To foster a cosmopolitan spirit, Rakuten is making English the working language of its top brass. Yet the factors that have made it a striking success may be purely Japanese.

尽管可能是地道的日本人令其取得了令人瞩目的成功，但为了培育大都会精神，乐天市场正将英语作为其高层的工作语言。

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Calamine or Japanese to participate in and lead, turn color to brass;

以炉甘石或倭铅参和，转色为黄铜；

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Inside are human skulls, life vests from Japanese whalers, the proud figurehead of a galleon, brass cannons, rigging and sea-worn chains.

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