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　　合同 (1)

　　Look at this contract.

　　請看這份合同。

　　These are two originals of the contract we prepared.

　　這是我們準(zhǔn)備好的兩份合同正本。

　　We enclose our sales contract No.45 in duplicate.

　　附上我們第45號銷售合同一式兩份。

　　The copy of our contract will be returned.

　　合同的副本將被歸還。

　　This contract is for 250 metric tons of groundnuts at RMB1800 per M/T C&F Copenhagen.

　　這是一份250噸花生的合同，價(jià)格為每公噸哥本哈根成本加運(yùn)費(fèi)價(jià)1800元。

　　May I refer you to Article 5 of the General Terms and Conditions of the contract?

　　請您看看合同一般條款的第五條。

　　May I refer you to the contract stipulation about packing (or shipping....)?

　　請您看看合同中有關(guān)包裝(裝運(yùn))的規(guī)定。

　　You must state the description of the goods, the quantity and the unit price in each contract.

　　每筆合同中都應(yīng)該提到的商品的性能說明、數(shù)量和單價(jià)。

　　What are the main clauses in the contract?

　　合同中的主要條款有哪些?

　　There is an arbitration clause in the contract. (or insurance clause, inspection clause, shipping clause...)

　　這是合同中的一項(xiàng)仲裁條款。(或：保險(xiǎn)條款，檢驗(yàn)條款，裝運(yùn)條款等)

　　Payment terms are important in a contract too, aren’t they?

　　合同中的付款條件也很重要，對嗎?

　　We ship our goods in accordance with the terms of the contract.

　　我們按合同條款交貨。

　　I’m sure that shipment will be effected according to the contract stipulation.

　　我保證我們能按合同規(guī)定如期裝船。

　　We sincerely hope that both quality and quantity are in conformity with the contract stipulations.

　　我們真誠希望質(zhì)量、數(shù)量都與合同規(guī)定相吻合。

　　All terms and conditions will be the same as those in your previous contract number C70064.

　　所有條款與我們過去簽的第C70064號合同規(guī)定的各項(xiàng)條款相同。

　　The contract states that the supplier will be charged a penalty if there is a delay in delivery.

　　合同規(guī)定如果供貨商延誤交貨期，將被罰款。

　　When the goods aren’t up to specification stated in the contract, there is also a penalty for poor quality.

　　如果所交貨物與合同所規(guī)定規(guī)格不符，還有品質(zhì)惡劣罰款。

　　Words and Phrases

　　contract terms (or contract clause) 合同條款

　　contract provisions/stipulations 合同規(guī)定

　　contract period (or contract term) 合同期限

　　contract life 合同有效期

　　to be stipulated in the contract 在合同中予以規(guī)定

　　to be laid down in the contract 在合同中列明