通知与确认 Acknowledgments & Confirmations

    通知与确认 Acknowledgments & Confirmations¹
通知对方接到来信Acknowledging receipt of letters1. Dear Mr/Ms,Thank you for your letter No. A-3 of 6th May, offeringus 6 UI-4       Viewdatas. We have passed it on to ourTechnical Department for their consideration.
    We shall reply as soon as possible.
    Yours faithfully尊敬的先生/小姐谢谢您五月六日标号为A-3的来信，该信向我们提供6 UI-4 图像数据。我们已把该信转给了技术部，备他们考虑。
    我们将尽快回信你诚挚的2. Dear Mr/Ms,We have today received with thanks information concerningtransactions on    the New York Wheat Exchange which willbe made full use of by our research    department.
    We look forward to further cooperation with you.
    Yours faithfully尊敬的先生/小姐我们今天收到了有关纽约小麦交易所的业务信息，非常感谢，我们的研究部门将充分利用这些信息。
    期待与你进一步合作。
    你诚挚的确认达成的协议 Confirming agreements reached3. Dear Mr/Ms,Last Friday, when we were discussing the problems ofdefective    containers.You suggested that I simply mailyou a report each month on the    number of return bycustomers rather than send the defective² containers to you.
    I plan to put this into effect at once. But, I first wantto make sure that I understand you correctly. If I don'thear from you within the coming week, I'll assume that youapprove.
    Yours faithfully尊敬的先生/小姐上周五，我们讨论了次品集装箱的问题，你建议我只需把顾客每月退回的次品集装箱的数量写个报告给你，而不是直接退集装箱。
    我计划立即付诸现实。但我想确认我理解正确，  到下周为止，如我不能收到你的来信，我即认为 你没有异议。
    你诚挚的4. Dear Mr/Ms,We write to confirm our agreement reached during ourconversation on 9th     June about special discountson M-S Acoustical³ Partitions as described  on page 8of our catalogue. These prices will prevail through30 June.
    partitionRegular Price   Special pricedimension          Each            Each(12 or more)4X4'          US$ 112.75FOB Bern   US$98.20 FOB Bern4x5'              132                 115.505x5'              152.75              129.85We will be happy to receive your orderYours sincerely尊敬的先生/小姐我们写信想确认六月九日谈话中就M-S声音隔板特别折扣达成的协议。
    这些隔板在我们目录泊第八页有描述。下列价格六月三十日前有效：
    声音隔板规格     每只常规价           每只特别价（12及以上）4X4'          US$ 112.75FOB 波恩   US$98.20 FOB 波恩4x5'              132                 115.505x5'              152.75              129.85我们将很荣幸收到你的定单你诚挚的5. Dear Mr/Ms,As our telephone negotiation⁴ this morning was verybrief and proceeded so     smoothly⁵, I thought itmight be advisable to summarize the agreement:
    I offered US$56/kg CIF EMPYou asked for US$60I countered US$58/kgYou accepted the figureI look forwaqrd to signing the contract when we meetnext week.
    Yours faithfully尊敬的先生/小姐今天上午我们的电话协商简短而融洽，我想简单总结一下协议：
    我报价为：US$56/kg CIF EMP，你还价为US$60，我让价为US$58/kg你同意这个价格。下周见面时我期待能签定合同。
    你诚挚的

1 confirmations   

证实( confirmation的名词复数 )； 证据； 确认； （基督教中的）坚信礼

参考例句：

• Never use transitory dialogs as error messages or confirmations. 绝不要用临时对话框作为错误信息框或确认信息框。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Dismissing confirmations thus becomes as routine as issuing them. 因此关闭确认对话框和发起确认对话框一样成为例行公事。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

2 defective   

adj.有毛病的，有问题的，有瑕疵的

参考例句：

• The firm had received bad publicity over a defective product. 该公司因为一件次品而受到媒体攻击。
• If the goods prove defective, the customer has the right to compensation. 如果货品证明有缺陷， 顾客有权索赔。

3 acoustical   

adj. 听觉的，声学的，音响学的

参考例句：

• This system can set up acoustical resonances. 这种系统能产生共鸣。
• The relevance of acoustical principles is by no means limited to sound and hearing. 声学原理并不仅仅适用于声音和听觉。

4 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。

5 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。