每日一篇:《经济学人》读译参考 Day198

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  经济学人:韩国财阀:三星的千亿美元投资(2)

  Samsung's promise to add 40,000 new jobs over the next three years, which it claims may generate a further 700,000 in the wider economy,looks like a response to calls by South Korea's president, Moon Jae-in, for businesses to boost growth and create a fairer society.Unemployment is up and growth prospects have dimmed since Mr Moon's election a year ago.His approval ratings, buoyed to 83% in May thanks to a detente with North Korea, have sunk to 56%.
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  三星承诺将在未来三年增加4万个新岗位，如三星所称，这或将在更大范围经济中进一步产生70万份工作，这一承诺像是对韩国总统文在寅要求企业促进经济增长、创造更加公平社会所做出的回应。自文在寅总统一年前当选以来，失业率在上升，经济增长前景黯淡无光。五月，由于与朝鲜关系的缓和，他的支持率为83%，但如今已降至56%。

  How much difference to the economy Samsung's plan will make in practice is debatable.Of the jobs the group says it will create directly, some may already exist:Samsung said it would turn several thousand subcontractors into employees.It has offered no details on how its investments would translate into the other jobs, let alone the 700,000 indirect ones.
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  三星的计划会对经济有哪些实际影响还存在争议。就工作而言，该公司表示将会有直接影响，一些工作是已经存在的：三星表示将把千名承包商变为自己的员工。如何将投资转化成其他工作，该公司并未透露细节，更别提那70万份间接创造出的工作了。

  The government's own economy-wide target for job creation this year is 180,000.Like other chaebol, Samsung has begun to unwind its opaque cross-shareholdings,under pressure from the government to increase transparency and strengthen share-holder rights.But Mr Lee retains control of the firm, despite a conviction for bribery a year ago.His prison sentence was suspended in February; he denies the charges and has appealed against his conviction.
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  政府今年提供就业的经济系统目标是18万。和其他财阀一样，在政府要求增加透明度并增加股东权利的压力下，三星已经开始放松其复杂的交叉持股。但是李在镕仍掌控公司，虽然一年前他贪污受贿。他今年二月出狱；他否认这些指控并且已进行上诉。

  A month before his meeting with Mr Kim, the finance minister, at a factory outside Seoul,he had briefly appeared alongside Mr Moon at the opening ceremony of a new mobile-phone factory in India.That was Mr Lee's first semi-public appearance after his release from prison. Samsung's splashy investment plan may make business sense.It can't hurt the rehabilitation of Mr Lee or his company, either.
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  李在镕与财务部长金东兖在首尔外的一家工厂会面，而一个月前，在印度一家新手机工厂开幕典礼上，他曾短暂出现在文在寅总统身侧。这是他出狱后，第一次半公开露面。三星耀眼的投资计划或许是有商业意义的。这也不会损害李在镕或三星的复兴。

  注释
  1.boost 提高；促进
  The company successfully curtailed its costs to boost margins.
  为了提高利润率，该公司成功地削减了成本。来源于《WSJ》

  2.dim使...变得暗淡
  Sainsbury's takes a dim view of such conduct
  塞恩斯伯里对这种行为态度朦胧。来源于《THETIMES》
  The lighting was dim; the water piping hot。
  灯光昏暗；水很热。来源于《THETIMES》

  3.in practice在实践中
  The result in practice will be submarket price controls.
  实践中的结果将是次级市场价格控制。来源于《WSJ》

  4.let alone 更不必说;别说
  This is not bicycle science let alone rocket science.
  这不是自行车科学，更不用说火箭科学了。来源于《BBC》
  That won't save France,let alone Europe
  这救不了法国，别说欧洲了。来源于《NEWYORKER》

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