洛杉矶硅滩成美国新创业中心

洛杉矶硅滩成美国新创业中心

The company VNTANA from the Spanish word for“window,”is one of many tech start-ups near Los Angeles.

公司VNTANA的名字在西班牙语中是“窗口”的意思，而它是洛杉矶附近的许多科技创业公司中的一家。

It is based in the seaside community of Santa Monica, and creates holograms, three-dimensional images for education, marketing¹, and entertainment.

总部位于圣莫尼卡海滨社区的这家公司为教育，市场营销及娱乐创造3维全息图像。

The system allows live remote appearances and virtual concerts.

这样的系统允许远程动态控制及虚拟协调。

It is interactive² and users can control the projected images with gestures.

而且它是交互式的，因此用户可以通过手势控制投影图象。

“It takes two people less than an hour to set up the screen and it can be shipped anywhere in the world."

“2个人不到一个小时就可以设置好屏幕，而且它可以运到世界上任何地方。”

Like many Silicon³ Beach companies, VNTANA takes advantage of its closeness to Hollywood.

像许多硅滩公司一样，VNTANA利用了自身临近好莱坞的优势。

“We have a focus on entertainment and on content. And that's something that the entertainment community really understands."

“我们专注于娱乐及内容。这才是娱乐界真正需要的。”

Silicon Valley is oriented more toward technology, while Silicon Beach focuses on entertainment.

硅谷以技术作为导向，而硅滩则专注娱乐路线。

But the sector⁴ is diverse.

但这个领域异彩纷呈。

A recent gathering⁵ of LA start-ups by the group Town Hall Los Angeles included Matthew Goldman,founder of Wallaby Financial, which advises consumers on which credit cards to use.

Town Hall投资研究公司最近将洛杉矶各大新创公司聚集一堂，其中也包括袋鼠金融的马修·戈德曼，他建议消费者基于他们购物的地方所提供的利率和收益来选择使用信用卡。

“The phone locates you and it communicates with our servers that make these recommendations and do the intelligence and send back the results to your phone, in virtually real time."

“手机会将你进行定位，然后发回我们的服务器。我们的服务器随后提供建议，做好信息处理并将结果发送回你的手机，全程几乎是实时的。”

The Los Angeles tech sector spreads from the city to the beach and the suburbs.

Analysts⁶ say its size is hard to measure, since technology permeates⁷ so many LA industries, but Silicon Beach is home to many hundreds of tech start-ups, and it's growing.

分析人士表示虽然规模难以估计，技术已渗透到洛杉矶的各个行业。但硅滩是数以百计高科技新创公司的家园，而且仍在不断扩大。

1 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

2 interactive   

adj.相互作用的，互相影响的，（电脑）交互的

参考例句：

• The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
• This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。

3 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

4 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

5 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

6 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

7 permeates   

弥漫( permeate的第三人称单数 )； 遍布； 渗入； 渗透

参考例句：

• Studies show that water vapor quickly permeates plastic packaging material. 研究证明水蒸汽能迅速渗入塑料封装材料。
• Democracy permeates the whole country. 民主主义（的思想）普及全国。