Dialogue

　　A: Lets discuss the delivery date first. You should offertodeliver within six months after thecontractsigning.我们首先商量一下交货期吧。你们应该在合同签署后6个月内交货。

　　B: Yes. /是的。

　　A: The interval is too long. Im afraid. Could you deliverthedrillers sooner?恐怕时间隔太长了。能不能快些交付钻孔机？

　　B: I must say we can do very little in this matter. But wedliketo hear more from you on this. Then we shall see what canbedone.我必须说我们无能为力。但是我方愿意听取你方在这方面更多的建议，然后看看我们可以做些什么。

　　A: Our idea is that you deliver within three months afterthecontract signing.我公司建议在合同签署后3个月内交货。

　　B: Impossible! As you know, we make most of the drillersparts,but a few of them come from another American manufacture. Wehaveto order fromthemfirst.不可能！你知道，钻孔机的大部分零件都由我们自己制造，但也有一少部分是来自另一个美国制造商。我们必须先从他们那订货。

　　A: I see.我知道。

　　B: To make the parts, they must first get specification anddetailfrom us.为了制造这些零件他们必须先从我公司获取这些零件的细节和规格。

　　A: center.是的。

　　B: Itll therefore take quite a long time. Ill e-mailyourcompany for the earliest possibledeliverydate.所以这要花很长时间。我会将尽可能早的交货日期通过电子邮件告知你们公司的。

　　A: Please let us know as soon as you hear from yourhomeoffice?你从总公司得到消息后立刻告知我们，好吗？

　　B: Ill certainly do that.当然。