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"I wish we could be private with Tesla." So said an exasperated and exhausted Elon Musk to Rolling Stone last November.
“我希望可以將特斯拉私有化?！比ツ?1月在對話《滾石》雜志時，憤怒又疲憊的埃隆·馬斯克說如是。
Tesla's rise has been remarkable.
特斯拉的成長一直引人注目。
In 15 years it has taken on established carmakers to become the world's leading manufacturer of electric cars.
在15年內，特斯拉從既定汽車制造商變成了世界電動車頂級制造商。
But the journey has been bumpy. Of late Mr. Musk says his company has been in "production hell" trying to increase output of the Model 3,
但其成長路程并非一帆風順。最近，馬斯克表示他的公司一直處于“生產地獄”中，他們在設法增加Model 3的產量，
a whizzy mass-market saloon. While on its quest to change the world,
Model 3 是一款出色的暢銷轎車。而其對于要改變世界的追求而言，
Tesla has frequently missed its production targets and has never made an annual profit.
特斯拉經常無法完成其生產目標，也從未有過年利潤。
Feeling the heat, Mr. Musk earlier this year lashed out at share analysts for "bonehead" questions,
感受到這種高壓后，馬斯克在今年年初對股票分析師進行猛烈抨擊
and has derided the army of short sellers targeting it.
并嘲笑了那些將此作為目標的買空型投資者。
Yet it still came as a shock when, on August 7th, Mr. Musk revealed his intention to take Tesla private in an extraordinary tweet.
但是8月7日，當馬斯克在推特上透露他想將特斯拉私有化的意圖后，大家還是感到很震驚。
He claimed that he had lined up enough money to buy out the firm at $420 per share, roughly a fifth above the share price at the time.
他聲稱他準備了足夠的資金能夠以每股420美元的價格買下公司全部產權，初略估計當時該價格超過其股價的五分之一。
The chaos surrounding the tweet led to a brief suspension of trading of its shares on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
圍繞其推文而生出的混亂導致該公司股票在納斯達克股票交易所短暫停牌。
Then Tesla released a memo confirming Mr. Musk's plan. He added details in subsequent tweets suggesting this was more than a lark.
然后特斯拉發布備忘錄證實了馬斯克的計劃。他在后來的推文中透露了一些細節，這表明該計劃并非玩鬧。
By the end of the day the firm's shares were up sharply, dealing a costly blow to the shorts.
到那一天結束之前，公司股價飆升，這給那些買空型投資者予以高代價的一擊。
Mr. Musk's wish to depart from the public market is understandable, though of late he seems to have made some peace with its constraints.
馬斯克脫離公開市場的意愿也是可以理解的，雖然他最近似乎和公開市場中的一些限制達成了和解。
At a quarterly-earnings call on August1st he said output of the Model 3 was rising and forecast profits soon.
8月1日，在一場季度財報電話會議上，他表示Model 3的產量在增長，預測很快就能盈利。
He even apologised to analysts. But private backers with deep pockets would let him expand at his own pace.
他甚至還向分析師道歉。但是財力雄厚的私人贊助商將會讓馬斯克按照自己的計劃進行擴張。
Can he achieve the unlikely yet again? One potential snag might be his cavalier use of tweets to drop his latest bombshell.
他能再一次實現這個似乎不可能的目標么？一個潛在的障礙或許是他在推特上公布了使人大為震驚的消息。
American regulators have ruled that firms are permitted to disclose financial information using social media,
美國監管者規定允許公司利用社交媒體披露財務信息，
but they must not mislead investors.They will be watching to see if his claim of having "funding secured" is borne out.
但不得誤導投資者。他們將觀望他獲得“資金擔?！钡难哉撌欠駥賹?。
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