Restore the Direct Speech

1. The Buyer asked the manager to reduce the price by 3%.

2. The manager Said he had carefully checked the contract before he had signed it.

3. The ship owner explained that because of the storm the vessel would not be able to arrive at the port of loading on the 14^th of September.

4. He said they didn’t have to give any particulars as the enclosed letter contained the necessary information.

5. He said to us the goods were packed in strong boxes so that they might withstand oversea transport.

6. The sellers pointed out that the goods had been sold on CIF terms and for that reason the buyers but not the sellers were responsible for damage incurred during the transportation.

7. The representative admitted such defects might easily lead to a serious break down.

8. The buyer informed that they could not accept the offer on conditions proposed and they would refuse the deal in that case.

9. We said to the supplier that the goods which we had received in execution of our order No. 2884 did not correspond to the sample which had led to our placing the order.

10. The importer informed the suppliers that they wanted to know when the delivery would be made as the goods were urgently required.

11. The exporters informed us they were making arrangements for the shipment of the goods by s. s. “Pskov”.

Test 12

Translate and report the sentences.

1. The manager explained, “ $350 per unit is quite a reasonable price. As you know we have improved the model. And besides the price includes export packing. And the quality of our pumps is higher and we've delivered a lot of pumps to different countries of the world at this price.”

2. The Buyer said, “Yes, we know that. But we also know that on the market prices for this type of pumps are much lower than yours. And still, Mr. Bell, we find the price somewhat high. I'd like to stress that it is our trial order. And if we are satisfied with our deal, you can expect repeat orders from us.”

3. The representative informed Mr. Jackson, “We have studied carefully all the technical information received from you. Model A183 is just what we need.”

4. Mr. Jackson objected, “ I can't agree with you here. Our price is quite reasonable if you consider the superior quality of our machine tools. Besides prices for this type of equipment have been going up for the last 3 months. These machine-tools, as you know, are in great demand now.”

5. The chief asked, “When are your inspectors coming? When will you begin the final tests? As far as I know. The preliminary tests that we made a fortnight ago were quite satisfactory and I hope we'll be able to send the test report next week.”

Restore direct speech.

Mr. Brown reminded to Mr. Perry that during their previous meeting they had not agreed on the prices for the accessories quoted by their firm, as they were unreasonably high. And asked if he was ready to discuss that question then? He also wanted to explain in detail the reason, which caused a slight difference in price as compared with those of their competitors. The point was that they had bought most of the accessories from other firms so those items accounted for the difference in price. Besides Mr. Brown added, that unlike their competitors they bought the accessories for the basic equipment from subcontractors. And he suggested buying the accessories direct from the manufacturers by-passing their agency? In case if that was impossible he wanted to know if they could eliminate the difficulties if they gave Mr. Perry’s company a discount off the total sum of the order?

Translate into English.

1. Директор объяснил, что единственное, что они могут сделать, это предоставить нам скидку в 2% от стоимости контракта.

2. Мы поинтересовались как насчет условий платежа? И выразили надежду, что платеж с аккредитива против погрузочных документов устраивает наших клиентов.

3. Бухгалтер сообщила, что мы должны после их уведомления о готовности товара к отгрузке открыть аккредитив в Московском народном Банке.

4. Управляющий объяснил покупателям, что этот вопрос обсуждался на Совете директоров, но они не нашли путей его решения. Покупатели сказали, что они понимают наши проблемы, но это не делает цены на наше оборудование конкурентоспособными.

5. Наш начальник сказал, что нам придется поехать в командировку в Витебск. Так как наши поставщики все еще не отгрузили сахар согласно контракту № 23-С. Он выразил надежду на то, сто нам удастся решить эту проблему к концу недели.

Test 13

Write reported questions. Begin them with the words given in brackets.

1.Who built that enormous bridge? (I wonder...)2.What's Brazil like? (I wanted to find out...) 3. Did Benjamin Franklin write 'Poor Richard's Almanac'? (I can't remember ....) 4. How do you do it? (Can you tell me ...) 5. Whom did you meet at the party? (I'd like to know ...) 6. How long have you been waiting for me? (I wondered ...) 7. What happened to them? (Nobody cares ...) 8. How important is that meeting to the company? (Can you tell me ...) 9. When was the film produced? (Nobody remembered ...) 10. Have they flown a dinghy too? (I don't know ...) 11. What is it called in English? (I can't remember ....) 12. Should people be allowed to smoke in public places? (I'd like to know ....)