國際通用商務信函常用語
國際商務信函是重要的外貿書面語言交際媒介,成功的信函除詞彙、語法上的準確無誤外,禮貌用語的選擇與使用也頗有講究.文章基於外貿英語獨有的語言特點和特殊的表達方法,結合大量的例句,從禮貌用語的寫作角度出發,對其在國際商務信函中的應用技巧進行了探討.
(1)本信，本函 Our (my) letter; Our (my) respects; Ours(mine); This letter; these lines; The present.
(2)貴函 Your letter; Your faour; your esteemed letter; Your esteemed faour; Your alued letter; Your alued faour; Your note; Your communication; Your greatly esteemed letter; Your eryfriendly note; Your friendly adice; Yours.
(3)前函 The last letter; The last mail; The last post; the last communication; The last respects(自己的信); The last faour(來信)
(4)次函 The next letter; The next mail;Thenextcommunication; The letter following; the following.
(5)貴函發出日期 Your letter of (the) 5th May; Your faour dated (the) 5th June; Yours of the 3rd July; Yours under date (of) the 5th July; Your letter bearing date 5th July; Your faour of een date(AE); Your letter of yesterday; Your faour of yesterday''s date; Your letter dated yesterday.
(6)貴方來電、電傳及傳真 Your telegram; Your wire; Your cablegram(從國外); Your coded wire(密碼電報); Your code message; Your cipher telegram; Your wireless telegram; Your TELEX; Your Fax.
(7)貴方電話 Your telephone message; Your phone message; Your telephonic communication; Your telephone call; Your ring.
(8)通知 (Noun) Adice; Notice; Information; Notification; Communication; A report; News; Intelligence; Message. (erb)(通知，告知) To communicate (a fact) to; To report (a fact) ; 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 gie notice(預告); To break a news to(通知壞消息); To announce(宣佈).
(9)回信 (Noun) An answer; A reply; A response. (erb) To answer; To reply; To gie a reply; To gie 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 faour one with an answer; To get a letter answered.
(10)收訖，收到 (Noun) Receipt(收到); A receipt(收據); A receier(領取人，取款人); A recipient(收款人) (erb) To receie; To be in receipt of; To be to (at) hand; To come to hand; To be in possesion of; To be faoured with; To get; To hae; To hae before (a person); To make out a receipt(開出收據); To acknowledge receipt(告知收訖).
(11)確認 To confirm; Confirming; Confirmation;InConfirmation of(爲確認...,爲證實...); A letter of confirmation(確認函或確認書)
(12)高興，愉快，欣慰 To hae the pleasure to do; To hae the pleasure of doing; To hae pleasure to do; to hae 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)隨函附件 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 conenience; 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 deliery; 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...，關於 About; Regarding; Concerning; As to; As regards; With regard to; In regard to;(of); Respecting; Relatie to; Anent; In connection with; Referring to; With reference to; In reference to; Re.
(18)期滿到期及應付之款 To be due; To fall due (become) due(日期將到); Duly(正時，及時);In due Course (依照順序).
(19)(每個，按照，通過)Per(=by,through)rail.(post,mail,steamer )(通過鐵路，郵政，輪船) 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,依照人數，每一人) Per piece (每一個，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)甚感遺憾，請包涵 To regret; To be sorry; To be chagrined; To be mortified; To be exed; 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.
