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If the forecasts materialize—and the OECD's growth estimates for Japan exceed most private forecasts—they will restore some balance to the world economy and relieve fears of a global recession.
如果這些預測成為現實——經濟合作與發展組織對日本經濟增長的預測比大多數民間預測樂觀一些——這將會給世界經濟發展注入平衡，緩解人們對全球經濟衰退產生的恐懼心理。
Asia and Latin America can continue to recover without relying solely on exports to the United States. But until that happens, no one can be certain that Asia's financial crisis has truly ended. It remains possible that abrupt surges of global capital, first moving into Asia and then out, will have caused, with some delay, a larger instability.
亞洲和拉丁美洲的經濟可以不用完全依賴對美國的出口而持續恢復。但在它們的經濟復蘇之前，沒有人能確定亞洲金融危機是否真的結束了。仍有可能出現全球資本的急劇流動，首先涌入亞洲，隨后又涌出，這將會在一段時間之后造成更大規模的不穩定局面。
Globalization's other problem is political, cultural and social. People feel threatened by any kind of economic change—and change from abroad naturally seems especially alien and menacing.
全球化所引發的另一個問題涉及政治、文化與社會方面。人們感到任何經濟變革都會給他們帶來威脅——而來自其他國家的變革自然而然看起來不僅令人感到特別陌生，而且具有威脅性。
The street protesters at the Seattle meeting of the World Trade Organization in early December may have lacked a common agenda or even a coherent case against trade. But they accurately reflected the anxiety and anger that globalization often inspires. So do European fears of genetically modified food or nationalistic opposition to cross-border mergers.
12月初在西雅圖舉行的世貿組織會議期間，街頭抗議者們可能沒有反對貿易的共同計劃，甚至沒有統一的理由，但是他們準確地反映出了全球化經常會引發的焦慮與憤怒情緒。歐洲人對轉基因食品的恐懼以及出于民族主義而對跨國兼并的反對也是這種情緒的反應。
What is local and familiar is suddenly being replaced or, assaulted by something that is foreign and unfamiliar. And even if trade helps most people, it will usually create some losers. In the United States, workers in some high-cost industries-steel and autos, most conspicuously—suffered from intensified import competition.
當地常見的事物突然間被外來的陌生事物所取代，甚至遭到侵犯。盡管這種貿易會對多數人有幫助，但也會使一些人蒙受損失。在美國，從事某些高成本行業的工人——最為顯著的是鋼鐵業和汽車業——在激烈的進口競爭中蒙受損失。
