||1: The member-owned LME, which started business 135 years ago in premises above a hat shop in the City of London, resolved last year to see what it might be worth to globalising rivals. As one of the world’s few remaining member-owned exchanges it is an inviting target, even at an estimated price of 1 billion Euro(1.6 billion dollar). ||2: Acquiring it would give all the likely suitors a bigger global footprint, important for any ambitious exchange group, and a ready-made business in non-ferrous metals, demand for which has rocketed on the back of China’s rise.

||1:采用会员制的LME在伦敦的一家帽子店开业以来，已经有了135年的历史，在去年引发全球竞争也是理所应当，作为世界上仅剩的几家会员制交易所之一，它自然是一块诱人的大蛋糕，其估价甚至达到了10亿英镑（约合16亿美元）。||2:得到它能够让买家向全球化迈出更大的步伐，这对任何一个有雄心的交易所都是至关重要的，而且，面对中国经济的腾飞，各大竞标机构就更想得到这个现成的有色金属贸易机构。

||1:In order to challenge foreign rivals, Asian firms are globalising , following the example of Samsung and Toyota.||2:Lenovo, a thriving Chinese computer firm, has Western-style governance and many foreign staff.||3:Huawei has overtaken Ericsson in telecoms equipment.||4:India’s Sun Pharma is now one of the world’s biggest generic-drugs firms.||5:Tencent, China’s Facebook, has hired the footballer Lionel Messi to advertise its services abroad.||6:Sprawling business houses are evolving into focused multinationals.||7:Tata Sons is now a superb IT firm and luxury-car maker tied to a ragbag of Indian assets.

||1:为了应对国外竞争对手，亚洲公司（例如三星和丰田）正在全球化。||2:作为一家繁荣兴旺的中国计算机企业，联想拥有西式的管理和众多外籍员工。||3:华为在电信设备方面也超越了爱立信公司。||4:印度的太阳药业现在已经跻身为全球最大的非注册商标类药品公司之一。||5:腾讯是中国版的facebook，聘任足球明星莱昂内尔·梅西为其服务进行海外宣传。||6:粗放式发展的商业模式已经进化成集中而专业的跨国企业。||7:塔塔之子公司这家优秀的IT公司和豪华汽车制造商，已经成为印度资产大杂烩中的一员。

Cost-conscious companies with globalising businesses wanted either to hire boutiques with deep knowledge of their industries, or to benefit from the scale of generalist firms with offices everywhere.

注重节约成本的全球化企业要么雇佣有着丰富行业知识的精品店，要么就从到处都有办公室的多面手公司的规模上受益。

Alas, in a fast-globalising world, it is already impossible for governments to interdict the flow of nuclear goods and expertise.

哎！在一个快速全球化的世界，政府已经不可能阻断核物资和核专家的流动。

The directors think that the supply of commodities will not rise to meet demand in a globalising world, and that price inflation is a given.

该公司董事认为，大宗商品供应增长无法满足日益全球化的世界的需求，大宗商品价格上涨已是一个既定事实。

"Asia has become the centre of gravity in a rapidly globalising world, " Mr Gates told the IISS meeting.

盖茨在亚洲安全大会上表示：“在这个迅速全球化的世界，亚洲已变成重心。”

The internet, the ultimate globalising force, has made the world’s collective knowledge more accessible than at any time in our history.

互联网——推动全球化的终极力量——已使得全球集体知识的可获得性超过了史上任何时候。

Indian business looks certain to continue globalising , partly by buying foreign companies.

看上去，通过购买外国公司，印度企业肯定会继续变得更加全球化。

Instead it was a realistic document that acknowledged the tension between a globalising capital market and national regulation.

相反的，这是一个实际可行的文件，它承认资本市场全球化和国家监管之间的紧张关系。