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Much came from western Europe.
大部分利潤來自歐洲西部。
It counts as a rare bright light for corporate Turkey.
這對于土耳其公司來說是一次極為珍貴的機會。
Its Beko brand of kitchen and other appliances is among the most popular in Britain as shoppers switched to lowish-priced goods after the financial crisis.
金融危機之后，消費者都傾向購買價格低廉的物品，土耳其公司旗下銷售廚房用具的BEKO品牌以及別的各種電氣用具因此廣受消費者的歡迎并且立即成為了英國最熱門的品牌。
The firm aims to be among the top three in every European market as it expands in the face of bigger rivals, notably Electrolux of Sweden and Germany's BSH.
該公司的目標是躋身于歐洲市場的前三名，并且繼續擴展增強自身競爭力，力爭與瑞典的伊萊克斯和德國的BSH旗鼓相當。
Size is important.
規模是非常重要的。
Industry consolidation leaves smallish firms at risk of being swallowed, though Arcelik looks secure because it is mostly owned by Koc Holding, one of two hefty, family-run conglomerates in Turkey.
工業合并的潮流給了許多小型企業被吞并的風險。盡管像阿奇力克這樣的公司仍然在行業兼并浪潮中屹立不倒，那是因為公司背后有KOC集團（一個位于土耳其龐大的家族企業）撐腰。
What is more, firms' success depends on their devoting resources to research, such as for finding uses once appliances are digitally connected via the “internet of things”.
更為重要的是，企業的成功依賴于其投入的研究資源，比如一旦通過“物聯網”設備進行數字化連接，就能物盡其用。
Arcelik brags of securing lots of patents.
阿奇力克公司吹噓其已經獲得了大量專利。
It touts an oven that chills food by day before cooking it in the evening.
諸如一項專利是一款特制烤箱，將冷藏的食物在食用的前一天晚上放入烤箱即可。
Another innovation is a fridge that tests gases released by food such as meat when it is going off.
另一個創新發明則是能通過冰箱內事物的氣體來判斷類似肉類的食物是否變質。
A bigger growth spurt, however, depends on the firm breaking into Asia's fast-growing markets.
然而，公司更大的增長速度取決于打入亞洲快速增長的市場。
That means competing with global giants, notably Haier Group of China.
這意味著與全球巨頭的競爭，尤其是中國的海爾集團。
Arcelik is trying.
阿奇立克正在努力。
It has a factory and sells in China.
它有一個工廠并在中國銷售。
Last year it bought a Pakistani producer of white goods for $243m, and opened a fridge factory in Thailand.
去年它花2.43億美元買了一個巴基斯坦的白色家電生產商，并在泰國開了一家冰箱生產廠。
Last month Mr Bulgurlu trumpeted a $100m joint venture with Tata, one of India's largest companies, to make and sell fridges under a local brand, Voltas. (It will import other goods from Turkey. )
上個月，保格魯先生鼓吹拿出1億美元與印度最大企業之一塔塔合資，用來生產和銷售本地品牌Voltas的冰箱。（它將從土耳其進口其他商品。）
He talks, optimistically, of annual sales in India reaching $1bn within a decade.
保格魯先生樂觀地談到，印度在十年內每年銷售額會達到10億美元。
Doing business in such spots can be tough, but with experience in Iraq and Syria, Arcelik clearly expects all to come out in the wash.
在這樣的地方做生意可能會很難，但通過在伊拉克和敘利亞的經驗，阿奇立克顯然希望一切所有水落石出。
譯文來源考研英語時事閱讀
