一、国际贸易业务操作的基本步骤
英文原文:Any international transaction should start with market research. An importer/exporter must acquire good knowledge of the foreign market to which his products are to be sold so that he can trade with the customers successfully.
注释:transaction: 交易,经济业务 start with: 以…开始 market research: 市场调研 acquire good knowledge of…: 熟悉…(的知识)(acquire: 获得,得到)foreign: 国外的,对外的 successfully: 成功地
中文意思:任何一笔国际交易最初都要进行市场调研。进口商/出口商必须熟悉其产品销往的国外市场,这样才能够成功地与客户进行交易。
1、国际贸易的具体步骤:
1)Seeking customers 寻找客户 (注释:seek: 寻找,寻求)
2)Contact each other by sending inquiries 联系查询(注释contact: 接触,联系;inquiry: 询问,询盘)
3)Status inquiry 情况查询 (注释:Status: 情形,状态)
4)Quotations or offers; acceptance or non-acceptance 报价或发盘;接受或不接受报价或发盘(注释:quotation: 报价 offer: 发盘 acceptance: 接受)
5)Order; contract 发送订单;签订合同 (注释:order: 订单;contract: 合同)
6)Obtaining import/export license; opening L/C / receiving L/C, if any 获得进口/出口许可证;开立信用证/接收信用证 (注释:obtain: 获得,取得 L/C:信用证)
7)Preparation of goods by the seller 卖方备货 (注释:preparation: 准备,预备)
8)Inspection or survey of goods 检查或检验货物(注释:inspection: 检查,检验;survey: 调查,测量)
9)Reserving shipping space either by the seller or buyer, depending on the trade terms. 依据贸易条款,由卖方或买方订舱。(注释:reserve shipping space: 订舱(位);trade terms: 贸易条款)
10)Effecting insurance 办理保险 (注释:effect: 作用,效果,在此为“办理”之意;insurance: 保险)
11)Customs clearance and loading 报关装货(注释:customs clearance: 报关,清关;loading: 装货)
12)Shipping advice 装船(发货)通知
13)Negotiation of export documents under L/C by the beneficiary 通过受益人议付信用证项下的出口单证。(注释:documents: 单据,单证;beneficiary: 受益人)
14)Redemption of documents under L/C 赎回信用证项下单证(赎单)(注释:redemption: 赎回,偿还,履行)
15)Customs clearance for import 进口报关
16)Delivery of goods 交货 (注释:delivery: 交付,交递)
17)Lodging and Settling claims (if any) 提出索赔/理赔 (注释:lodge: 提出 settle: 支付, 安排, 解决 claim: 要求,主张,索赔,索取)
二、常用短语、名词
International trade: 国际贸易 GDP (gross domestic product) 国民生产总值,国内生产总值
Industrialization 工业化 Globalization 全球化Multinational corporation: 跨国公司
Factors of production 生产要素 Labor-intensive goods 劳动密集型产品
International finance 国际金融 Exchange rate: 外汇汇率 Transfer risk: 转让风险
Exchange controls: 外汇管制 WTO (world trade organization): 世界贸易组织
Uruguay Round: 乌拉圭回合 Multilateral trade: 多边贸易 The International
Monetary Fund 国际货币基金组织 The World Bank 世界银行 Outsourcing 外包
Trade barrier 贸易壁垒 Import duties: 进口税 Import/export license:进口/出口许可证
Import quota: 进口配额 Tariff: 关税 Non-tariff barrier: 非关税壁垒
Market research 市场调研 Offer: 发盘 Shipping space: 舱位 Customs clearance: 报关,清关
Loading: 装货Shipping advice: 装运通知Redemption of documents: 赎单Delivery of goods 交货