Patrick Thomas, chief executive of Hermès, argues that the company must remain independent to pursue its focus on craftsmanship and creativity.

爱马仕集团的首席执行官帕特里克·托马斯（Patrick Thomas）认为，必须保持公司的独立性，将追求精湛的工艺和产品创新力作为工作的重点。

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IBM's internal communications had broken down, too: the company had become a collection of national fiefs, each with its own way of doing business and independent management.

而IBM的内部沟通机制也坏了：公司已经变成国家割据的局面，每个开展业务的部门都有自己一套管理机制。

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The independent cabs roll drunks and dent the fenders of fleet cabs if they show up in Skid Row and then the fleet drivers have to make reports on their own time to the company.

假如哪辆黑车在旧城区出现，就算侵犯了出租车公司的地盘，那些司机就得占用自己的休息时间，去向公司汇报情况。

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The theory of insurance is that ideally an insurance company wants to insure independent events.

保险理论就是在理想状态下,保险公司为独立事件承保

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My future plan, my record company is going to be one of the biggest independent record companies

未来的计划是让我的公司变成最大的独立唱片公司之一，

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The external auditor is independent of the company being audited.

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Herbalife got a delayed start to trading Tuesday, after the company got caught up in alleged insider trading by the KPMG partner who led the independent auditing of the company.

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He also wants a new law to make the chairman of a mutual-fund board of directors independent of the managing company.

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