal Letter of declining an Invitation
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Douglas regret exceedingly that owing to a previous engagement they are unable to accept Mr. and Mrs. Henry turner’s kind invitation to be present at the marriage of their daughter
Helen Turner to Mr. Carl Baker on Sunday, the fifth of July at half past sis o’clock p.m. Sunshine Hotel
Useful Drills and Sentences
1. It gives me the greatest pleasure to invite you to visit this exhibition.
Very sincerely yours, Mary
Sample 2 Formal Letter of Invitation
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Turner request the pleasure of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter Helen to
on ___, the ___ of___
星期和日期
at ___ o’clock ___ __________
具体地钟点点
（R.S.V.P.or rsvp）
如要求复信，请柬下 方要标注此符号，法 语意为：请赐复
Style of an Invitation Card(请柬格式):
Mr. and Mrs. ××× request the pleasure of the company of
说明原因,有时可提出下次再邀的请求.
Sample 1 Informal Letter of Invitation
Dear Mary, We are having a dinner party for some of
our special friends and wonder if you and Jerry can come. It is on Friday 18th at 8 p.m. at our home. Please say you can come as no party is complete without you two!
Mr. and Mr. ××× at ××× (in celebration of)
××× ××× (time) ××× (place) ×××
R. S. V. P.
Informal Letter of Declining an Invitation
Dear Henry,
We are so sorry that we cannot come to the dinner you are giving this Sunday for your daughter’s wedding. Unfortunately, we have a previous engagement that day which we really can’t change.
Mr. Carl Baker on Sunday, the fifth of July at half past six o’clock p.m.
58 Water Road Hong Kong R.S.V.P.
（首要先用是全主称人）的或姓S头名a衔mple1
request(s) the
pleasure (honor of)