That may be because one of the inventors of VAT, Carl Shoup, an American economist, used them as guinea pigs for his new levy during the occupation after the second world war.

之所以如此是因为增值税的发明者，美国经济学家卡尔·苏泊在二战后美国占领日本期间拿日本做了这项新税法的试验品。

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The "trolls" argue that by making patents valued they are helping to create a market in invention that will encourage inventors .

“钓饵”公司分辩说，它们这么做是让专利受到重视，借此帮着建立一个鼓励发明者的发明市场。

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And foreign nationals in U. S. were inventors or co-inventors of 25 percent of all patents filed in U. S. in 2006.

2006年，美国所有的专利申请中有25%是由外国裔公民发明或参与发明的。

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Microwulf’s inventors aren’t set on keeping their blueprints for the supercomputer a secret.

Microwulf的创造者并没有把他们的设计蓝图当成秘密。

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It now holds 1, 232 tonnes of the yellow metal, mined by its inventors and reburied in the vaults of HSBC in London.

SPDRGoldTrust现在持有1232吨黄金，这些黄金是该基金的创造者开采的，储藏在汇丰（HSBC）在伦敦的金库里，价值达716亿美元；

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Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world.

爱迪生是世界上最为大的发明家之一。

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Electrical inventors who followed Edison did not have to experiment with the substances which he had found would not work.

爱迪生之后的电器发明家就不必对已经被他发现不起作用的那些物质进行实验了。的那些物质进行实验了。

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Unfortunately, it appears patent infringement and suchlike is a fact of life for inventors .

不幸的是，对于发明家而言，专利侵权以及诸如此类的遭遇似乎是无法改变的事实。

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Competition among Local Governments in China for Attracting Inventors and Economic Competitive Effect

从招商引资大战看我国地方政府经济竞争效应

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But when it came time to turn the inventors ’ ideas into real products, the manufacturing work was sent to China.

但是，当到了把发明人的创意转化为现实产品时，制造工作被送往中国。

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But only 0. 6% of US utility patents granted in 2009 were fromChinese inventors and owned by Chinese firms or individuals.

但是2009年在美国授权的实用专利中仅有0.6%是来自中国，由中国的公司或者个人所拥有。

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But the modern inventors say rice hull ash works better than other materials.

但现代发明家说稻壳灰比其他材料的效果要好。

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Certainly people like Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook are inventors , though not of physical products.

当然，如facebook的马克·扎克尔波这样的人也是发明者，虽然不是实体物品的发明者。

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These inventors would, of course, have to sign contracts surrendering the right to their ideas.

当然，这些发明人必须和公司签订合同同意放弃对其构想的权利。

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Independent inventors began to find it difficult to compete with inventors hired by the corporations.

独立发明人开始感觉到难以与公司雇佣的发明人展开竞争。

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Apple mania has even inspired grass-roots inventors .

对苹果的痴狂也激发了草根发明者的灵感。

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Also, the inventors say the light-color light-colored material better reflects sunlight, so buildings would cost less to cool.

而且发明者们表示艰涩的材料反光能力比较好，这样能够降低建筑在冷气上的花费。

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TechShop, in Menlo Park, California, rents tinkering space and equipment to amateur inventors .

而位于加利福尼亚州门洛公园中的Tech商店，则向发明爱好者们出租发明空间以及相应工具。

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Most in Japan and South Korea are still by local inventors .

而在日本和韩国，多数申请仍由本土发明者提出。

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Inventors are not mad scientists.

发明家不是精神不正常的科学家。

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Inventors have given us the antibiotic and the air bag, the plow and the Predator drone.

发明家创造出抗生素和安全气囊，扫雪机还有掠夺者无人机。

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Inventors continue to try to bring the comic book fantasy of personal jet flight to life, and Yves Rossy has come closest.

发明家们继续努力着将漫画中个人喷气机飞行的幻想变成现实，这其中伊夫·罗西是做得最好的之一。

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A entirely inventors great confidence in the support of only unknown in the courage to move forward in the world.

发明家全靠一股了不起的信心支持，才有勇气在不可知的天地中前进。

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Masks, say the inventors , may not be available, but there’s almost always a bra handy.

发明家说面罩也许不会常戴在身，但胸罩可是几乎身边总有一对。

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Their own inventors may have little idea of the uses for them that people will ultimately discover.

发明者本人可能对这项技术的最终用途并没有多少概念。

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A specially designed paper cone allows women to play too, the inventors say.

发明者称用特殊设计的纸锥能让女性们也能玩游戏。

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Inventors apply to the European Patent Office, with which all 27 members of the European Union and nine other European countries co-operate.

发明者到欧洲专利局的专利申请，涉及到包括欧盟在内的欧洲27个国家以及其他欧洲国家的联合体。

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The inventors hope to improve the process so it can show the whole surface.

发明者希望能够改善过程，那样就能显示整个表面。

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Fox, like most inventors , was already on the next project, becoming champion for a new thermoplastic called PPO (polyphenylene oxide).

福克斯，就像大多数的发明者一样，已经开始了下一个新项目的—新耐热塑料PPO（聚亚苯基氧化物）的研发。

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It is this harnessing of ceria’s properties in the solar reactor which represents the major breakthrough, say the inventors of the device.

该装置的发明人说，在太阳能反应器中利用二氧化铈的特性，是这项技术的主要突破点。

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