一般英语商业书信的构成可分为: 1。必需部分,即在一般情况下不可缺少的部分,包括
(一)信头(Letter Head) (二)封内地址(Inside Addres$) (三)称呼(Salutation or Greeting) (四)信的正文(Body Of the letter) (五)结束礼词(Complimentary C10Se) (六)签名(Signature)
2。根据实际需要而增加的部分,包括
(a)附件(EnclOsurg),简写Ericl.或Enc. (b)再启(Postscript),简写P.S. (c)经办人姓名(Pamcular Addres$Or AttentiOn Line) (d)事由(Subject Heading Or Cap“On)‘ (e)查号或参考编号(Reference NIlillber) (f)抄送(Carbon C99y NotatlOn),简写c.c.
书信样例 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │(一)THEEASTERN SEABOARD C01(PORA丁ION │ │ 350 Park Avenue│ │ New York,New York 10017 │ │ Telephone(No.)225—2780 (6)Your Reference: │ │ Cable AddteSS2“EAS丁SEA’’ Our Reference:3456│ │ Telex Cdl No.222711(RCA)│ │ April 12,1978 │ └───────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ (二) Kanto Mercantile Corporation│ │ 2-1, NihonbasM 3-chome, Chuo-ku│ │ Tokyo I01│ │ JAPAN│ │ (c) Attention: Mr. Maki Abe, Export Manager│ │(三) Gentlemen: │ │ (d) Re: U.S. Products’ New Price List│ │(四) Enclosed is a new Price list of U.S, Products, Inc.│ │ indicating a full range of their products. │ │ We can quote on all cfi the%e items, except a few items│ │ that are shipped from Europe or Australia. If you are│ │ interested ha receiving CIFquotations on any of these│ │ items, please let us know and we shall be glad to send │ │ them to you. │ │ We await good news from you. │ │ (五) Very truly yours, │ │ THE EASTERN SEABOARD CORP, │ │ (六) (Signature) │ │ James Parrington │ │ Vice President │ │(a) End. Price List │ │(0 cc: Mr. John Hayward, San Francisco │ └───────────────────────────────┘ 二、英语商业信的格式 缮打英语商业信较通行的有以下几种格式: 1.缩行式(1ndented styl6) 2,平头式(Block style) 3,混合式(Semiblock Style with indented paragraphs) 现分别举例说明于下: ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ China National Light Industrial Products │ │ Import & Export Corporation │ │ 82 Tung An Men Street │ │ Beijing, China. │ │ Our ref. No. January 30, 1978 │ │ Your ref. No. │ │ The Pakistan Trading Company, │ │ 15, Broad Street, │ │ Karachi, Pakistan. │ │Dear Sirs, │ │ Chinese Light Industrial Products │ │ We thank you for your letter of January 10 and shall be │ │glad to enter into business relations with your firm. │ │ As you know, it is our policy to trade with~ the people of │ │all countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.│ │We believe we shall be able, by joint efforts, to promote │ │friend-ship as well as business. │ │ We are sending you 5 pamphlets and a price-list covering │ │our exports. Please advise what articles you are interested in│ │at present. │ │ Your early reply will be highly appreciated. │ │ Yours faithfully, │ │ CHINA NATIONAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL │ │ PRODUCTS IMPORT & EXPORT CORP. │ │ (Signature) │ │Encl. As stated. │ └────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ El Mar Trading Company │ │ 12 Main Street │ │ Fresno │ │Our ref. KMP/DE California, U.S.A.│ │Your ref. Tel: 3--2345678 │ │Date: 20 January I9... Cable Address: ELMAR FRESNO│ │ China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuff │ │ Import & Export Corporation│ │ 82 Tung An Men Street│ │ Beijing│ │ People’s Republic of China │ │Gentlemen:│ │Re Chinese Fruits & Nuts│ │We have made inquiry to the Liaison Office of the People’s│ │Republic of China in Washington, D. C. and they have asked│ │that we contact your office for the supply of the above com-│ │modity. │ │We are importers, packers, and exporters of all types of dried│ │fruits and nuts. We have been in this line for almost fifty │ │ years and sell both bulk packs and consumer packs here in the│ │ United States and abroad. We enclose a list showing our│ │ business activities. │ └───────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │We are interested to discuss with your representative the tyoes │ │of dried fruits and nuts which you have available for export│ │to the U. S. In this regard, we would like to visit the Guang-│ │zhou Trade Fair. I would be the only representative from our│ │firm who would travel to the Fair.│ │From the information we have been able to gather, I believe │ │that we could do a large import business in Chinese fruits and│ │nuts, for both bulk and consumer package trade. │ │Kindly let us hear from you concerning the possibility of our │ │attending the Trade Fair. For information concerning our firm,│ │you may contact the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the │ │California Dried Fruit Association or the Fresno Chamber of │ │Commerce. They are well acquainted with our firm. │ │Yours sincerely │ │EL MAR TRADING- COMPANY │ │ (Signature) │ │Encl. as stated │ └────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ M, D. Ewart & Co., Ltd., │ │ 36 Tower Street, │ │ Toronto 4, Canada. │ │ August 22, 19... │ │Our Ref. No. SWE/II9│ │Your Ref. No. M. 306/0038 │ │China National Metals & Minerals│ │ Import & Export Corporation, │ │P. O. Box No. 65, │ │Beijing,│ │People’s Republic of China. │ │Dear Sirs,\\│ │ Re: Heating Supplies │ │ We are wholesale distributors of plumbing and heating sup- │ │plies and are interested in the products you show in the China│ │Foreign Trade No. 2 of 1976.│ │ We would like to hear from you with reference to import- │ │~ng merchandise from China. If we can work together to our│ │mutual benefit, arrangements can be made for one of our rep-│ │resentatives to make the trip to China and contact your office│ │in person.│ │ We are herewith enclosing our latest catalogue showing the │ │items we carry at the present time. │ │ Please let us know whether you can manufacture items as│ │per Canadian patterns.│ │ Kindly send us your complete catalogue and price list quot-│ │ing the best discount for quantity buying.│ │ Thanking you for your kind attention to this matter and│ │trusting to hear from you in the near future, we are, │ │ Yours truly, │ │ M. D. Ewart & Co,, Ltd.│ │ (Signature)│ │ H. Smith │ │ Manager│ │Encl. as stated.│ └──────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │February 1, 19__│ │Mr. James Brown │ │234 North Avenue│ │Smithville, Illinois 60041│ │Dear Mr. Brown, │ │Your report on the planning session held by the Board of Directors of │ │Jones and Jones is an excellent summary and brings to us most │ │encouraging news. │ │We have decided to postpone the making of any specific offer for│ │another month. Thank you for making available to us the information we│ │needed. │ │Early in March we will contact you for additional information and │ │instructions. │ │Sincerely yours,│ │E.H. Anderson │ │Controller │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ |