英文早读第36篇，选自巴菲特年度信，友才翻译。

BUFFETT PARTNERSHIP, LTD.
810 KIEWIT PLAZA
OMAHA 31, NEBRASKA
November 1, 1962
巴菲特合伙公司
基伟特广场810室
内布拉斯加州奥马哈市31区
1962年11月1日

TO MY PARTNERS FOR 1963
致1963年的合伙人

Here we go on the annual paper flurry. Two copies of an amended partnership agreement for 1963 are enclosed. The one with the General Provisions attached is to be kept by you and the other single-page agreement should be returned. There are no substantive changes of any sort from last years' agreement. This amendment is merely to allow for a few new partners and in several places to reword in clearer (we hope) language provisions of the present agreement. Practically all of the rewording is in General Provision 5 (paragraph 7 in last year's agreement ). Rather than have a separate amending document, we have incorporated the changes into one complete document embodying the entire agreement.
这里是年度信简述。两份修改好的1963年合伙基金协议复印件随信附上。一封附有通用条款的由你保存，另一封单页的协议需要寄回。和去年合伙协议相比没有实质性的改变。这些修订仅仅是为了新的合伙人，并在一些地方用更加清晰的语言（我们希望）来重述现有的协议。实际上，所有的重述都在通用条款5（去年协议的第7段）。并非有一个分开的修订文件，我们把修改正好到了一份完整的合伙协议文件里。

We are also enclosing two commitment letters (one for you -- one to be returned) on which you are to indicate your wishes regarding additions or withdrawal at January 1st. We would like to have the agreement and the commitment letter back by December 1st. However, the commitment letter can be amended right up until the end of the year (not after) so if you should have a change of plans and you have already mailed us your commitment letter, all you have to do is get in touch with me, and I will make whatever changes you desire.
我们也同样附上了两封承诺函（一封给你——一封回寄），用于你预测你在1月1日增资或者赎回的意愿。我们希望合伙协议和承诺函在12月1日前寄回。然而，直到今年年底前（不是之后）承诺函都可以修改，因此如果你计划有变，但已经将承诺函寄给了我，所有你需要做的是联系我，我将会做出任何你期望的改变。

Any withdrawals will be paid immediately after January 1st. Any additions must reach us by January 10th, and should they be paid in during November, they will take on the status of advance payments and draw interest at the rate of 6% until yearend.
所有的赎回都会在1月1日之后立即支付，所有的增资需要在1月10日前到账，如果在11月就支付了，他们就处于预付金状态，直到年末都享有6%的利率。

1.flurry：慌乱；一阵忙乱；（纸张、衣物）窸窣
2.enclosed：围住的；封闭的；随函附上的；附上的；与外界隔绝的；围住
3.provision：提供；（法律文件的）规定；条款；准备；供给；粮食；给养
4.substantive：实质性的；重大的；本质上的；严肃认真的
5.embody：体现；包含；代表（思想或品质）；具体表现；收录
6.right up：向上；一直等到；直到