While Goldman will give shareholders a say on pay, the bank would not be required to bow to its investors wishes.

当高盛就报酬问题要给股东们一个说法时，这个银行将不会再参考投资者的意愿。

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Shareholders of American firms have also been given a "say on pay" vote (albeit only an advisory one) on the remuneration of top executives.

美国公司的股东们也被赋予一张“股东决定薪酬”票（尽管只是一张带咨询性质的票），可以决定高管薪水。

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And we’ll give shareholders more of a say on pay to help change the perverse incentives that encouraged reckless risk-taking in the first place.

我们还将赋予股东在（高管）薪酬上更多发言权，这将为第一时间改变怂恿高管做出不顾后果冒险的反常激励手段带来帮助。

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if your friend asked to borrow $100 from you, ... you would probably not say-- you might actually put interest on this person, so you could say, alright, I'll do it with 5% interest, pay me back in a year.

你的朋友向你借100美元，你可能不会说-,你可能会对他收取利息，因此你没准会说，好吧，我要收5%的利息，一年之后连本带利还我。

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So far 26 U.S. companies have seen their Say on Pay ballot items rejected by shareholders.

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We are advocates of Say on Pay and were advocates long before it became mandatory under Dodd-Frank.

FORBES: Bringing the Investor Perspective into the Boardroom: Five Minutes with Stephen Brown, Director of Corporate Governance and Associate General Counsel for TIAA-CREF

Yet, despite the difficulties say on pay will create, many companies will ultimately view it as beneficial.

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