Aside from his undoubted drive and ambition, Messier’s ability to woo merger and takeover partners has earned him a reputation as a charismatic and talented dealmaker

米歇尔的干劲和事业心是勿庸置疑的,除此之外,他还擅长吞并和接管合伙人,这使他赢得了“有领袖气质的精明商人”的赞誉。

||1:Ms Mogherini remains the woman to beat.||2:Both Mrs Merkel and France’s President Fran.||3:ois Hollande said the high representative should be from the centre-left political group.||4:Whatever their misgivings about the Italian foreign minister, most leaders have other priorities.||5:The British do not want to be at the centre of another fight after losing the bust-up over Mr Juncker; the Germans are more concerned to get the right dealmaker as president of the European Council; and the French want to ensure that their commissioner, Pierre Moscovici, gets a senior economic job in the commission.||6:Mr Juncker, diplomats say, was not ready to make any promises.||7:Herman Van Rompuy, the current president of the European Council, will now consult again before a special summit on August 30th, but doing a deal even then may still be hard.

||1:Mogherini的留下保证了女性胜利。||2:Merkel 和法国总统Fran?ois Hollande认为高级代表应当出自中左翼的政治团体。||3:但是无论他们对意大利外交部长的是否心存疑虑，大部分领导人都有自己的小九九。||4:不列颠不希望在关于Juncker的争吵失利之后成为另一项斗争的焦点；德国人更关心选出能正确决策的欧盟理事会主席；而法国想着确保他们的委员Pierre Moscovici能在委员会获得一个高级经济席位。||5:外交官称，Juncker不准备作出任何承诺。||6:直到8月30日一个特殊峰会来临之际，现任欧盟理事会主席Herman Van Rompuy都将继续充当顾问。||7:不过恐怕即便那时都难达成一致意见。

||1:BTG’s listing will also be watched for signs of a revival in Brazil’s moribund IPO market.||2:In 2006 and 2007 companies listed at frothy prices almost weekly, but the most recent IPO was last July, since when a dozen or so planned deals have been postponed or dropped as risk-averse foreign buyers hang on to cash and sellers hold out for higher prices.||3:The sense of urgency is now palpable, says Paulo Sergio Dortas of Ernst & Young, an accounting firm: companies know they cannot keep growing without cash.||4:At least 40 are thought to be ready to list if the mood changes.||5:Few will have a story to match BTG’s—and as Brazil’s biggest dealmaker , it will stand ready to profit when they finally do follow suit.

||1:此次百达上市也可视作是巴西停滞不前的IPO市场开始复苏的迹象。||2:2006至2007年间，几乎每周都有公司以虚高的发行价上市。但自去年7月份最后一起IPO以来，大约有十二家左右的公司推迟或者放弃了IPO，原因是厌恶风险的外国买家暂停了购买，与此同时卖方则坚持非高价不出售。||3:安永会计师事务所的保罗·塞尔吉奥·多塔斯说，现在人们终于感觉到紧迫性了：没有资金，公司难以发展。||4:至少有40家公司被认为已做好了上市的准备，只待市场转好。||5:百达的经历不可复制——作为巴西最大的证券交易商，它时刻准备从那些紧随它之后上市的公司身上获利。

||1:It has also forged alliances with, and invested in, Uber’s rivals elsewhere: GrabTaxi in South-East Asia, Ola in India and Lyft in America.||2:Jean Liu, Didi’s president and a former Goldman Sachs dealmaker , helped Didi raise $3 billion to take on Uber.||3:Soon half of the global market will be on her alliance’s technology platform, Ms Liu says, which will help both Chinese people travelling abroad and foreigners visiting China.

||1:滴滴还与Uber在全球的其他竞争者结成同盟或者投资他们：东南亚的Grab出租车，印度的Ola以及美国的Lyft。||2:柳青，滴滴的董事长也是前高盛集团投资经理人，帮助滴滴筹集30亿美金来与Uber竞争。||3:柳青表示，很快全球一半市场都将纳入她的联盟科技技术平台上，这既有助于中国人去国外旅行又便于外国人来访中国。

Mr Ecclestone is a skilled dealmaker ;

埃克莱斯顿是个经验丰富的交易商，

Mr Ecclestone is a skilled dealmaker ; but he has missed out on two areas of opportunity for the sport. The first of these is the internet. Formula One has barely begun to develop its business online. Licensing Formula One brands and content to video-games firms could generate pots of money, as could online betting.

埃克莱斯顿是个经验丰富的交易商，但他在这项运动的两个方面错失良机。第一个是网络；F1基本没有开发其商业网络，向电子游戏公司出售F1品牌商标和赛事相关内容的使用权可以带来大量的金钱收入，媲美网上投注。

"It was hard enough for Bain to enter this investment, but imagine how much harder an exit could be, " said one private equity dealmaker .

“贝恩进入这宗投资就够难的了，但想像一下退出的难度会高出多少，”一名私人股本交易撮合者表示。

"This is a good time for Axa to sell with the domestic market growing strongly, " said one dealmaker who is preparing to submit a bid.

“如今中国国内保险市场增长强劲，正是安盛出售的好时机，”一位准备提交标书的交易撮合者说。

"This is an entirely political decision, " said one senior dealmaker in Hong Kong said.

“这完全是一项政治决定，”香港一位资深交易撮合者表示。

When he became Treasury Secretary, in 2006, he had more of a reputation as a dealmaker than as a strategic thinker.

2006年他担任财长时，交易商的名望要大于策略思想家。

He acted as consigliere and dealmaker to Terry Murray, the former head of Fleet, as it bought banks across New England.

Fleet在新英格兰地区收购银行时，他是前CEO特里•默里（TerryMurray）的顾问和交易撮合者。

The Epicurean Dealmaker is right: Wall Street bankers create some economic value.

TheEpicureanDealmaker（TED）是正确的：华尔街银行家创造一定的经济价值。

A dealmaker will take everyone out of their misery and maybe that is what we need at this point.

达成交易可以让每个人摆脱困境，这可能就是现在我们所需要的。

This does not come naturally to the typical western-trained dealmaker .

对于受到西方培训的典型交易撮合者来说，这样做并不容易。

He is, by common consent, a top-class dealmaker (the sale of his own firm aside).

而且业界也普遍认同，他是一个顶级的交易手（不算出售他自己的公司在内）。

Mr Graham is no squishy moderate, but he is an occasional dealmaker .

格雷厄姆先生并非唯唯诺诺的温和派，但有时也能与他达成协议。

Sinopec has been the biggest dealmaker , spending $13. 1bn on purchases this year, according to Wood Mackenzie.

根据WoodMackenzie的数据，中石化（Sinopec）今年迄今的交易规模名列首位，在资产收购上总共支出131亿美元。

The caricature of a dealmaker is someone who only wants to get the deal done, and cares not one fig for the consequences.

交易商总被讽刺为那种只想着成交，而完全不顾结果是否无终的人。

Mr Malone, who amassed a fortune by building and selling a cable-television empire, is more of a dealmaker than a technology visionary.

通过建设有线电视并将其出售而发家致富的Malone，与其说是个技术梦想家还不如说是个交易商。

Mr Semel, by contrast, was a Hollywood dealmaker who did not use e-mail before his arrival at Yahoo! in 2001.

相比之下，塞梅尔这位好莱坞交易家在2001年来到雅虎之前并不使用电子邮件。

"It would send a very clear message if there were public reprimands or naming and shaming, " said a Hong Kong dealmaker .

香港的一名交易撮合者表示：“如果进行了公开申斥或点名批评，那就会发出一个非常明确的信号。”

"Of course if the investors can wait then the markets might one day rebound and they will make some money, " one dealmaker says.

一位交易撮合者表示：“当然，如果投资者能够等待，那么当市场有朝一日反弹时，他们也会赚到一些钱。”

That transaction sealed Mr Fang’s reputation as the ultimate dealmaker .

这笔交易奠定了方风雷作为终极交易撮合者的名气。