外贸函电的撰写略翻译.docVIP

三、外贸英语函电的撰写策略 写好外贸英语函电必须遵循 7项原则, 即 7 Cs原则: 简洁 ( conciseness) 、明确 ( clarity)、准确 ( correctness)、得 体 ( courtesy )、体谅 ( consideration)、具体( concreteness)、完整 ( completeness) 。[ 4] 2- 3这些原则基本上与外贸函 电的 文体特 点相 一致。因此, 撰写好外贸英语函电要把握以下写作技能和原则:Strategy of Writing a Correspondence. There are 7 rules that should be followed in order to write an excellent correspondence. That is 7 Cs: Conciseness, Clarity, Correctness, Courtesy, Consideration, Concreteness and Completeness. These rules are consistent with the characteristics of the style of correspondence. Therefore, it is necessary to master the skills and rules that are mentioned following: (一 ) 简洁性原则在国际贸易竞 争日 趋激烈 的当今 世界, 简洁在外贸函电写作中显得 尤为 重要, 要用尽量少的文字表达意愿, 但又不能因用字少而造成含义不清。因此要避免啰嗦、重复和冗长的词句。短句一般要比长 句简洁。假如一封函电包含多项事宜, 要按内容分段撰写。competition becoming keener and keener in foreign trade, it seems to be more important to use less words to express people’s willing, but this cannot be the excuse of misunderstanding resulted by less words. That is why correspondence writer had better avoid using some duplicate, or lengthy sentences. The short sentences should always be more concise than long sentences. If a correspondence contains many things, it should be written by dividing into several paragraphs. [ 2] 1 1. 适当使用缩略语。在长期的发展中, 外贸行业逐步形成了许多既定的专业 缩略语, 准确使用缩略语可减少信函的篇幅, 节省对方的阅读时间。如:( 1 ) 国际贸易组织 机构缩略 语。如: W TO ( 世界贸易组织 ), ICC( 国际商会 ) , IM F ( 国际货币基金组织 ), ISO ( 国际标准化组织 ) , CCP IT ( 中国贸促会 ),CO SCO (中国远洋运输公司 )等等。( 2 ) 常 用 外 贸 术 语 缩 略 语。 如: D /P ( 付 款 交单 ), F IO ( 不管装卸 ), EXW ( 工厂交货 ), A. T. L. ( 实际全损 ), B /L( 提单 ), GSP (普惠制 ), INCOTERMS( 国际贸易术语解释通则 )等等。( 3 ) 常 用 信 函 缩略 语。 如: Re ( 事 由 ) , C. C.(副本抄送 ), En cls( 附件 ) , P. S. (附言 ), A dd. (地址 ),C /O (转交 )等等。Using some abbreviation appropriately. With the long development of foreign trade, there are many professional terms appearing gradually. To use these abbreviation appropriately could concise the correspondence, which could save readers’ time and energy. Some abbreviations of the international organiz