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1、UnitElevenTelegramsandTelexesI.IntroductionTelegramsandtelexescansendmessagesanddatadirectlybetweentwoparties,andmaketransactionininternationalbusinessefficientandconvenient.Sincetimeelementmeansagreatdealtothebuyersandsellers.Telegramsandtelexesareusedtot
2、ransmiturgentmessagesofallkinds.Nowadays,withthedevelopmentofcommunication,telegramsarerarelyused,butthelanguageusedisstillhavingeffectsonbusinessdocuments.1.TelegramsOnce,transactionsininternationalbusinessarediscussedindetailthroughairmails.Whentelegramw
3、asintroduced,itquicklytookoverthejobofairmails.Actually,telegramsarelettersinahighlycompressedform,sotheabbreviationsandthecompoundingareusedtoservethepurpose.Hereisabriefintroductionoftelegrams.1.1CharacteristicsofTelegrams(1)Combinations,abbreviationsand
4、transformationsareoftenusedtoreducewordsinmessageoftelegrams.①Combinations:ASSOONAS:assoonasBANKRATE:bankrate②AbbreviationsA/CaccountACPTacceptS/CsalesconfirmationTKSthanks③TransformationsHURRYUP—RUSH,EXPEDITEASSOONAS—SOONEST1.1CharacteristicsofTelegrams(2
5、)Nopunctuationmarksorsymbolsareusedinthemessageoftelegrams,weusuallyusenaturalwordstoreplaceorexplainthem.Forexample:,COMMAABCABCUNDERLINED.STOP&AND1.1CharacteristicsofTelegrams(3)Somewords,suchasthefirstpersonalpronouns,theverb“be”,theparticle“to”,thearti
6、cles“a”,“an”,“the”,someauxiliaryverbsandmostprepositionsareoftenomitted.(4)Presentparticiplesandpastparticiplesareusedtoshowthefuturetenseandthefinishedactionsrespectively.Forexample:a.SSEASTWINDSAILINGDIRECTYOURPORTMIDAUGUST(=Thesteamship“Eastwind”willsai
7、ldirectlytoyourportinmidAugust.)b.SHIPPINGSPACEBOOKED(=Wehavebookedtheshippingspace.)1.2KindsofTelegrams“Plainlanguagetelegrams”and“codelanguagetelegrams”arethetwomainkindsofthecommercialtelegrams.Thecodelanguagetelegramsarewrittenincommercialcodes,suchasA
8、cmeandBentley,andnowtheyareonlyusedbyafewtraderswhoareaccustomedtouseit.1.2KindsofTelegramsTheplainlanguagetelegramsmaybeclassifiedintothreetypes:ordinary,urgent,andlettertelegrams.However,sinceJanuary1,1980,