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English to Chinese: The Next, and Overlooked, VC Opportunity: The Middle East General field: Bus/Financial Detailed field: Finance (general)
Source text - English Venture capital is ignoring the Middle East for all the wrong reasons. Ultimately, playing it safe will cause them to yield new opportunities.
I've interviewed over 150 impressive, young entrepreneurs and engineers throughout the Arab world. Many have visited the States (or would like to visit), but especially after the uprisings of two years ago, nearly all want to stay home in the long run. They care about their families and their communities. They believe that despite all the recent political uncertainty, they will eventually control their destinies. And they know, first-hand, that these are early days of sizable market opportunities in their back yards.
These entrepreneurs live in societies with over 350 million active consumers, and are situated perfectly to expand into markets east and west, north and south. They regularly approach 100% mobile penetration, which means that consumers throughout the Middle East are instantly comfortable with new mobile product adoption. Many mobile executives there tell me that while smart phone penetration is low at the moment, they expect 50% penetration in places like Egypt within three years. It is already well above this in the Gulf. The large consumer bases are on the verge of adopting widespread credit card use, ePayments, and eCommerce. They thirst for opportunities in health, education, and infrastructure that would take governments years or decades to address. They are crowd-sharing ideas, learning, expertise, and artistic creation at a border-less scale unimagined even three years ago.
Silicon Valley and other global tech operating companies get this. All the major hardware and software players (Google, Facebook, Twitter Intel, Cisco, Microsoft) and most of the major mobile players have expanded their operations in the region, and are also pro-actively working with the entrepreneurial communities to help them connect and expand. PayPal opened offices in the Middle East late last year. LinkedIn, who already had five million members from the Middle East without any presence there at all, also just opened operations for the region and Africa.
Largely absent from this equation, though, are U.S. venture investors. A few — General Atlantic, Tiger Capital, J.P. Morgan Ventures, Kleinert Perkins, Summit Partners — have stuck their toes in the waters of Istanbul and Dubai. Where are the rest?
As almost every major firm has invested, if not have offices, in emerging markets facing their own growing pains, political risk and instability can't explain it all. So, in the course of researching my forthcoming book, Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East, I also spoke with my friends in Silicon Valley for their view.
To a person, everyone I interviewed was well-versed in the rapid adoption of mobile technology and believed that there will be at least five billion smart phones within a decade. They agreed, as I argued here recently, that this must mean impressive innovation coming from surprising places.
Their strategies have historically been uniformly two-fold. First, as one investor who's had offices for years in China and India put it, "We have to chase market cap; we may lose our ass in China in the short run, but over time one just has to be there as it is so large." Second, conceding that great engineering talent has long been border-less, investors continue to focus on emerging markets as places to outsource programming and services more cost effectively. As one investor put it, "It can and will increasingly be a buyer's market for us because new, more reliable talent springs up regularly in every time zone."
Even though the Middle East increasingly fits these criteria, they argue, why rush in? Investors tell me that they can simply look for new opportunities in the region from their other regional hubs and business partnerships. Others argue that the remarkable ecosystems of talent and rule of law in places like Silicon Valley will always spawn plenty and more reliable opportunities and when they do discover great entrepreneurs in these other markets they will, as one investor told me, "Have them move to the Valley."
There is logic here, but it strikes me as backward looking. What took other emerging growth markets years — if not decades — to build are now in place in the Middle East in part due to their examples and increased global access and adoption to technology. Great entrepreneurs, not only despite infrastructure challenges but because of them, are stepping up to innovate at scale changing their societies in kind. From home, they access local and regional markets that number in the hundreds of millions, and can reach the entire world in a cost effective way.
The great innovator and supporter of global entrepreneurship, Linda Rottenberg and her team at Endeavor Global, the company she co-founded, enthuse about a new investment phenomenon they call "e-to-e" — emerging market to emerging market. She sees not only local investment communities rising to new opportunities, but looking to support similar growth market entrepreneurs around them.
And, in fact, western VCs are beginning to trip over dozens and dozens of new local and regional angel funds, incubators, VCs and institutional investors happily finding great companies in their back yards. The rest can pursue business as usual — they can sit and wait. But one thing is clear: with time they will be yielding opportunity.
English to Chinese: Species protection General field: Science Detailed field: Other
Source text - English Should conservationists give up on saving some species nearing extinction today for the chance to save even more species down the road? That is the question tackled by a new study that examines how best to allocate severely limited resources to address the threat of extinction.
“The threats to biodiversity are increasing and conservation efforts for threatened species are not sufficient,” four researchers write in Ecology Letters. “Conservation practitioners and the public alike are often polarized as to what constitutes the wise use of a limited budget.”
Some suggest that focusing resources on today’s most endangered species will save the greatest number of species in the long term. Others advocate a strategy known as “triaging,” or prioritizing resources with cost efficiency in mind. That means sometimes even allowing some species to go extinct.
To determine the best bang for the conservation buck, the research team created a cost-benefit model that accounted for the probability of extinction and the costs of saving 32 species, and then they crunched the numbers to maximize the number of species saved.
They found that focusing resources only on the most-endangered species “will not typically maximize the number of species saved, as this does not take into account the risk of less-endangered species going extinct in the future.” In contrast, over the long term, conservationists can “recover as many species as possible by allocating resources based on the lowest expected cost of recovery.” This will result in a short-term tradeoff for long-term gains, the team notes.
The model highlights the need to shift resources away from saving a relatively small number of highly threatened species today, they argue. “As in medicine,” they conclude, “more emphasis should be placed on long-term preventive conservation rather than short-term fire-fighting.”
Translation - Chinese 自然资源保护主义者们是不是应该放弃对某些当前濒临灭绝物种的保护，以争取机会使更多物种在未来得到保护？这是一项最新研究提出的问题。如何以最合理的方式对极其有限的资源进行分配，从而应对物种灭绝的威胁，该研究对此进行了调查。
English to Chinese: General conditions for purchase VW AG/Area Purchase general General field: Law/Patents Detailed field: Law: Contract(s)
Source text - English 1. Applicable law
The law of the Republic of XXXX applies to the following contract with inclusion of the terms and conditions of the contract, its formation, its effectiveness, interpretation and implementation as well as all other legal relationships between the parties, as far as there is no other agreement in an individual case.
2. Definition of concepts
The following concepts are used in the terms and conditions of the contract:
- VW AG: XX
- VW–group of companies: Affiliated companies and companies within the country and abroad with which VW AG is connected by at least 50% participation according to §§ 15 ff of the German Stock Corporation Law
- VW: VW AG and /or VW- group of companies
3. Validity of the terms and conditions Of the contract
3.1
The following further terms and conditions of the contract are included in the contract along with the General Conditions of Purchase and the Provisions for Operating Resources depending on the kind of contract and the agreement between the parties:
3.1.1 Purchase order contract
General Conditions of Purchase VW AG/ Area Purchase general for the purchase of goods
3.1.2 Contract for work / Plant engineering and construction
General terms and conditions VW AG/ Area Purchase for plant engineering and construction services as well as special conditions of purchase.
English to Chinese: Some letter General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - English As 2011 draws to a close,ask Nongkran and Larry where they live and you get a complicated answer.While the couple often travels,their roots seemed firmly planted in Reston,Virginia.
In truth,the Daks’s living arrangements are uncertain.While Nongkran continues to operate a successful restaurant near the house,she dreams of geeting out of the cold weather and would also like to spend more time with kids and grandkids. However ,Larry is not comfortable with change,although by now he should have learned that like floods in her native Thailand,Nongkran is a force of nature whose course can only be temporarily diverted.
And, increasingly,there were hints of the changes to come.Recently,when each of several,consecutive home remodeling projects was almost complete,Nongkran would ask the remodeler”Do you know anyone who was happy to stay in the same place for ever thirty years?”Invariably the reply was something like”Yes ma’am,we have been in our house for over 40 years…”which may explain why the same contractor was never used twice.
The first surprises occurred during vacations in Bangkok.Three times,once in 2010 and twice this year,Larry was taken for a ride,ending up at a new condominium,at which pint he was handed keys and congratulated on being lucky tu have a wife able to make such a wonderful purchase.Now,instead of crowding in with family,Nong and Larry could spend winters in Thailand in their own place,close to an overhead railway that is under construction ,because after the noise stops and the dust settles the value will quickly increase.
Many other people were thinking ahead as well.In the case of the 2011 purchases in the Centric Scene Rachavipha condominium high rise copmlex,until recently only 15-20 percent of the 700 unils were occupied,although the apartments were almost sold out to an assortment of adsentee owners,speculators and weekend visitors.Now,however, due to the flooding,units like Nong and Larry’s apartments are occupied by renters who need to repair their properties.
Aside from the normal amenities,Cenric Scene Rachavipha has a connection to Thai politics,because Yingluck Shinawatra,the 44 year old Director of SC Asset,the developer and manager elected as the country’s first female Prime Minister.
The next surprise came after Nongkran saw an ad for a house in downtown Issaquah,Washington,near Seattle, and close to where daughter,Jennifer,son-in-low,Bobby,and three grandsons live.Six months later ,Nong and Larry were the owners of the property.Once again,towns in America, trains no longer service this station.
So it seems that for Nong and Larry it will be winters in Bangkok,summer in the Seattle area and the rest of the year in Virginia(when they aren’t traveling elsewhere).At some point a permanent move to Seattle may take place,but not until Nongkran can ride a new train line into downtown Washington,DC that will have a station near their house. Meanwhile,Nong and Larry will use trips to Seattle to get to know their grandchidren better.
Nicholas , nearly 15,is the family’s athlete.He plays and coaches soccer and will run marathons .While in Issaquah,Nong saw Nicholas race and observed that the only person faster was Larry when he goes to the bathroom.Nicholas is anxious for a learner’s permit so he can get his driver’s license upon reaching 16,but he can make a case for earlier issuance based on experience.At age four he snuck into his father’s car and backed it down a hill.
Noah,now twelve, will probably be in the world of finance.Concerned about his siblings playing with his computer and I Pad,Noah used saved up money to buy a small safe for these items.He carries the key around his neck at all times, even when sleeping.So perhaps in the future Noah will be in banking, pretecting the savings customers store in their vaults.
Then there is eight year old Nathan , who has probably never been to church ,but in response to a gift by Nong and Larry’s gift said”God Bless You”! And when he went to Thailand along with his entire family last summer,Nathan was the one who sought out beggars on the streets to share his walking around money.So he’ll either be a philanthropist or a religious leader.
Then of course there’s 18 month old grandson Ari,the offspring of Mitch and Dorothy,In today’s atmosphere in the U.S.,the outlook for him is troubling.After all ,he doesn’t speak English,is unemployed,and only entered this country fairly recently.If he’s in the wrong atate,Ari’s at risk of being arrested as an illegal alien.Meanwhile,however,he delights one and all with his antics and a mellow temperament.Of course,living in Minnesota it’s easy to chill out.
As time goes by,marking anniversaries seems more significant because it provides Nong and Larry the chance to reflect on their blessings.One such occasion was in September, when a few of the volunteers from his Peace Corps group in Thailand joined a celebration in Washington,Dcto mark the 50th anniversary of the organization .There was a wonderful get together at the Thai embassy,a nice dinner in Washington,DC and a special ,gourmet lunch Nong prepared at the restaurant. Of course, there was also a sobering reality. After Larry sent out a picture taken at the Thai Basil to others in his group,several asked who the people in the picture were.
Sadly,again this year a few friends and loved ones passed away and others suffered illness.For Nong and Larry, the lesson is to pursue tomorrow’s dreams today and stay in touch if possible.
Wishing you and your family continued good fortune and happiness in the Year of the Dragon.
Translation - Chinese 当2011年接近尾声,问及侬克兰和拉里他们住在哪里,你会得到一个复杂的答案。虽然这对夫妇漂游不定，但他们的根仿佛深深驻扎在弗吉尼亚州的雷斯顿。
English to Chinese: Capturing Pirates in Real Time General field: Tech/Engineering Detailed field: Military / Defense
Source text - English Following a recent spate of high-profile piracy incidents, a report released by the International Maritime Bureau in January 2009 confirmed the obvious – piracy is becoming a serious problem. The coast of Africa has, in particular, become a hotbed for the pirate community, with the area experiencing a 200% rise in piracy incidents – including 111 attacks and 49 vessel hijacks last year.
The facts continue to speak for themselves. Last year, a total of nearly 900 crew members were taken hostage in the region – 32 sailors injured, 11 killed and 21 are still missing but presumed dead. By 15 May 2009, a further 29 ships had been hijacked and 472 crew members taken hostage. As well as the risk to human life, the pirates also threaten important trade and transit routes connecting Africa, Asia and Europe to Persian Gulf oil as well as other valuable commodities.
The EU, Nato and other US-led coalitions have reacted accordingly with some 20 foreign warships now patrolling the waters off the coast of Somalia – home to one of the world's busiest maritime trade routes – on any given day. Furthermore, naval forces have also begun investing in new technologies capable of tracing and combating piracy more efficiently – as exemplified by a European navy's decision to deploy a new real-time communications support system known as the maritime boarding system.
Maritime boarding system
Developed in collaboration by UK-based Global Secure Systems (GSS), Danish defence software company Systematic and Rajant Corporation of the US, the maritime boarding system provides a live video and voice feed for naval troops boarding a suspect vessel. Carried in a compact rucksack – with the camera residing on the shoulder, the system supplies real-time information which can be transmitted back to the mother ship using high bandwidth Wi-Fi connection.
Depending on the nature of the operation, the system can incorporate biometric tasks such as fingerprinting and photographs as well as GPS mapping. By offering enhanced communication methods, the system hopes to offer a quicker and safer inspection of potential pirate vessels in the problem region.
We caught up with GSS managing director David Hobson to find out more about the maritime boarding system's potential for combating piracy.
Alex Hawkes: When did the maritime boarding system actually enter a combat situation and how was it received?
David Hobson: The Global maritime boarding system first went into action in Somalia during November 2008. It functioned perfectly during its first use and has since assisted in the arrests of pirates and locating AK47s.
AH: Can you describe how the system can assist naval troops during the inspection of a suspect vessel?
DH: By giving the navy team on the mother ship the ability to see and hear exactly what is happening as a crew enters a suspect vessel, the system allows the navy to be much more thorough when examining the legitimacy of an operation. For example, the real-time reporting allows the crew back on the mother ship to give the team members onboard greater warning to potential risks. In particular, they could have a translator back on the mother ship reporting back to the team what the pirates are saying to one another.
Such transparency can be extended further by including multiple locations in the operation. The mesh technology means you could have the team reporting back to two or three vessels or helicopters, which again could increase the speed a naval force can react to a situation.
AH: When did GSS first become aware that there was a market demand for a security system specifically supporting naval forces in their quest to combat piracy?
DH: GSS has been operating in the military sector for about four years. As well as working with a range of system integrators, we have exhibited at shows such as Defence Systems and Equipment International (DSEi). In fact it was during that event, we were introduced to Systematic – the Danish company that produces the software application relating to the maritime boarding system.
They required a high-bandwidth carrier system that had to be rugged, portable and easy-to-use. We then spent 18 months working together developing the system and testing it with various naval forces.
AH: So what was the exact role of GSS in the development of the Global maritime boarding system?
DH: Our involvement with the project was much more then simply connecting the kit together. As well as developing the Wi-Fi connection, we had to produce the correct antennas and make the whole system fit in a backpack. We also bolted cameras and microphones to the unit so that the video-voice software could be efficiently and easily transmitted to the mother ship. A fair amount of pre-testing and sea trials were required to ensure it worked as requested.
Systematic was already developing the software side of things – such as the fingerprinting programmes and the GPS mapping – when GSS first became involved. What it didn't have, however, was a transport layer to make the system capable of operating out at sea.
AH: How hybrid is the communications technology used in the Global maritime boarding system?
DH: When you think about it, we are implementing very simple technology. I think there is sometimes a fear associated with new technologies but all we are doing is essentially broadcasting information.
The key to this system is the high bandwidth network connection, which is capable of stretching over a few miles. It does not rely on satellite communications – which tend to cost a lot of money – so once the system is setup, it costs relatively little to keep running.
AH: So the system only functions effectively if the team is kept within relative proximity to the mother ship?
DH: During the sea trials, bandwidth links usually stretched over several miles but I think the furthest we managed was nine or ten miles. As we are able to mesh the network, the distance could be increased to 20 miles if it was bounced off a helicopter.
Inevitably you lose some width each time the network 'hops' from one source to another. Similar technology is used by US troops in Iraq, where they have even implemented sentry drones in the desert to monitor areas up to 20 miles away from base.
A great deal of data can be run on such networks and the amount of camera technology we can interface with is incredible. The cameras used on the global maritime boarding system are quite basic but if they required night vision, for example, it would be easy to unbolt one camera and fix on another.
AH: Has the Global maritime boarding system attracted any interest from other naval forces since it was first implemented at the end of 2008?
DH: Yes, we are currently in negotiations with three or four other European navies. What is critical about this technology is that it is quick to implement, relatively cheap and can effectively save lives. Piracy is a major problem at the moment so it is up to the naval forces to try and react as quickly as possible.
I am a native Chinese speaker with 7 years' experience as a freelance translator (English-Simplified Chinese).
I have a degree in Electronic Engineering from China’s Naval Aeronautical Engineering Academy. I used to served in Chinese Navy for a number of years. I previously trained as a military and technology translator with a military research institution, working on affairs concerning military observation and weapon technology. This experience lends me an advantage in integrating skills of translating.
In 2013 I was decommissioned from the Navy, and since then I have collaborated with several translation agencies all over the world and engaged in many translation projects of gaming localization, business, marketing and technology fields.
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