Obama's call on Wall Street yesterday to support "the most ambitious overhaul of the financial system since the Great Depression" is welcome – but the devil, as ever, will be in the detail.

奥巴马昨天呼吁华尔街支持“自大萧条以来最雄心勃勃的金融系统改造”，这一呼吁受到了欢迎—但是与往常一样“魔鬼”存在于细节。

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Even as talk mounted of the rich world suffering its worst financial collapse since the Depression, emerging economies seemed a long way from the centre of the storm.

尽管关于自大萧条以来遭到最严重的金融崩溃的发达国家的讨论与日俱增，但新兴国家似乎离风暴中心还有一段长的距离。

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So far, it seems remarkably gentle, given that many think America is suffering its worst financial shock since the Great Depression.

鉴于很多人认为美国正遭受大萧条以来最严重的金融震荡，到目前为止，衰退看起来症状很轻。

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Together,the changes represent the biggest rewrite of financial rules since the Great Depression.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

"So today,my administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of the financial regulatory system, a transformation on a scale not seen since the reforms that followed the Great Depression."

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Democrats are moving forward with what they call "the most sweeping financial reforms since the Great Depression."

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There are tales of financial mismanagement, depression and breakdowns.

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The requirement for senior executives to put their own signature to company accounts themselves is just one aspect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which was rushed through Congress in response to the string of scandals and which is one of the most far-reaching pieces of financial legislation since Depression-era laws established the SEC almost 70 years ago.

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If confirmed, she will have the job of enforcing complicated regulations written in response to the worst financial crisis since the Depression.

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