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Yanx Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Three common words used in chemical production and delivery
Hi:
I have been working as a salesman and translator for three years for a chemical company China Lucky and have come across many commercial expressions that are often used by our US clients. Below are three examples which I knew what they mean but don' t know why they use like this. Hope you can help me with them.
1. the word "material": Since our company specializes in the production of chemicals, our US clients often say" the material blah blah blah..." instead of the word "product" which sounds more natural to me. In addition, If I would like to say "The material is ready to ship" can I say "The product is ready to ship" instead in the chemical business communications?
2. the word "note": As I know, email is a common word that everybody knows, but when communicating with the clients, they sometimes use note instead, as in "like I said in my previous note". Why they use the word "note", what's the difference?
3. Because English is not my mother tongue, so sometims I found that my wording is limited to some common expressions that I already knew such as the word "produce", Usually when the chemical material is ready, and I have to confirm something from our foreign clients and say that "The material... is ready" or "The sample is ready" or I will also say "We have produced 1200 kgs of the material". But the words "ready" and "produced" is very limited and sometimes sounds not up to the effect that I would like it to be. So please kindly tell me more about this.
Thanks very much!
Best regards,
Xin Yan
I have been working as a salesman and translator for three years for a chemical company China Lucky and have come across many commercial expressions that are often used by our US clients. Below are three examples which I knew what they mean but don' t know why they use like this. Hope you can help me with them.
1. the word "material": Since our company specializes in the production of chemicals, our US clients often say" the material blah blah blah..." instead of the word "product" which sounds more natural to me. In addition, If I would like to say "The material is ready to ship" can I say "The product is ready to ship" instead in the chemical business communications?
2. the word "note": As I know, email is a common word that everybody knows, but when communicating with the clients, they sometimes use note instead, as in "like I said in my previous note". Why they use the word "note", what's the difference?
3. Because English is not my mother tongue, so sometims I found that my wording is limited to some common expressions that I already knew such as the word "produce", Usually when the chemical material is ready, and I have to confirm something from our foreign clients and say that "The material... is ready" or "The sample is ready" or I will also say "We have produced 1200 kgs of the material". But the words "ready" and "produced" is very limited and sometimes sounds not up to the effect that I would like it to be. So please kindly tell me more about this.
Thanks very much!
Best regards,
Xin Yan
Top answer
1. "Material" is simply more common than "product" when you are manufacturing a dry product in bulk. "Product" could be dog food.
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- "Material" is simply more common than "product" when you are manufacturing a dry product in bulk.
- "Product" could be dog food.
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- Do you mean "note" in place of "said"?
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1. "Material" is simply more common than "product" when you are manufacturing a dry product in bulk. "Product" could be dog food.
2. Do you mean "note" in place of "said"?
To note something in this sense derives (I expect) from the transitive "to notice."
"As I said yesterday," could be taken as casual conversation. "As I noted yesterday," is more precise, almost as
2. Do you mean "note" in place of "said"?
To note something in this sense derives (I expect) from the transitive "to notice."
"As I said yesterday," could be taken as casual conversation. "As I noted yesterday," is more precise, almost as
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