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Letter 9 Terms of Payment terms and conditions 条款与条件 这两个词常常连用，条款指大的方面，如价格、支付、交货期等。条件指具体方面，如一旦确定用信用证支付后，由什么银行开证、什么时候开证等等细节问题。实际上，在商业书信中，两词连用或任用其中一个均可，区别不大，但正规合同还是用 terms and conditions. e.g. It was a very unpleasant surprise to learn that the terms and conditions we finally agreed upon had been turned down by your company.得悉我们双方最终商定的条款遭你公司拒绝，殊令人惊讶不快。 e.g. The other terms and conditions of the contract will be the same as usual.一如既往 letter of credit 信用证 信用证的种类： Confirmed L/C保兑的信用证 Unconfirmed L/C未保兑的信用证 sight L/C即期的信用证 Time L/C远期的信用证 Irrevocable L/C不可撤销的 Revocable L/C可撤销的信用证 Transferable L/C可转让的 Non-transferable L/C不可转让 Divisible L/C可分割的 Indivisible L/C不可分割的 Documentary L/C跟单 Clean L/C光票 Revolving L/C循环 Back to back L/C背对背 Reciprocal L/C对开信用证 We thank you for your order No.905 for 50 metric tons of Emery Powder but regret being unable to accept your terms of payment mentioned therein. In our last letter we sent you a copy of our specimen contract in which are contained the general sales terms and conditions. If you have gone through the specimen contract your will see that our usual terms of payment are by confirmed, irrevocable letter of credit in our favour, available by draft at sight, reaching us one month ahead of shipment, remaining valid for negotiation in China till the 21st day after the prescribed time of shipment, and allowing transhipment and partial shipments. 译文：如果贵方阅读过该合同样本，就知道我们的惯常付款条件是用以保兑的、不可撤消的、以我方为受益人的信用证，凭即期汇票付款，在装运期前一个月到达我方，在中国议付有效期到规定的装运期后第21天，并允许装运（船）和分批装运。 We also mentioned in our letter of 14th June that several big Italian firms had already done business with us according to the above terms. We hope therefore that you will not hesitate to come to agreement with us on payment terms so as to get the first transaction concluded. As soon as we hear from you in the affirmative we will s