外贸英语话题王 第125期:检验商议

 　　Negotiation¹ about inspection² 检验商议

　　Good morning, Mr. Black, I'm here to talk about the inspection of the goods. 早上好，布莱克先生。我来是想讨论一下商品检验的问题。

　　Great, that's what I have in mind. 太好了，我也正想和你们商量一下这事儿呢。

　　Firstly we want to confirm something. 首先我们想确认一些事情。

　　Go ahead. 好的，什么事情？

　　How would the goods be inspected? 商品是如何检验的？

　　Well, according to the international practice, you should inspect the goods before shipping³ and we have the right to reinspect on arrival. 嗯，根据国际惯例，你方负责货物装船前的检验，而我方负责货物抵达后的复检。

　　Who will take charge of the inspection fee? 那么谁来负责检验费呢？

　　According to the international practice, the exporter should pay the inspection fee. 根据国际惯例，检验费有出口一方负责。

　　We agree but we demand that we find an organization we both trust to inspect the commodities. 我们同意，但是我们要求货物由我们双方都信任的机构进行检验。

　　That's fine for us. 这点没问题。

　　If there is any discrepancy⁴ when you reinspect our goods, could you please inform us in 10 days? 再复检过程中如果发现什么问题，请在十天之内通知我们。

　　We will, for sure. 一定。

1 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

2 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

3 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

4 discrepancy   

n.不同；不符；差异；矛盾

参考例句：

• The discrepancy in their ages seemed not to matter.他们之间年龄的差异似乎没有多大关系。
• There was a discrepancy in the two reports of the accident.关于那次事故的两则报道有不一致之处。