雅虎打算退出中国大陆市场(20-03-2015).doc

Yahoo to exit from Chinese mainland market雅虎打算退出中国大陆市场 Updated: 2015-03-20 07:38By Emma Gonzalez and Meng Jing(China Daily) Yahoo Inc is set to completely exit from China this year, after the United States-based technology giant said it was shutting its research and development center in Beijing.在位于美国总部的技术巨人说正在关闭其位于北京的研究与发展中心之后，雅虎有限公司决定今年完全退出中国市场。The companys decision to end its only physical presence in the Chinese mainland could eliminate as many as 300 jobs, industry sources said on Thursday. Yahoo, however, declined to specify the actual number of jobs that would be made redundant.1. physical presence 有形的存在 星期四援引信息产业人士的话说，雅虎公司做出在中国大陆仅关闭其公司的有形存在可能会失去多达300多个就压岗位。然而，这有利于公司裁汰实际工作岗位中的冗杂多余人员。We are constantly making changes to align (整合、优化) resources, and to foster better collaboration and innovation across our business. Today (Wednesday) we informed our employees based in Beijing that we will be closing our office there, a statement said.一位发言人说：“我们正在我们全球生意范围内调整计划来优化资源配置、更好促进合作和加强创新。我们将在今天(星期三)通知我们位于北京的员工，我们即将关闭那里的办公室。”The workers, mostly engineers, will be relieved (消除) from their posts by the end of this month, according to The South China Morning Post.根据南华早报的消息，在那里大多数员工都是工程师，在本月底他们即将失业。Richard Kramer, the London-based managing director of Arete Research, an equity research firm, said: The mainland has not been a major part of Yahoos strategy for many years, even though the company has good legacy businesses in Hong Kong and Taiwan.1. managing director 总经理，常务董事2. legacy businesses 传统业务总部位于伦敦的阿热特研究公司(这是一家普通股研究公司)的总经理理查德克拉默说：“我们公司尽管在香港和台湾的传统业务经营很好，但是多年来，我们雅虎公司的重点战略地区没有中国大陆。The companys announcement, however, did not surprise most industry experts, as they feel that company has been under increasing pressure from shareholders to reduce costs and improve profits.然而，雅虎公司的通知预告并没有让信息产业的大多数专家感到惊奇，因为这些专家认为，雅虎公司多年来一直受到来自股东们要减轻成本和提高利润的巨大压力，并且这种压力有增无减。Yahoos other two R&D facilities, one located in its headquarters in California and the other in Bengaluru, India, have also been affected by job cuts in recent months.Bengaluru 班加罗尔雅虎的另外两个研究和发展机构，一个位于总部的加利福利亚，另一个位于印度的班加罗尔。这两个研发中心也受到最近几个月裁员潮的影响。Neil Shah, research director at market research firm Counterpoint, said: The writing was very much on the wall. Since the end of 2013, Yahoo had started scaling down its services in the Chinese mainland and it was about time to reduce the unwanted resources not contributing to any revenues.1. The writing was very much on the wall. 非常不详的预感2. scale down 按比例缩减 一家市场研究公司康特颇英特公司的市场主管内尔莎说：“我早就有非常不详的预感。自从2013年年底之后，雅虎公司开始逐渐按缩减其在中国大陆的业务量。现在是清楚那些不会增加任何公司收入的多余的资源了。”This year has been tough for foreign technology companies operating in the Chinese mainland as they face increasing competition from stronger local firms. In February, Microsoft announced that it would close two factories and lay off around 9,000 workers. Also in February, social gaming company Zynga decided to close its studio in Beijing.social gaming company 社交游戏 对于那些在中国大陆经营的外国技术公司，几年异常艰难，因为它们要面对日益强大的本土企业日趋激烈的竞争。今年2月，微软公司宣布关闭其在中国的两家工厂，并且裁员约9000人。还是在2月，社交游戏公司Zynga决定关闭位于北京的工作室。Underperforming search business vis-a-vis local firms like Baidu, as well as overall corporate(整体的，共同的) streamlining of operations to close down unprofitable centers, are some of the reasons why Yahoo has decided to close the Beijing office, said Shah from Counterpoint.1. vis-vis vi:z : vi: prep. 和面对面，同相比，关于adv.相向着，相对着streamlining n流线； 流线型 来自康特颇英特公司的内尔莎说，经营效益不好的搜索公司不仅要面对整体流水线生产方式的环境，还要面对像百度等本土企业的竞争，导致这些公司关闭不盈利的研发中心，这就是雅虎为什么关闭北京的办公室。Will Tao, an analyst at consulting firm iResearch, said: The salary of