银行英语情景口语 第122期:国际结算业务 修改信用证(2)

 　　A: Good afternoon. Which service do you require?

　　下午好。您需要办什么业务？

　　B: I need to increase the amount of my L/C. It's quite a new one; I opened it 12 days ago.

　　我需要为我的信用证增额。它新开了不久，我12天前开的。

　　A: What you need to do is apply for an amendment¹ on your existing L/C.

　　您所要做的是申请修改您的已开信用证。

　　B: How do I go about that?

　　我该怎么做呢？

　　A: You'll need to fill in this application form and there is a charge of 30 US dollars for this.

　　您将需要填写这份申请表，此项业务收费30美元。

　　B: OK, you can take that from my account. I'll fill in the form now.

　　好的，你可以从我的账户扣除。我现在就填表。

　　A: Thanks. Yes ... that's all in order. What we will do now is send the L/C amendment to the negotiating² bank. As soon as we know anything, we'll contact you.

　　谢了。好的……一切都办妥了。我们现在要做的是给议付行发一张信用证修改函。一旦有消息，我们会及时与您联系。

1 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

2 negotiating   

n. 谈判 动词negotiate的现在分词

参考例句：

• They were coerced into negotiating a settlement. 他们被迫通过谈判解决。
• We want to get all the parties back to the negotiating table. 我们想把有关各方拉回到谈判桌上来。