商务英语术语及练习.doc

常用商务英语术语•1) International business is business conducted in more than one country, including buying and selling goods and services.•2) Assuming the laboratory tests go well, and you can quote us a competitive price, we'd certainly be able to place more substantial orders on a regular basis.•3) Considering the friendly business relationship between our two banks, we decided not to charge you the overdue interests.•4) As a result, goods circulate more widely and at lower prices, jobs are created, and wealthis spread. Though peo ple may act from the narrow desire to enrich themselves, “an invisible hand” guides them to enrich and improve all of society.•Today, vve see a China that is still defined by noble traditions of family, scholarship and honor•I wanted to be a man, and a man I am.•The latest type of TVR system is light, inexpensive and easy to manipulate^•When most people expect a reduction of inflation rate after the tax cut, there is still some uncertainty.•The further expansion of your exports on our market will depend on your continued efforts to broaden and diversify your product range.•Theory is something but practice is everything.•We will negotiate for peace, sacrifice for it; we will not surrender for it - now or even •In my opinion the damage to the goods is attributed to the fact that the bags are too thin.According to the contract the bags should have been 0.04mm thick.•Saddam can not single-handedly cause shortages and gasoline lines.•The pay rise promised by the Left could price French products out of European markets.The use of bio-chemical weapons is a sheer violation of international laws 一the Geneva Convention in particular.We have advocated the principle of peaceful coexistence, which is now growing more and more popular among the nations of Asia and Africa.In economic field, large companies are feeling the impacts of both constantly technological progress and of the newest production methods.Big powers have their strategies while small countries also have their tactics in coping with the constantly changing international political climate.Avoid using this computer in extreme cold, heat, dust or humidityJ They build roads, houses’ bridges, pipelines and canals.1.What is questioned is whether a country like Britain has a chance, assuming it has the will, to succeed where so many have failed and even assuming that it has, should make the tremendous effort and take substantial financial risk of trying to leap-frog into leadership in entirely new technology or whether it should take softer option of merely catching up with the rest of the industrialized world.2.The growth of class consciousness among the workers was inhibited by continued high levels of employment and rising earnings for almost 15 years, combined with the propaganda of views in the labor movement reflecting the influence of Keynesian theories about the ability ofcapitalism to solve permanently the problem of “boon and bust” through a “managed economy” of built-in stabilizers.3.本宪法以法律的形式确认了中国各族人民奋斗的成果，规定了国家的根本任务，是国家的根本大法，具有最高的法律效力。

4.The African elephant and Indian elephant represent a pitiful remnant of a group that once included some 30 kinds of elephants heavy enough to make the ground tremble when they walk.翻译下列语句(1)We should be obliged if you would let us have some names and addresses of likely importers of good standing from your customers, together with brief credit reports on them.(2)Would you please let us have the particulars of your products?(3)It is our long-term wish to establish business relations with you.(4)If you are interested in setting up trade relations with us in this line, let us know your specific requirements/demands.(5)We would like to know what you can offer in this line as well as your terms of sales.(6)We are pleased to send you here with our Proforma Invoice No・12 in triplicate as requested.(7)The above inquiry was forwarded to you on January the fifteenth, but we have not received your quotation yet. Your early offer will be highly appreciated.(8)As requested, we are sending you our quotation sheet in triplicate and wish you to place your order with us as soon as possible*(9)Your order is receiving our immediate attention and you can depend on us to effect delivery well within your time limit.(10)Owing to your delay in delivery, we are no longer in the position to accept your goods. We hereby cancel our order.译下列信件的摘录1)We would refer you to our captioned enquiry sent to you on the 22nd of June, which we trust must have long been in your possession, as up to date, we do not appear to have received any offer from you. We are at a loss to know whether the required commodity is suppliable now. We shall appreciate hearing from you at an early date.2)We were pleased to know from your letter of 24th October of your interest in our products and enclose the catalogue and pricelist asked for. Also enclosed you will find details of our conditions of sale and terms of payment.(3) Considering this damage was due to the rough handling by the steamship company, weclaimed on them for recovery of the loss; but an investigation made by the surveyor has revealed the fact that the damage is attributable to improper packing. For further particulars, we refer you to the surveyor s report enclosed.翻译下列信函19 January, 2006Ms・ Sally McBride ManagerOutback Wool Ltd.44 Bridge StreetSydneyNew South WalesAustraliaDear Ms. McBride,We refer to our purchase contract No. 954.Under the terms of the contract, delivery is scheduled for June 2006. We would now like to bring delivery forward to March 2006.We realize that the change of delivery date will probably inconvenience you and we offer our sincere apologies* We know that you will understand that we would not ask for earlier delivery if we did not have compelling reasons for doing so.In view of our longstanding, cordial commercial relationship^ we would be very grateful if you would make a special effort to comply with our request.We look forward to your early reply.Yours sincerely,Eric EvansManagerPassage Translation(1)♦The rise of knowledge economy is the result of the accumulation of human knowledge over thousands of years. In the past 3,000 years, mankind has exper4ienced the stages ofprimitive society, agricultural society and industrial society, creating the glowing material culture and spiritual culture. It should be noted that ever since the first industrial revolution, the social productivity increased by more than 100 times. In the 20th century, due to the fast development of science and technology as well as the improvement of productivity, the total scale of the global economy has increased by 20 times, from 1,000 billion dollars to nearly 30,000 billion dollars. In the growth of the world economy, the contribution of science and technology account for 5% in the early 20th centuty and this number has increased to 60%-70% now. The development of science and technology or knowledge has become the source of the human culture. Presently, the world is striding form the industrial age towards the era of knowledge economy. The fast rise of knowledge economy propels this great "wave” of knowledge revolution, which includes scientific revolution, high-tech revolution,information revolution, revolution of thinking, cultural revolution, revolution of beliefs and behaviors, etc. And it is rising now throughout the world, improving the trend ofdevelopment of economic globalization and local conglomerate. It permeates through the areas of manufacturing, service and life very fast, changing the setup of world politics and economy and the conditions of human life and development.♦Before WWII, mankind had experienced the first industrial revolution featured by the wide use of steamer, and the second industrial revolution featured by the application of electrical power as new energy to production, which brought great extension to human knowledge.♦Unlike some other companies? incentive plans, in which a small part of the plan is weighted to the overall organization, s business results, this one is heavily weighted that way. The vast majority of the incentive employees can get is based on how the Motorola business■—such as the personal communication businessdoes in tenns of cash flow and profit.♦The underlying philosophy is that employees should be paid according to show the company does. In Motorola" s view, it is not fair to shareholders if employees get a big incentive even when the company is not prospering. With this structure, employees will together make the business succeed. Individual performance is important, but individual performance in the absence of business performance is not getting us where shareholders want us to be. In other words> if you are doing well and the business is not, you have to work even harder. The message that we want to send to our folks is that cash flow and profitability are key drivers of this business, and each of you can contribute.♦As a gateway to Mainland China and with close trading and business links with other Asian economics, Hong Kong is strategically located in a high-growth region. Over the years, Hong Kong has developed into an international recognized financial center, providing many Asian and multinational companies with fund-raising opportunities. However, growthenterprises, particularly those emerging ones, i.e., enterprises that have good business ideas and growth potential, may not always be able to take advantage of these opportunities. Many of them do not meet the profitability/track record requirements of the existing market of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (the main board) and are therefore unable to be listed. TheGrowth Enterprise Market (GEM) is designed to bridge this gap.♦GEM offers growth enterprises a fund raising channel. It does not require growth companies to have achieved a record of profitability to be listed. Thus, the growth enterprises may also raise capital in this well-established market with regulatory infrastructure, thereby taking advantage of the growth opportunities of the region. Besides local and regional enterprises, international growth enteiprises can also enhance their business presence and raise their product brand awareness in China and Asian by listing on GEM.。