外贸口语一点通第98期:货物装运之装船谈判

 Discussion about shipment 装船谈判 A: We hope you agree to ship by installment¹.

希望你们能同意分批装运。

B: How many times?

分几批？

A: 4 times. The location term is from March to July next year. It will be transacted² once every month. The first delivery is in March.

分四批，装船期限为明年3月到6月，隔一个月交易一批，第一批是3月。

B: How to arrange the quantity?

数量怎么安排呢？

A: If you do not have any special requirements, we will make an average allocation. So it will be 40 tons each time.

如果你们没什么特别要求的话，就平均分配，每批40吨。

B: It is not good on average allocation. How about 60 tons for the first load, then 30 tons each?

平均不太好吧，第一批交60 吨，后两批交30吨吧。

A: No problem. I will contact the manufacturer later.

应该没什么大问题吧，回头我跟厂家联系一下看看。

B: Thanks.

谢谢。 “loading term”意为“装船期限”，“term”这里是“期限”的意思。“How about”是“……怎么样”的意思，用于提出意见，例如：How about we meet at 7 pm?（我们晚上7点见面如何？）

1 installment   

n.(instalment)分期付款；(连载的)一期

参考例句：

• I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
• He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。

2 transacted   

v.办理（业务等）( transact的过去式和过去分词 )；交易，谈判

参考例句：

• We transacted business with the firm. 我们和这家公司交易。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Major Pendennis transacted his benevolence by deputy and by post. 潘登尼斯少校依靠代理人和邮局，实施着他的仁爱之心。 来自辞典例句