International Business English learning [18]

RFQ Inquiry 1

A retailer wants to ask the manufacturer for details about the new computer. How should the buyer obtain preliminary data during the first contact?

English text

Our contacts in the computer industry speak highly of your new
Computer, The superwang. We wowould like to make an inquiry about it.
That's fine. We have some catalogs that give full details of the superwang computer. I'll send them to you today.
If you don't mind, cocould you also send us some information about your other products? We might be interested in them as well.
Certainly. And if you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me anytime.
Thank you. As soon as we have any further inquiries, I'll give you a call.
Thank you for phoning, mr. Smith. I hope we can do business together, and look forward to hearing from you soon.

Chinese Translation

Our friends in the computer field spoke highly of your new computer 'super overlord. So I want to ask about the situation of this product.
Great. We have some detailed directory data for 'super overlord '. I will send it to you today.
If you don't mind, could you send us some data about other products of your company? We may also be interested.
Of course. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Thank you. I will call you for further query.
Mr. Smith, thank you for calling. I hope we have the opportunity to cooperate, so I will wait for your response.

Phrase explanation

Make an inquiry about for (product) Inquiry
"Inquiry" 'query and query' means 'rfq 'in commercial use. The action taken by the buyer to inquire the seller about the price of the goods and other trading conditions (such as quality, quantity, and payment method) in order to gain a better understanding of the goods before procurement. "Inquiry" can also be set to "enquiry ".

Full details of all (transaction) Details
"Detail", 'details, details'; in business, it also refers to 'transaction details', which is a special usage. 'Transaction details
This section refers to the data necessary for buyers and sellers to make transactions, including quality, quantity, price, payment method, delivery time, insurance purchase, and other items. Therefore, "full details
Of .. "has two meanings: one is related... The full details of '; the second is '... All transaction details '. The explanation depends on the context.

Further inquiry by further inquiries
At the beginning of the inquiry, the buyer usually only requests the seller to provide general information about the goods. After evaluation and comparison, if you are still interested, you will submit a 'further quota '. At this time, the 'rfq 'is more specific, the frequency is also frequent, and the possibility of successful transactions also increases. "Further", 'further '.

Sentence Summary

●If you don't mind...
1. If you don't mind...
2. If it's acceptable to you...
3. If it is no trouble (to you )...
"Mind", 'mine '. This is a joke. After that, you can start to propose conditions or actions you want to execute. The intention of this sentence pattern is to politely ask whether the other party agrees with your proposal.