【正文】 質(zhì)量 The English version of the Chinese phrases: 1. document of title 2. quasi negotiable document 3. description of the goods 4. contract of carriage 5. marks and numbers 6. shortform bill of lading 7. full bill of lading 8. on board bill of lading 9. foul bill of lading 10. liner waybill 11. air waybill 12. shipping pany 13. carriers? receipt 14. measurement of the package 15. claim possession of the goods 16. in good order 17. in defective condition 18. the type and quality ordered Negotiable Instruments The essential characteristics of a negotiable instrument are: 1) The instrument and the right which it embodies are capable of being transferred by delivery, either with or without endorsement according as to whether the instrument is in favour of order or bearer。 Part Eight Words and Expressions ? trend 趨勢 ? rollon/rolloff traffic 滾裝式交通運(yùn)輸 ? inferior to 次于，劣于 ? full bill of lading 全式提單 ? hence 因此 ? security 抵押品 ? desirable 期望的 ? dispatch 發(fā)送，發(fā)貨 ? take in charge of 接管，接受 ? conflict with 與 ...相矛盾 ? shortform bill of lading 簡式提單 ? simplified form 簡化的形式 ? otherwise 別樣 , 另外 This part is about the shortform bills and other forms of transport documents. ? Some transport documents are used recently instead of full bills of lading. ? These documents are inferior to the full bills of lading. ? They are less desirable as security for bank advances. ? The increasing use of the documents is the result of the growth of rollon/rolloff traffic with Europe and the changing trends in international trade. ? Nearly half of our goods are exported to Europe and nearly half of our imports are purchased from Europe. 這些單據(jù)的使用是由于歐洲滾裝式交通運(yùn) 輸?shù)陌l(fā)展和國際貿(mào)易的變化趨勢。 ? A notation to the effect may be used to evidence that the bill of lading is an on board transport document. ? The notation must be dated and signed or initialed by the carrier or his agent. 批注上必須有承運(yùn)人或其代理人的簽名或姓名首寫字母的簽名并填寫日期。 A clean bill of lading is one which carries no such indication that the goods or their packaging were defective when received on board. 沒有載有收貨時(shí)貨物或包裝有破損的批注的提單是潔凈提單。 a ? The bill of lading must show how many original bills of lading have been issued. An original bill of lading is one which is signed by the ship?s master, or by an agent of the shipping pany. When one of the original bills of lading is handed over to claim possession of the goods, the remaining copies bee void. 提單上必須注明開出的正本 提單數(shù)目。 a Part One Words and Expressions ? call for (=demand, need) 要求 ? evidence 證明 ? dispatch 發(fā)送 ? purport 意味著；聲稱 ? properly 適當(dāng)?shù)兀?dāng)?shù)? ? in the case of 至于，就 ...來說 ? claim possession of 要求獲得 ...的所有權(quán) This part is about the following aspects: 1. Documentary credits call for certain documents as evidence that a) the goods have been dispatched。 b) in the case of bills of lading, the buyer can claim possession of the goods when they arrive. 要求單據(jù)保證 1）貨物正確運(yùn)輸； 2）對于提單，要保證買方在貨物到達(dá)時(shí)能夠獲得貨物的所有權(quán)。 Part Three amp。 How to note the defective condition: For example: “several casks leaking” “ timber badly warped and stained” If such notes are made on the bills of lading, they are dirty or foul bills of lading. If on the bill of lading there is a note that the goods have been stored next to the ship?s boilers, it can not make the transport document foul because the note does not expressly state that the goods are defective. 如果提單上的批注說貨物存放在輪船的鍋爐旁邊，該批注不能使提單成為不潔提單，因?yàn)樗鼪]有明確說明貨物有缺損。 ? Waybills are divided into ships waybills (or liner waybills), air waybills and railway bills. ? The functions of a waybill are similar to those of a bill of lading, except that a waybill is not negotiable and it is not a document of title. 運(yùn)單的作用與提單類似，但運(yùn)單不能轉(zhuǎn)讓，運(yùn)單不是物權(quán)證書。 除了這一點(diǎn)以外，銀行可自由的接受承運(yùn)人收據(jù)和其它形式的運(yùn)輸單據(jù)。 The following are the principal types of negotiable instrument which may be encountered in modern practice. of Exchange Bills of exchange include cheques. Notes Promissory notes include bank notes. ? Drafts these drafts are not bills of exchange in cases where the same bank is both drawer and drawee. Nevertheless, it is enacted that where the drawer and drawee of a bill are the same person, the holder may treat the instrument, at his option, either as a bill of exchange or as a promissory note. ? it is enacted that … 規(guī)定 ? at his option 按他自己選擇 It would be open to the court to decide that bankers? draft are negotiable instruments by virtue of that provisio