early in May                    5月初

behind the schedule              趕不上船期

as well as                      和，以及

tie up                         拴住 

and what not                   如此等等

Nothing goes wrong             沒事，沒出事

in the meantime                同時

I’d like you to do something      我想請你做某事

rest assured of something        對于某事放心

set about doing something        著手做某事

without fail                    一定，務必

take a careful onte of            注意，小心

                                    NOTES

I. Liu, when do I have to open the covering letter of credit if I want the goods delivered in June?

  劉先生，如果我想讓貨物6月份裝運，應在什么時間開出有關信用證？

常用的有關信用證用語如下：

Please extend the letter of credit for 30 days.

請將信用證展期30天。

Please extend shipment and negotiation to September 10 and September 25 respectivelky.

請將信用證裝船期展至9月10日，議付期（有效期）展至9月25日。

Please try to get extension of 20 days on your Letter of Credit.

請將你的信用證展期20天。

Please cancel” shipment per sample” in your letter of credit.

請將信用證中“憑樣交貨”字樣取消。

Your are to increase the amount of the letter of credit by $ 500.

你方得將信用證金額增加500美元。

Please delete word “long” and insert” metric” before “ton”.

請將“噸”字前的“長”字取消，加上“公”字。

Letter of credit should be amended to read “partial shipment and transshipment allowed”.

請將信用證修改為允許分批裝運和轉運。

Your letter of credit is short of $ 5,000.

你方信用證少開5，000美元。

Your letter of credit is short-established to the amount of $ 5,000.

你方信用證少開了5，000美元。

2. You’ll have to open the letter of credit early in May, that is, about 30 days before the time of shipment.

  你方得于5月初，即裝船期前一個月開出信用證。

  在時間表達方法上注意，中國人經常說“上、中、下旬”， 但外國并無此時間概念，他們說：

  At the beginning/end of a month. 月初/月末

  The first/second week of the month.該月第一周/第二周

  另外他們還說：

early in February / early February /in the early part of february 2月初

  late in February / late February / in late part of February 2月末