商務(wù)英語考試商務(wù)信函寫作技巧商務(wù)英語

商務(wù)英語考試商務(wù)信函寫作技巧商務(wù)英語

商務(wù)英語寫作常用句子集錦

(一)避免使用陳舊的商業(yè)術(shù)語

陳舊的與傳統(tǒng)的商業(yè)術(shù)語(Commercialjargon)對信的內(nèi)容沒

有什么作用，應(yīng)該避免使用。

例一：Wordy:Wewishtoacknowledgereceiptofyourletter

ofNovember14withthecheckforStg.lOenclosedandwish

tothankyouforsame.

Concise:WeappreciateyourletterofNovember14andthe

checkforStg.10yousentwithit.

例二：Wordy:Wetakelibertytoapproachyouwiththe

requestthatyouwouldbekindenoughtointroducetoussome

exportersofcottontextilesinyourcities.Wouldyouplease

introducetoussomeexportersofcottontextilesinyourcity?

Concise:(a)Pleaseintroducetoussomeexportersofcotton

textilesinyourcity.(b)Wouldyoupleaseintroducetous

someexportersofcottontextilesinyourcity.(注：此類簡潔

的表達(dá)方式很多。)

(二)要長話短說，避免羅嗦

通常商業(yè)人士每天需要閱讀大量的書信，對開門見山，長話

短說，直接切題的信特別歡迎。因此，寫信要力求長話短

說，

刪去不必要的形容詞，如下列句子中的形容詞或副詞刪去后

并不影響句子的原意：

Theproposalisunder(active)consideration.Theansweris

(definitely)correct.Iwould(rather)thinkthefareistoohigh.

The(true)factsareasstated.

(三)要注意每句句子的長短

例如："Wewouldliketoknowwhetheryouwouldallowus

toextendthetimeofshipmentfortwentydays,andifyou

wouldbesokindastoallowustodoso,kindlygiveusyour

replybycablewithoutdelay."這句話過分"客氣"，使句子過

長而不清楚。內(nèi)容要求對方同意延期交貨2()天，一般情況

下，應(yīng)盡可能提出延期到那一天的具體日期。

這句話可壓縮為："Pleasereplybytelegramimmediatelyif

youwillallowustodelaytheshipmentuntilApril21.”(如同

意我們把交貨延期到四月二十一日，請電復(fù)。)

有的作者為了使人們記住避免使用陳舊的商業(yè)術(shù)語，專門選

擇了一些他認(rèn)為陳舊的商業(yè)術(shù)語搞成一首詩：Webegto

adviseandwishtostateThatyourshasarrivedofrecentdate.

Wehaveitbeforeus,itscontentsnoted;Herewithenclosed

arethepriceswequoted.Attachedpleasefind,asperyour

request,Thedatayouwanted;andnotletussuggestYour

orderbesent,andnotheldunduly,Webegtoremain,yours

mosttruly.

COURTESY譯成"禮貌”。但是根據(jù)西方國家函電書籍作者

普遍的看法，所謂COURTESY是"客氣而又體諒人”的意

思。有的作者還把COURTESY和POLITENESS這兩個同

義詞做了比較，認(rèn)為：POLITENESS的客氣只是表現(xiàn)在文

章的語句上，而COURTESY則表現(xiàn)在對對方的“體諒"，例

如：

a)WehavereceivedwithmanythanksyourletterofOct.7,

andwetakethepleasureofsendingyoulatestcatalog.We

wishtodrawyourattentiontoaspecialoffer,whichwehave

madeinit.[polite]

b)youwillbeparticularlyinterestedinaspecialofferonpage

5ofthelatestcatalogenclosed,whichyourequestedinyour

letterofOct.7.

Yououghtto;PerhapsyoucouldYourletterisnotclear

atall;Ican'tunderstandit.IfIunderstandyourletter

correctly...Obviously,ifyou'dreadyourpolicycarefully,

You'dbeabletoanswerthesequestionsyourself.Sometimes

policywordingisalittlehardtounderstandgladtoclearup

thesequestionsforyou.[courtesy]

怎樣通過各種語言形式來表達(dá)COURTESY呢？這樣的形式

很多，現(xiàn)在提供一些常見的供參考：

(一)把命令變成請求的常用形式：

Please,Willyou,Willyouplease，如：

a)Willyougiveusmoredetailedinformationonyour

requirement?

b)Willyouplease(kindly)letushearfromyouonthesetwo

points?

(二)虛擬式(PastSubjunctiveFrom)如:

a)Wouldyoucompareoursamplewiththegoodsofother

firms?

b)Wewouldaskyoutoshipthegoodsbythefirstavailable

vessel.

c)Wewishyouwouldletushaveyourreplysoon.

d)Thiswouldseemtoconfirmouropinion.

e)Weshouldbegratefulifyouwouldhelpuswithyour

suggestion.

f)Wethinkifadvisablethatyoushouldacceptthisofferat

thisprice.

g)Weshould(would)likeyoutoletusknowtheexactamount,

h)Perhapsyoumightliketohavealookattheactualgoods,

i)Wemightbeofsomeservicetoyouinasimilarcase.

以上的b,f,g,也可用will,shall,may,但是用Past

SubjunctiveForm則表示更客氣和婉轉(zhuǎn)些。

(三)緩和用法(Mitigation)

為r緩和過分強(qiáng)調(diào)或刺激對方，常用：Weareafraid,we

wouldsay,wemay(or,might)say,we(would)think,it

seems(orwouldseem)tous,we(would)suggest,asyouare

(or:maybe)aware,asweneedhardlypointout等等表達(dá)法來

緩和語氣，如：

a)Itwasunwiseofyoutohavedonethat.Wewouldsaythat

itwasunwiseofyoutohavedonethat.

b)Yououghttohavedoneit.Itseemstousthatyouought

tohavedoneit.

c)Wecannotcomplywithyourrequest.Weareafraidwe

cannotcomplywithyourrequest.

d)Ourproductsaretheverybestonthemarket.Wemight

saythatourproductsaretheverybestonthemarket.

e)Youmustkeepthemattertoyourselves.Youmust,we

wouldadd,keepthemattertoyourselves.

f)YoumustcutoffyourorderinhalfWewouldsuggest

thatyoucutyourorderinhalf.

g)Wehavenotyethadyourreply.Itappearsthatwehave

notyethadyourreply.

與工作效率相關(guān)的例句

Behighlyorganizedandefficient.

工作很有條理，辦事效率高。

Themanagementwantsscrewingup.

管理部門需要提高工作效率。

Icanorganizemytimeefficiently.

我的工作效率高。

Peopleworkingatalllevelsshouldbeefficiency-minded.

上下都要講究工作效率。

Toworkorperformefficientlyandrapidly.

高效率工作工作或行動效率高或敏捷

OfficeAutomation(OA)istheapplicationofthecomputerand

communicationtechnologiestoimprovetheproductivityof

clericalandmanagerialofficeworkers.

辦公自動化是計算機(jī)和通信技術(shù)在改善辦事人員和管理人員

的工作效率方面的一種應(yīng)用。

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