软银为何投资美国？
📖 逐句对照翻译
Japanese business leader Masayoshi Son and President-elect Donald Trump recently met at Trump’s property, Mar-a-Lago, in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida.
日本商业领袖孙正义与当选总统唐纳德·特朗普最近在位于美国东南部佛罗里达州的特朗普产业海湖庄园进行了会面。
They announced plans for SoftBank Group to invest $100 billion in projects in the United States over the coming four years.
他们宣布了软银集团计划在未来四年内向美国项目投资1000亿美元的计划。
Trump said the investments in building artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure would create 100,000 jobs.
特朗普表示，对人工智能基础设施的投资将创造10万个就业岗位。
Reuters news agency reported that it was the second time that SoftBank’s Son made a big promise to invest in U.S. projects.
路透社报道称，这是软银的孙正义第二次承诺在美国项目上进行大规模投资。
In 2016, Son announced $50 billion in investments with Trump after his election victory.
2016年，孙正义在特朗普赢得大选后宣布向其投资500亿美元。
The investments helped companies like Uber and WeWork.
这些投资帮助了像优步和WeWork这样的公司。
Son is a founder and CEO, or chief executive officer, of SoftBank Group.
孙正义是软银集团的创始人兼首席执行官。
SoftBank has investments in many new technology businesses, along with big companies like silicon chip maker Arm Holdings and Chinese online business Alibaba.
软银投资了许多新技术企业，以及像硅芯片制造商Arm Holdings和中国在线业务阿里巴巴这样的大公司。
Investor interest in AI has increased SoftBank’s value, but it is unclear whether its investments will create that many jobs in the U.S.
投资者对人工智能的兴趣提升了软银的价值，但目前尚不清楚其投资是否会在美国创造那么多就业机会。
Son believes in the value of AI
儿子相信人工智能的价值
SoftBank investor meetings have supported the idea that AI will become profitable for the company.
软银的投资者会议支持了人工智能将为公司带来盈利的观点。
Son has said he believes AI will outdo human intelligence within 10 years, affecting every industry.
孙表示，他相信人工智能将在10年内超越人类智能，影响每一个行业。
He believes that companies and people working with AI will be the leaders of the next 10 to 20 years.
他认为，与人工智能合作的公司和个人将成为未来10到20年的领导者。
SoftBank owns about 90 percent of Arm’s publicly traded stock.
软银持有Arm约90%的公开交易股票。
This puts the Japanese company in a good position for expansion of AI applications.
这使这家日本公司在人工智能应用扩展方面处于有利地位。
Arm says most mobile devices operate on small Arm-based processors.
Arm表示，大多数移动设备运行在基于Arm的小型处理器上。
Trump and Son said the $100 billion that SoftBank has promised to invest will go to building AI infrastructure, but the details remain unclear.
特朗普和孙正义表示，软银承诺投资的1000亿美元将用于建设人工智能基础设施，但具体细节仍不清楚。
The effect of AI on job creation remains an open question.
人工智能对就业创造的影响仍是一个悬而未决的问题。
What about the jobs?
那工作怎么办呢？
The announcement is like a promise Son made with then-President-elect Trump in December 2016 at Trump Tower in New York City.
这一公告犹如孙正义在2016年12月于纽约市特朗普大厦与时任当选总统特朗普所作出的承诺。
Then, Son said he would spend $50 billion and create 50,000 jobs.
随后，Son表示他将投入500亿美元并创造5万个就业机会。
While that money was invested in businesses as time passed, it is unclear whether that many jobs were created.
尽管这些钱随时间推移投资于企业，但是否创造了那么多工作岗位尚不清楚。
Early in his first term, Trump announced a $10 billion investment by Foxconn in Wisconsin.
特朗普在第一任期初期宣布了富士康在威斯康星州的100亿美元投资。
Foxconn Technology Group is a Taiwan company best known for making Apple iPhones.
富士康科技集团是一家台湾公司，以生产苹果iPhone而闻名。
In 2017, the company won Trump's praise for announcing that it would build a $10 billion factory.
2017年，该公司因宣布将建造一座价值100亿美元的工厂而赢得了特朗普的赞扬。
Foxconn said it would employ 13,000 people in a small town just south of Milwaukee.
富士康表示将在密尔沃基以南的一个小镇雇用13000人。
A much smaller investment there created fewer than 800 jobs.
在那里，一笔规模小得多的投资创造了不到800个工作岗位。
Shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic starting in 2020 made job creation a more complex issue.
2020年开始的新冠疫情期间，封锁措施使得创造就业成为一个更复杂的问题。
SoftBank itself says it had 65,352 employees as of March.
软银自身表示，截至3月份，它拥有65，352名员工。
Reaction in Japan
在日本的反应
Officials in Tokyo praised Son's effort, considering it a sign of friendship between the U.S. and Japan.
东京官员对孙的努力表示赞赏，认为这是美日友谊的象征。
There is concern over whether Trump will increase tariffs on some imports from allies like Japan, as well as China.
有人担心特朗普是否会对来自日本等盟友以及中国的部分进口商品加征关税。
Yoji Muto is Japan's Trade and Industry minister.
武藤容治是日本的贸易和工业大臣。
He said he was happy with the announcement.
他说他对这项声明感到满意。
Muto said, "Generally speaking, I believe expansion of investment through steady accumulation of efforts between Japanese and U.S. companies would help further strengthen Japan-U.S. economic ties, so I find it delightful."
武藤说：“总的来说，我相信通过日美企业间稳步积累努力来扩大投资，将有助于进一步加强日美经济联系，因此我感到很高兴。”
Trump called Son "one of the most accomplished business leaders of our time."
特朗普称孙正义是“我们时代最杰出的商业领袖之一”。
SoftBank has been rebuilding its finances after the failure of its WeWork business and after investors turned away from some of its technology investments.
在WeWork业务失败以及投资者对部分科技投资失去兴趣之后，软银一直在重建其财务状况。
After a decrease in share value between 2021 and 2023, SoftBank stock has recovered.
在2021年至2023年期间股价下跌后，软银的股票已经回升。
The company’s stock has increased sharply this year.
该公司的股票今年大幅上涨。
Amir Anvarzadeh studies Japanese businesses at Asymmetric Advisors, a company that advises on Japanese securities.
阿米尔·安瓦尔扎德在Asymmetric Advisors研究日本企业，该公司为日本证券提供咨询。
Speaking of the SoftBank announcement, he said he did not think there was a firm plan.
谈到软银的声明时，他表示他认为并没有一个确定的计划。
"The question arises, what are they going to buy?"
问题来了，他们打算买什么呢？
Anvarzadeh asked.
安瓦尔扎德问道。
He said there were no remaining easily purchased companies in the industry.
他说，该行业内已没有剩下可以轻易收购的公司了。
I’m Jill Robbins.
我是吉尔·罗宾斯。
Jeff Mason and Steve Holland reported this story for Reuters and Elaine Kurtenbach reported on it for the Associated Press.
杰夫·梅森和史蒂夫·霍兰德为路透社报道了此事，伊莱恩·库尔滕巴赫为美联社进行了报道。
Jill Robbins adapted it for Learning English.
吉尔·罗宾斯为《学习英语》改编了它。
