National finances in the U. S. and Europe were a mess - and their populations growing more and more restive.

美国和欧洲的国家财政正处于混乱——人口增长越来越停滞不前。

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The U. S. has the leash on Japan so I advice China not to mess with our dog.

在中国有句谚语“打狗也要看主人。” 美国已经拴了皮带在日本，所以我建议中国不要惹我们的狗。

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Many people say it"s important to not make waves at work. That"s how we get into a mess!

很多人说，工作不惹事很重要。这就是我们陷入困境的原因！

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This puts the British Government in an embarrassing situation of owning a failing mortgage lender, so they've got to now be the government collecting on all these mortgages; it's a mess.

承认其银行抵押贷款出现严重问题,着实令英国政府颜面扫地,所以现在不得不由政府出面,收购所有这些抵押贷款,真是一团乱

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But normally, when it's not a mess, it's a...

但是，正常的话，那里还不是这样的时候，它是一个……

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It's in a terrible mess.

当时真的很糟糕

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Or, put another way, the question of how Asia's mess should have been dealt with.

ECONOMIST: The perils of global capital

None of the banks foresaw today's mess, even though their survival was at stake.

ECONOMIST: Financial regulation

For much of the rich world, however, the most important consequences of Europe's mess will be fiscal.

ECONOMIST: World economy