2020考研英语：《经济学人》中英读译Day171

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经济学人：波音和FAA：亲密之罪(2)

Boeing's team is in Ethiopia helping the investigators. The company says it is "devoted to the quality and safety of the aircraft we design, produce and support".Jim Hall, former chairman of America's National Transportation Safety Board, another regulator,sees the root of the problem in the FAA's close relationship with Boeing.

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波音的团队正在埃塞俄比亚帮助调查。该公司表示将“致力于我们所设计、生产和支持的飞机的质量和安全性”。另一监管机构，美国国家运输安全委员会的前主席吉姆·霍尔认为问题的根源在于FAA和波音的亲密关系。

Since 2001 the company has lobbied vigorously to perform more of its own safety tests.In 2005 the FAA began to allow Boeing to do more self-certification. "It's like putting children in charge of the sweet shop," says a former Boeing adviser.An investigation by the transportation department in 2012 found that the FAA had not done enough to "hold Boeing accountable".It quoted FAA employees who had reported retaliation for speaking up about problems with Boeing's previous designs.

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自2001年起，该公司积极游说要求更多的进行自家的安全测试。2005年，FAA开始允许波音进行更多的自我认证。“这就像是让孩子负责管理糖果店一样，”一名前波音顾问表示。2012年交通部的一项调查发现FAA在“让波音尽责方面”做得不够。其引用FAA员工的话，他们称自己因公开谈论波音之前设计中存在的问题而遭到报复。

Cott Brenner, a former associate administrator at the FAA, points out that safety inspector sat the FAA's office in Seattle,home to Boeing's main production facilities, may have worked closely with Boeing's own safety experts for decades.A once-antagonistic relationship has grown chummier in recent years. Posters warning "don't talk to the FAA" are no longer a common sight.It has not helped that President Donald Trump has left the top job at the FAA vacant since January 2018.The acting administrator lacks all the powers of a permanent head, notes Mr Hall.Financial constraints encouraged the FAA to outsource certification to plane makers.Its budget increased by a sixth between 2002 and 2018, while American air traffic grew by 40%.

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FAA前副行政官斯科特·布伦纳指出，FAA西雅图办公室（这里也是波音主要生产设备所在地）的检察员可能在几十年来都和波音自家的安全专家有着亲密的合作。在近些年中，曾今的敌对关系已经变得越来越亲密。“不要和FAA说话”的警告海报已经不再常见了。自2018年1月以来，唐纳德·特朗普总统就把FAA的局长一职空了出来，但这并没有起到帮助。霍尔先生指出，代理管理者缺乏局长的所有权利。财政紧缩促使FAA将认证外包给飞机制造商。在2002年和2018年间，其预算增加六分之一，而美国空中交通增长了40%。

On March 19th Mr Trump named Stephen Dickson, a respected former senior executive at Delta Air Lines, to head the FAA.By then, other regulators' confidence in the FAA had been shot.The Ethiopian authorities have declined to give the black box to the FAA for data retrieval, sending it to France instead.Those in Canada and Europe are re-examining decisions to approve the 737 Max based on mutual-recognition agreements with America.Rather than trust the FAA, they may order their own tests before certifying future Boeing aircraft as airworthy.

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3月19日，特朗普任命史蒂芬·迪克森这位备受尊敬的前达美航空公司高层出任FAA局长。到那时，其他监管机构对FAA的信心已经大打折扣了。埃塞俄比亚当局已经拒绝将黑匣子交给FAA进行数据检索，而是将它交给了法国。加拿大和欧洲监管机构正在重新审查那些基于和美国的相互认可协议而批准的737 Max飞机。他们或许宁愿在未来认证波音飞机的适飞性能前制定自己的检测也不愿再相信FAA了。

注释

1.be devoted to 致力于

We need be devoted to each other and some white lie.

我们需要坦诚相待，也需要一些善意的谎言。

2.lobby 游说

The Wilderness Society lobbied Congress to authorize the Endangered Species Act.

荒野协会游说国会批准《濒危物种法》。

3.in charge of 负责

He is in charge of the school work.

他负责学校工作。

4.outsource外包

We outsource all our computing work.

我们把全部计算机技术工作包给外边去做。

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