外贸英语话题王 第78期:质量问题

 　　Quality issues 质量问题

　　Your request for compensation makes me surprised. 听到你要提出索赔我很吃惊，

　　What happened? 究竟是怎么回事？

　　It is because of the quality. 质量问题。

　　Could you tell me the particulars? 能说的具体点吗？

　　I told you that we want first-class goods.  当初我说过要的是一等品，

　　So the quality, specification¹ and pnce are clarified in our contract.  所以合同里将质量价格都写的很明确，

　　Do you remember those details? 你还记得吗？

　　Yes, I do. 确实是这样的

　　The re-examination results indicate that one-third of the goods are not up to standard. 但是我们复检的结果是三分之一的质量与规定不符。

　　Really?  是真的吗？

　　We began to load the goods after we made sure they were qualified². 我们是检验合格后才装船的。

　　I told you the truth.  我说的全都是事实。

　　According to the contract, if you fail to honor the contract, we are entitled to cancel it. 根据合同，如果你方没有按照合同条款执行，我们有权终止合同。

1 specification   

n.详述；[常pl.]规格，说明书，规范

参考例句：

• I want to know his specification of details.我想知道他对细节的详述。
• Examination confirmed that the quality of the products was up to specification.经检查，产品质量合格。

2 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。