Business writing (деловое письмо). Палагина С.С. - 76 стр.

      5 Unit V Telexes, Faxes, Telegrams, E-mails

      5.5 Telex

     Telegrams and cables can be sent from the Post Office or telephoned. But there
can be short delays between sending the message and its arrival. Telex is as direct as
using the telephone. The telex has all the advantages of sending a cable and it offers a
direct line, with immediate reply. It is available twenty-four hours a day, and can
send cables as well as telex messages; moreover, the message can be corrected
immediately if there is an error. As with the telephone, there is a subscribers'
directory listing telex users' numbers. There are more than 70,000 UK and 900,000
worldwide lines.
     The word telex can be used as a verb, noun or adjective:
     e.g. Please telex us as soon as you have the information.
          I will send you a telex.
          We have received a telexed reply.

      5.1.1 Usually any telex consists of the following parts:

     number
     receiver’s address
     date
     key number
     message
     sender’s address

      5.1.2 These are specimen telexes:

    Advice of inability to supply order
    In this telex, Satex of Rome are telling their customer, F.Lynch & Co., that they
cannot supply the sweaters they asked for in their order - DR 5871 - and want to
know if they can replace this with sweaters of catalogue number N 154. Notice the
answerback and the collation.

341641 TR JMP
CANNOT SUPPLY ITEM R 432 ON ORDER DR 5871 BUT N 154
AVAILABLE PLEASE CONFIRM ACCEPTANCE
SATEX ROME
R 432 DR 5871 N 15 + ?

     Acceptance of alternative supply
     In their answer Lynch & Co. accept the alternative but want the terms
confirmed.


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