英語口語王想聊就聊(昂秀)topics-8.3.3 信用證付款

3.3 Pay by Letter of Credit 信用證付款

M: Well, we've settled the problems of price, quality and quantity. What mode of payment do you wish to employ?

W: Irrevocable letter of credit, of course. It's the normal terms of payment in international business.

M: Could you adopt D/A or D/P? You see I have to pay a deposit when I open a letter of credit. That will tie up my funds and add to the cost of my imports, especially for such a huge order.

W: You might consult your bank and see if you could reduce the required deposit to a minimum.

M: Anyhow, there would be certain bank charges. We've done business for years and you should have some faith in our credit. It would help me greatly, if you could accept D/A or D/P. It makes no difference to you, but it does to me.

W: Well. As you understand, the irrevocable L/C gives the exports additional protection of the banker’s guarantee. We always ask for L/C for our exports, and the other way around, we pay by L/C for our imports. We only accept L/C for regular orders.

譯：

M：好的，我們已經解決了價格、質量和數(shù)量問題，你想采用什么樣的付款方式？

W：當然是不可撤銷信用證了，這是國際貿易常用的付款方式。

M：你們接受承兌交單或者付款交單嗎？你知道，開立信用證時是必須要交付押金的，這會占用我的資金，增加我的進口成本，尤其是這樣一張大單子。

W：你也許可以咨詢你的銀行看看是否可以把押金減到最少。

M：無論如何，銀行都會收取一定的費用。我們做了很多年生意了，你應該對我們的信用有信心，如果你可以接受承兌交單或者付款交單，會對我有很大的幫助。這對你來說沒什么區(qū)別，但是對我來說就不同了。

W：嗯，你也理解，不可撤銷信用證給出口增加了額外的銀行信用擔保，我們出口一般都要求信用證，另一方面，我們進口也以信用證支付。我們的常規(guī)定單都是信用證支付的。