本公司担任多家厂家的独家代理，专营精制棉织品，包括各灯家用亚麻制品，行销中东。 与贵公司向有业务联系，互利互作。贵公司纺织部亦十分了解有关业务合作之情况。 盼望能成为贵公司独家代理，促销在巴林市场的货品。 上述建议，烦请早日赐复，以便进一步联系合作。 此致 敬礼

    4.拒绝对方担任独家代理

    Thank you for your letter of 1 September suggesting that we grant you a sole agency for our household linens². I regret to say that, at this stage ,such an arrangement would berather premature³. We would, however, be willing to engage in a trial collaboration⁴ with you company to see how the arrangement works. It would be necessary for you to test the market for our productsat you end. You would also have to build up a much larger turnover⁵ tojustify a sole agency. We enclose price lists covering all the products you are interested in and look forward to hearing from you soon.

    9月1日有关建议担任家用亚麻制品独家代理的来信收悉。谨致衷心谢意。目前时机尚未成熟，不能应允该安排深感抱歉。 然而，本公司乐意与贵公司先试行合作，为今后合作打下基础。为证明担任独家代理的能力，贵公司宜上述货品作市场调查，研究是否可扩大现有之营业额。奉上该货品之报价单，敬希查照。专此候复。此致 敬礼

    5.同意对方担任独家代理

    Thank you for your letter of 12 April proposing a sole agency for our office machines. We have examined our long and ,I must say ,mutually beneficial collaboration. We would be very pleased to entrust⁶ you with the sole agency for Bahrain. From our records, we are pleased to note that you have two service engineers who took training courses at our Milan factory .the sole agency will naturally be contingent⁷ on you maintaining qualified⁸ aftersales staff. We have drawn⁹ up a draft agreement that is enclosed. Please examine the detailed