Dear sir: Your letter of the 5th March came to hand yesterday. Accordingly, we have lost no time in getting in touch with our factories and urged them to hasten their delivery. Owing to heavy commitments, they cannot advance delivery from June to April but they understand perfectly that July is the selling season for shirts in your market. They eventually agree to make delivery in mid-May. We have booked the shipping space on S.S.. Peace, which is scheduled to sail on or about the 20th of May. We shall send you an email as soon as the loading is completed. Yours faithfully National Textiles I/E Corp.
1 A: May I know when we could expect delivery? B: We can deliver 50% promptly, that is, in August. And the balance in October. We can deliver 50% right away. The remaining half in the next two months. Our earliest time of delivery is October.
2 A: I’m afraid October is the best we can do. October is the earliest possible date of delivery. we can’t promise delivery earlier than October. B: October then. 恐怕 十月是我们能够做到的最早的了。 十月是最早的交货日期了。 我们不能承诺早于十月交货。 那就十月吧。
3 A: Could you deliver 100 tons immediately? Is it possible to effect shipment immediately? Do you think you can ship the goods soon? B: No problem. We can deliver that from stock to meet your requirement. I’m afraid prompt shipment is impossible. I’ll have to look into the stock position.
4 A: Please ship the goods in one lot in May. B: I’m sorry that’s impossible. It would be very difficult for us to get the goods ready within such a short time. I’m not sure if we are able to get the necessary shipping space. We’ll have to contact the manufacturers. Maybe it’s possible. 请在五月份将货物分一批运过来。 对不起,那不可能。这么短的时间把货物准备好对我们来说很难。 我不敢肯定我们是否能订到必要的舱位。 我们将得联系生产商。也许可以。