VOA慢速英語：谷歌激勵全世界企業(yè)

In the late 1990s, Google was just a start-up company operating out of a garage in Palo Alto, California. Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin started the company while studying at Stanford University.

二十世紀(jì)90年代晚期，谷歌只是加利福尼亞州Palo Alto的車庫里剛剛起步的公司。同為公司創(chuàng)始人的拉里·帕琪和Sergey Brin當(dāng)時還在斯坦福大學(xué)上學(xué)。

Google’s founders and its employees, then, understand some of the challenges that entrepreneurs around the world may face.

谷歌創(chuàng)始人和其員工很明白他們會面對一些挑戰(zhàn)，這些挑戰(zhàn)是全世界所有企業(yè)家都會面對的。

An entrepreneur is a person who starts a business. They must be willing to risk financial loss in order to make money.

企業(yè)家是公司創(chuàng)始人。他們需要冒著財政危機的危險創(chuàng)造利潤。

Mary Grove is the director of a program called Google for Entrepreneurs.

瑪麗·格魯夫是谷歌——企業(yè)之家項目的負(fù)責(zé)人。

She said, “It’s never been easier, in some ways, to start a company and your audience has never had the potential to be more global.”

她說，從某個方面來說，開創(chuàng)公司一直都很難，你不可能就有全球的消費者的潛力。

Grove said Google wants to help new start-up businesses grow and be successful.

格魯夫說，谷歌幫助新公司成長、取得成功。

Google for Entrepreneurs has opened campuses around the world, in cities like London, Madrid, Sao Paulo, Warsaw, Tel Aviv and Seoul.

谷歌——企業(yè)之家已打開了世界多個城市的大學(xué)市場，比如倫敦、馬德里、圣保羅、華沙、特拉維夫市和首爾。

Entrepreneurs in each city can use Google’s buildings without paying. Google provides them with workspaces and meeting spaces. Entrepreneurs can work with each other and learn from people who are more experienced in business.

每個城市的企業(yè)家可以免費試用谷歌的大廈。谷歌為他們提供工作空間和開會空間。企業(yè)家之間可以互相學(xué)習(xí)，也可以向在商業(yè)有經(jīng)驗的人學(xué)習(xí)。

Yeram Kwon is the head of a company in South Korea. Her business is called I.M. Lab. It makes a product that helps people learn to perform the lifesaving technique called CPR.

Yeram Kwon是韓國一家公司名為I.M. Lab領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。該公司生產(chǎn)的產(chǎn)品幫助人們養(yǎng)成一種叫CPR的養(yǎng)生之道。

She said she has learned how to solve some of her business’s problems by attending Google events in Seoul.

她說參加首爾谷歌會議能夠幫助她解決一些公司經(jīng)營問題。

Hilla Brenner is an experienced entrepreneur in Tel Aviv, Israel. She started two companies. She also invests in other companies and mentors people trying to start businesses.

Hilla Brenner是以色列特拉維夫市經(jīng)驗豐富的企業(yè)家。她開創(chuàng)了兩所公司，并在其他公司還有投資，指導(dǎo)別人如何開公司。

She was nine months pregnant when one of her businesses received a $5 million investment. When her baby was born, she took time off from work, but still wanted to be involved in business. Brenner told Google there should be a program for new mothers who want to learn about business while on maternity leave.

她懷孕九個月事，名下的其中一家公司收到了五百萬的投資。孩子出生后，她就離了工作，但是仍想?yún)⑴c公司工作。Hilla Brenner向谷歌講到，希望谷歌能夠為準(zhǔn)媽媽們開辦一些項目，使她們在產(chǎn)假期間也能工作。

So Google created Campus for Moms, a nine-week program for new mothers who are interested in starting their own businesses. Campus for Moms started in Tel Aviv. It is now available at other locations around the world. New parents can bring their children with them to the meetings.

因此，谷歌開辦了“媽媽校園”，是一個為期九個月的項目，為那些對開辦公司感興趣的準(zhǔn)媽媽們開辦的。“媽媽校園”在特拉維夫市舉辦。目前在世界其他城市也有開辦。新父母們可以帶著他們的寶寶參加會議。

Outside of its own buildings in these cities, Google provides financial support and resources for partner organizations around the world.

除了向這些城市提供空間，谷歌還向世界的合作伙伴提供財政和資源支持。

Building partnerships is a way for Google to spread the idea of entrepreneurialism around the world. Google can use its network to help find people who want to invest in start-up businesses.

建立伙伴關(guān)系是谷歌向世界宣傳企業(yè)精神的一種方式。谷歌能夠利用自身網(wǎng)絡(luò)在全世界找到想要投資辦公司的人們。

Those people need to be ready to take risks. That is something Kwon said makes some Koreans uncomfortable.

這些人做好了投資冒險的準(zhǔn)備。這就是Kwon所說的，另一些韓國人感到擔(dān)心的一點。

“Most Korean people think that it is much safer to work for big companies like Samsung and LG,” she said.

她說，絕大多數(shù)韓國人覺得在一些像三星和LG這樣的大公司工作更安全一些。

But, Kwon said the Korean government and technology companies are now supporting people willing to take business risks.

但是，Kwon說，韓國政府和技術(shù)公司支持那些能夠冒險開公司的人們。

Google for Entrepreneurs says it has connected with over 300,000 entrepreneurs in 140 countries. Together, they have raised $1.8 billion and helped create more than 20,000 jobs.

谷歌——企業(yè)之家表示，他們與140個國家的超過三百萬的企業(yè)有合作歡喜。這些企業(yè)利潤漲幅一共為18億，幫助創(chuàng)造二十多萬個就業(yè)機會。