拿对冲基金专家约翰·保尔森为例，他因预测美国的房屋供给危机而赚了数十亿美元。
Take, for example, John Paulson, the hedge-fund guru who made billions of dollars predicting America's housing crisis.
我们如何理解国会否决保尔森的议案？
What are we to make of the Congressional rejection of the Paulson proposal?
很明显，布什和保尔森都不想这样做。
Both Bush and Paulson were visibly reluctant to be taking this step.
但是保尔森先生坚持他想要一个“干净”的方案。
保尔森提供了一个战略框架来处理这些挑战。
Mr Paulson has provided a strategic framework to manage the challenges.
不过，保尔森先生实际上远非一个真正的老古董。
But in fact Mr Paulson is very far from being a member of the old establishment.
“亨利·保尔森” —前美国财长 — “坐在这里”。
“Henry Paulson” — the former U.S. treasury secretary — “sat there.”
保尔森说，他预期市场会继续动荡，但是他有信心恢复稳定。
Paulson said he expects continued market volatility but he is confident that stability will be restored.
保尔森透露，信贷市场仍然冻结，需要采取更多行动。
Paulson conceded that credit markets are still clogged and that more action is required.
直到两天以前，保尔森仍然坚决反对采取正确的行动。
And until two days ago, Mr. Paulson remained resolutely opposed to doing the right thing.
他名叫罗伯特·保尔森，罗伯特保尔森永远四十八岁。
His name is Robert Paulson, and Robert Paulson will be forty-eight years old, forever.
有人说保尔森应该更努力些，在雷曼危机前便获得资金。
Some say Mr Paulson should have tried harder to acquire the funds before the Lehman crisis.
保尔森先生还计划把自己更多的财富投入到环保事业中。
Mr Paulson plans to leave much of his fortune to environmental causes.
保尔森计划的简洁（只有两页半纸）和大胆令人惊讶不已。
Mr Paulson’s plan is stunning in its brevity (two-and-a-half pages) and audacity.
显然，并没有这样的方案：保尔森方案分明是在一片仓促混乱中草拟的。
Obviously, there weren't: the Paulson plan was clearly drawn up in haste and confusion.
他将要求一些条件，比如承诺贷款额，这是保尔森不愿提供的。
He will press for conditions, such as lending commitments, which Mr Paulson shied away from.
不可否认保尔森先生起初的反应是被其整个思想体系所扭曲的。
It's hard to avoid the sense that Mr. Paulson's initial response was distorted by ideology.
其中一个担心便是保尔森的问题资产救援计划会在国会山受阻。
One fear is that Mr Paulson’s troubled asset relief programme (TARP) will be blocked on Capitol Hill.
在伦敦的演讲中，保尔森强调金融市场仍必须适应变化的气候。
In his speech in London, Mr. Paulson emphasized that the financial markets have yet to adapt to the changing climate.
保尔森插手干预仍是明智之举：二房的倒闭将会酿成一场灾难。
Mr Paulson was still right to intervene: the collapse of Fannie and Freddie would have been a catastrophe.
在那个周六，保尔森的第一个问题是华尔街不愿意提供资金援助。
Paulson's first problem that Saturday was the reluctance of Wall Street to finance a lifeboat.
财长保尔森在一份简短的声明中承诺，将与奥巴马班子紧密合作。
Henry Paulson, the Treasury secretary, in a brief statement, promised to work closely with Obama's team.
保尔森还称赞中国手机用户水平很高，完全可以到美国媒体工作。
Paulson also praised China's mobile news subscribers for good questions and said they could work for the US media.
这样看来，保尔森所提计划的根本问题在于它既非必要也没有效率。
The fundamental problem with the Paulson scheme, as proposed, is then that it is neither a necessary nor an efficient solution.
如果这样，算盘贬值，保尔森就获利，如果算盘升值，其他客户获利。
Paulson stood to profit if Abacus' value declined, while the other clients profited if Abacus' value rose.
然而，仅仅因为保尔森近几个月不顺利，并不意味着中国就在正轨上。
Yet just because Mr Paulson has stumbled badly in recent months does not mean that China is on the right track.
这样，保尔森无法符合这特质。但他至少还是在压力下处理复杂危机的优秀典型。
Thus, Paulson was just the man to miss the point, but equally just the man-or at least a typically good one-to deal with a complicated crisis under stress.
“如果有人认为汉克·保尔森能够促使美联储救助雷曼，答案是‘不可能’，”他说。
"If someone thinks Hank Paulson could have made the Fed save Lehman Brothers, the answer is, 'No way,'" he said.
“如果有人认为汉克·保尔森能够促使美联储救助雷曼，答案是‘不可能’，”他说。
"If someone thinks Hank Paulson could have made the Fed save Lehman Brothers, the answer is, 'No way,'" he said.
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