外贸口语一点通第130期:商品检验之检验商议

 　　Negotiation¹ about inspection² 检验商议 A: 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。

　　B: 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。

　　A: Firstly we want to confirm something.

　　首先我们想确认一些事情。

　　B: Go ahead.

　　好的，什么事情？

　　A: How would the goods be inspected?

　　商品是如何检验的？

　　B: 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。

　　A: Who will take charge of the inspection fee?

　　那么谁来负责检验费呢？

　　B: 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。

　　A: 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。

　　B: That's fine for us.

　　这点没问题。

　　A: 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。

　　B: We will, for sure.

　　一定。

　　“on arrival”在这里的意思是“as soon as it arrives”，例如：The illegal commodities will be detained by the police on arrival. （非法货物一到港口就会被警方扣留。）

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。