實用外貿口語精選系列情景系列187:貿易索賠之提出索賠

Make a claim 提出索賠

A: Three boxes of your product didn't coincide with your sample last time.

上次你們的貨物中有三箱品質規(guī)格與樣品不符。

B: I've no idea of what is happening. There hasn't been such a thing with us. Maybe the factory sent the wrong boxes.

這是怎么回事，我們從來沒發(fā)生過這樣的事。也許是工廠方面搞錯了。

A: Here is what differs from your sample.

這是與樣品不符的東西。

B: I got it. I am contacting the factory right now.

我馬上與廠方聯(lián)系。

B: I am sorry and we are responsible for the mistake we will exchange all merchandises that fall short of our sample.

這次差錯完全使我們的責任。非常抱歉。與樣品不符合的貨物全部無償調換。

A: We will not get to the bottom since this is the first claim.

這次是第一次發(fā)生索賠，所以我們就不再深究了。

B: There won't be such things.

以后一定不會發(fā)生這類事了。

1. coincide with 與……符合

The problem is that the contours of a cultural community rarely coincide with a political entity.

問題是，一個文化群體的輪廓，很少與一個政治實體的邊界相吻合。

It was timed to coincide with the president's annual state of the union address.

這次抗議活動的時間與總統(tǒng)一年一度的國情咨文講話一致。

2. be responsible for 對……負責

Our client wanted to be responsible for testing the application.

我們的客戶想要負責測試這個應用程序。

While it’s long, it’s a great summary of the debate about who should be responsible for social media in an organisational context.

信雖然很長，但的確是一個很好的總結，一個關于誰有責任在一個組織中充當媒介的思考。

3. fails short of 不符合……標準

4. get to the bottom of 弄清……的真相，深究，追究

However, questions about motivation have to be asked skillfully, or you won't get to the bottom of what really makes people go that extra miles.

但是，有關激勵的問題必須有技巧地實現(xiàn)，否則你將不可能知道真正激勵員工努力工作的根本原因。

The traditional view was that philosophers could help us get to the bottom of this puzzlement by exploring the sources of the conflict within our own minds.

一個傳統(tǒng)的答案是，哲學可以提供對人性的洞見。 假設我們感到對上帝是否存在，客觀的道德真理是否存在或者人類是否擁有自由意志感到疑惑，那么傳統(tǒng)的看法是，哲學可以通過探索內心深處沖突的源頭來幫助我們攥住問題的根本。

We will not get to the bottom 我們就不追究了。