"At first we were skeptical a deal could happen, given their success and their history of independence," Altman said.

“起初我们怀疑可能发生的交易，因为他们的成功和其历史上的独立性，”奥特曼说。

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Given their success, it is easy to forget that some development economists were once prey to "export fatalism". Poor countries, they believed, had little to gain from venturing into the world market.

在这些国家的成功面前，人们很容易忘记一些研究发展经济学的经济学家曾担忧过的“出口宿命论”，他们相信贫穷的国家在国际市场的冒险带来的所得甚少。

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Given the high rate of project failures, you might think that companies would be happy to just have their project finish with some degree of success.

鉴于项目的高失败率，你也许会认为，即便在项目完成时仅取得某种程度的成功公司也会很高兴了。

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And given their success, we can certainly expect them to continue.

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Many countries should not have been borrowing much if anything, given their economic policies which discouraged success.

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