A local firm is to be preferred.

选一家当地的公司更好。

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The van was donated to us by a local firm.

这辆货车是当地一家公司捐赠给我们的。

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One is to become a limited partner for a local firm.

一种是成为一家当地公司的有限合伙人；

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When a local firm is acquired by a multinational, the quality of its management tends to rise.

ECONOMIST: Maybe management theory is not hocus pocus after all

Mr O'Konek is a rarity, one of just a few western managers running a local firm in Asia.

ECONOMIST: Tongue-twisters

Earlier this year an Egyptian blogger, Tamer Mabrouk, posted material indicating that a local firm had been dumping chemicals into Manzallah Lake and the Suez Canal.

ECONOMIST: The environment and people power