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A Mexican start-up
一個墨西哥式的開始
Border buzz
邊境上的嗡嗡聲
A small dronemaker is a fine example of cross-border co-operation
一個小小的遙控飛行器是跨境合作的一個典型范例。
FEW companies embody the spirit of Mexican-American co-operation as much as 3DRobotics, founded by a Mexican, Jordi Muoz, and an American, Chris Anderson.
很少有公司像3D機器人公司，由一個墨西哥人和一個美國人建立，一樣象征了美國墨西哥裔合作精神。
The factory in Tijuana where they make their small drones is so close to the border that they could, if they were allowed, fly across to San Diego.
在蒂華納的工廠，那里他們制作他們小小的遙控飛行器，距離邊境非常近以至于它們，如果允許的話，可以飛越邊境去圣地亞哥。
That is where the firm's boffins engineer them.
那是他們公司的工程師。
Mr Muoz, born a few hours south of Tijuana, grew up dreaming of building robotic flying machines, but only managed to do so after moving to California.
Mr Muoz,出生在離蒂華納南部開車要幾個小時的地方，從小夢想著制造一個遙控飛行器，但僅僅在他搬到了加利福尼亞后才實現這個夢想。
He says he could not have succeeded without the United States' technological prowess and entrepreneurial culture.
他說道如果沒有美國的技術實力和創業文化他是不能夠成功的。
Yet chicanadas—the knack Mexicans reckon they have for using whatever is at hand to solve a problem—were also crucial.
但是墨西哥人自己的思維方法—墨西哥人認為他們擁有的利用任何手邊的條件來解決問題的做事竅門——也很關鍵。
He began to make progress in 2006, when the imminent launch of Apple's iPhone triggered a plunge in the cost of the motion sensors he needed to build his dream.
他在2006年開始有進展，當時蘋果的iphone即將發行引起了對他需要的構建夢想的動作傳感器的經費投入。
He found that in America he got plenty of encouragement.
他發現在美國他得到了許多的鼓勵。
Unlike Mexico, it has a culture that lets you believe you can be the best in the world, he says.
不像在墨西哥，它有一個讓你相信你能夠成為世界上最優秀的人的文化，他說道。
It is easy to buy supplies on eBay—and, again in contrast to Mexico, the postal system delivers them quickly and reliably.
在eBay上很容易買到供應的材料，并且，與墨西哥相反的是，郵政系統交付貨物迅速可靠。
Mexican bureaucracy makes it hard to get started: even a tiny garage start-up requires an industrial permit.
墨西哥的官僚主義讓它很難起步：即使是一個小小的車庫的運營也需要工業許可。
Mr Muoz says most Americans don't trust Mexicans very much;
Mr Muoz說大部分美國人并不非常相信墨西哥人；
but he credits Mr Anderson's untypical background for helping him to see beyond the racial stereotype and write a 500 cheque for Mr Muoz the first time he met him: The best 500 he's ever spent.
但是他相信安德森的非典型背景，幫助他打破種族思維定勢；并且在安德森第一次見他的時候就開了一張500美元的支票給他：他曾經花過的最值的500美元。
As for chicanadas, he says his first plastics were moulded in a toaster.
至于墨西哥人的訣竅，他說他的第一次作品模型是在面包機理做出來的。
Before the firm had its own premises, Mr Muoz got some friends to assemble the drones in their kitchen.
在這家公司得到自己許可證之前，Mr Muoz和他的朋友聚集在他們的廚房裝配無人機。
From such humble beginnings, 3DRobotics hopes its pilotless craft will be used for anything from monitoring crops to lifeguard duties on beaches.
從如此低的起點開始，3D機器人公司希望它的無人機技術被用來監視任何東西，從沙灘上的人群到救生員職責。
It's neither a San Diego firm nor a Tijuana firm, says Mr Muoz. It will always be both.
它既不是一個圣地亞哥公司也不是一個蒂華納公司，Mr Muoz。它總是兩者兼有。
