VOA常速英语2015--从马林钢丝公司看美国制造业的发展（在线收听）

从马林钢丝公司看美国制造业的发展

When Drew Greenblatt bought Marlin Steel Wire Products in 1998, the workers were paid minimum wage and bent steel by hand to form wire baskets to hold bread.

1998年德鲁·格林布拉特买下马林钢丝产品公司时，工人们当时拿的还是最低薪，而且是用一双肉手把铁丝编成装面包的篮子。

Fast forward 17 years,and Marlin Steel's nearly 30 workers now use American steel and million-dollar robotic machinery to manufacture products exported overseas while being paid a competitive wage with full benefits and performance incentives.

时光荏苒，17年之后，现如今马林钢丝公司近30名员工使用的是美国钢丝及价值百万美元的机器人生产出口到海外的产品，而且拿到的是具有竞争力的薪资，还享受全部的福利和奖励机制。

“That's how we differentiate from China. It's not by having lower-paid employees. It's by having the best innovations, the smartest ideas and then having the talent to create those ideas.”

“这是我们与大洋对面国家截然不同的地方。我们靠的不是低薪雇员。而是通过最好的创新、最聪明的想法及雇佣拥有这些想法的人才。”

This idea was echoed by President Obama on January 9 when he and Vice President Joe Biden toured a polymer factory in Tennessee.

而1月9日奥巴马总统与副总统拜登参观田纳西州一家工厂时也提出了同样的看法。

The president highlighted the gains in manufacturing with 786,000 jobs added in the last 58 months and announced a new hub that would bring the government, companies, and colleges together to create more high-tech manufacturing opportunities.

总统特别强调了制造业过去将近58个月里增加的786000份工作的成就。他还宣布成立一个创新中心让政府、公司和大学一起携手创造更多的高科技制造业机会。

“We've got the most dynamic economy in the world, and we've got the best business people in the world and the best universities in the world. Let's put them all together and make sure they're working to create more good jobs and more opportunity for the American people.”

“我们拥有世界上最具活力的经济，最顶尖的商业人才以及全世界最好的大学。让我们帮助他们齐心协力为美国人民创造更多的好工作和就业机会。”

Back at Marlin Steel in Baltimore, the innovation is driven by a team of mechanical engineers who design sheet metal fabrications for companies like German engineering company Bosch and Japanese car maker Toyota.

让我们再次把视线拉回到巴尔的摩的马林钢丝公司，创新的核心动力是一个机械工程师团队。他们为德国博世和日本丰田汽车这样的公司设计金属钣金。

Workers, like Iraq War veteran Brent Fox, make the ideas a reality.

比如参加过伊拉克战争的退伍军人布伦特·福克斯这样的工人就把这样的想法变成现实。

Fox has moved from line worker to team leader after learning new skills on the job and said he marvels at how the small wire-product company is able to compete against its foreign counterparts.

在工作岗位上学到新技能后福克斯从一线工人成为小组负责人。他表示自己自豪的是这家小不点的钢铁产品公司能够与外国公司竞争。

“Working and living in a global economy, it's pretty impressive that places like this still exist in America, when it's so much easier to just go buy it overseas and have it shipped.”

“活在全球经济当中并且从事相关工作，这样一家公司仍然在美国存在，而且进口这样的产品非常便捷，实在令人印象深刻。”

As for Greenblatt, he said that with more trade deals, a better tax structure and greater protections for intellectual property, American companies like his can contribute to growing the U.S. middle class and helping the economy surge.

格林布拉特表示随着更多贸易协议的签署、更完善的税务结构以及更好的知识产权保护，像他这样的美国公司可以帮助美国中产阶级成长并促进经济繁荣发展。

“Mark my words, the American manufacturing renaissance is here and it's about to really blossom.”

“记住我说的，美国制造业已经迎来了复兴，而且即将繁荣。”

Greenblatt said Marlin Steel is already adding more factory space to bring in more technology and hire more engineers.

格林布拉特表示为了引进更多技术并雇佣更多工程师他的公司已经扩大了厂房面积。