092《经济学家》读译参考之九十二：西行吧,中国人-中国与中亚地区贸易繁荣.docVIP

TEXT 92 China and Central Asia 中国与中亚 Go west, young Chinaman 去西部吧，年轻的中国佬（陈继龙 编译） Jan 4th 2007 | OSH From The Economist print edition Chinas economic explosion is rippling out to Central Asia 中国经济急剧增长的影响波及中亚 THE Karasu Bazaar, just 200 metres from Kyrgyzstans heavily patrolled frontier with Uzbekistan, is a bustling [1] warren[2] of trading stalls fashioned out of metal shipping containers stacked one on top of another. The wares on offer range from bicycles to television sets and cosmetics. 卡拉苏-巴扎尔是一个拥挤的集市，距离重兵巡逻的吉尔吉斯斯坦与乌孜别克斯坦边境仅200米远。那里人来人往，四处摆满了用金属集装箱堆积而成的货摊。售卖的物品有自行车，有电视机，还有化妆品。 （1）The haggling[3] is done as it has been for years—in a mixture of Russian along with Kirgiz, Uzbek, Tajik and other tongues. But these days a new language can be heard in the commercial babble[4]: Chinese. 讨价还价声经年不绝于耳，俄语、吉尔吉斯语、乌孜别克语、塔吉克语和其它语言此起彼伏。不过，近些日子你在那些嘈杂的叫卖声中能听到一种新的语言——汉语。 Although the Chinese border is 260km (163 miles) away by road, that has not been an obstacle to the Chinese traders who make up the newest and fastest-growing presence at this Central Asian trading post, outside Kyrgyzstans second city of Osh. （2）As elsewhere, Chinas growing commercial force is penetrating the remote lands beyond its western border. 中国边境距离这个位于吉尔吉斯斯坦第二大城市奥什的集市有260公里（163英里）的路程，但这并不妨碍中国商人不断涌入这个中亚贸易站。跟在别的地方一样，中国日益增强的商业力量正在渗透其西部边境外那些遥远的地方。 What do Kyrgyzstanis think of the new arrivals? Most shrug their shoulders. A trader at the Karasu market is non-committal, describing the influx as “tolerable”. Asked about the quality of Chinese goods streaming in through the Irkeshtam post on the Kyrgyzstani-Chinese border, Kosmonbek Jumabaev, a chief customs inspector, is equally bland[5]. “There is demand for them in our country so I suppose these goods must be okay,” he answers. 吉尔吉斯斯坦人是怎么看待这些初来乍到者的呢？大多数人都表示与己无关。卡拉苏集市的一位商人对此态度比较暧昧，只是说中国人的涌入是“可以容忍的”。海关首席稽查员克斯蒙别科?尤马巴耶夫在被问及往来于吉中边境上伊尔克斯塔姆贸易站的中国货质量问题时，也一样表现得泰然自若。“我国有人需要这些中国货，所以我想质量一定还不错。”他回答说。 In Karasu the Chinese traders are also ambivalent. （3）They are quick