三、商業英文書信中所使用的詞語

　(1) 貴函

　Your letter; Your favor; your esteemed letter; Your esteemed favor; Your valued letter; Your valued favor; Your note; Your communication; Your greatly esteemed letter; Your very friendly note; Your friendly advice; Yours.

　(2) 本信，本函

　Our (my) letter; Our (my) respects; Ours (mine); This letter; these lines; The present.

　(3) 前函

　The last letter; The last mail; The last post; the last communication; The last respects(自己的信); The last favor(來信)

　(4) 次函

　The next letter; The next mail; The next communication; The letter following; the following.

　(5) 貴函發出日期

　Your letter of (the) 5th May; Your favor dated (the) 5th June; Yours of the 3rd July; Yours under date (of) the 5th July; Your letter bearing date 5th July; Your favor of even date(AE); Your letter of yesterday; Your favor of yesterday's date; Your letter dated yesterday.

　(6) 貴方來電、電傳及傳真

　Your telegram; Your wire; Your cablegram(從國外); Your coded wire(密碼電報); Your code message; Your cipher telegram; Your wireless telegram; Your TELEX; Your Fax.

　(7) 貴方電話

　Your telephone message; Your phone message; Your telephonic communication; Your telephone call; Your ring.

　(8) 通知

　(Noun)

　Advice; Notice; Information; Notification; Communication; A report; News; Intelligence; Message.

　(Verb)(通知，告知)

　To communicate (a fact) to; To report (a fact) to...on; To apprise (a person) of; To let (a person) know; To acquaint (a person) with; To intimate (a fact) to; To send word; to send a message; To mail a notice; to write (a person) information; To give notice(預告); To break a news to(通知壞消息); To announce(宣布)

　(9) 回信

　(Noun)

　An answer; A reply; A response.

　(Verb)

　To answer; To reply; To give a reply; To give one's answer; To make an answer; To send an answer; To write in reply; To answer one's letter.

　(特此回信)

　Reply to; Answering to; In answer to; In reply to; In response to.

　(等候回信)

　To await an answer; To wait for an answer.

　(收到回信)

　To get an answer; To favor one with an answer; To get a letter answered.

　(10)收訖，收到

　(Noun)

　Receipt(收到); A receipt(收據); A receiver(領取人，取款人); A recipient(收款人)

　(Verb)

　To receive; To be in receipt of; To be to (at) hand; To come to hand; To be in positions of; To be favored with; To get; To have; To have before (a person); To make out a receipt(開出收據); To acknowledge receipt(告知收訖).

　(11)確認

　To confirm; Confirming; Confirmation; In Confirmation of(為確認...,為證實...); A letter of confirmation(確認函或確認書)

　(12)高興，愉快，欣慰

　To have the pleasure to do; To have the pleasure of doing; To have pleasure to do; to have pleasure in (of) doing; To take (a) pleasure in doing (something); To take pleasure in doing (something); To be pleased to (with)(by); to be delighted at (in)(with); To be glad to (of)(about); To be rejoiced in (at).

　(13)隨函附件

　Enclose;

　(14)迅速，立刻