Sony Corporation is one of Japan’s biggest multinational conglomerates. It is renowned worldwide for high-tech innovation and quality electronics products, many of which are household names. It was founded by Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka in 1946. They popularized tiny transistor radios and gained a solid market share in Europe and the U.S. The Sony name was created by combining "sonus," (Latin for "SONIC," meaning sound), with "sonny," - a youthful boy. It was chosen for its simple pronunciation that is the same in any language. Today, Sony is a market leader in batteries, computer game consoles, cameras, music and movies and financial services. The Sony Walkman and PlayStation are among their pioneering products. The company’s turnover is close to $100 billion a year.
索尼公司是日本最大的跨國集團之一。該公司因高新技術(shù)創(chuàng)新和家喻戶曉的電子產(chǎn)品而知名。1946年，盛田昭夫和井深大共同創(chuàng)立了索尼。他們宣傳了自己的小型晶體管收音機，并在歐洲和美國獲得了穩(wěn)固的市場份額。索尼一詞是“sonus”(“SONIC”的拉丁意思為聲音)和“sonny”的組合(小寶寶一詞)。選擇該詞的原因是它的發(fā)音在任何語言中都是相同的。如今，索尼是電池、手柄游戲、照相機、音樂、電影以及金融服務(wù)產(chǎn)業(yè)的主導(dǎo)企業(yè)。索尼隨身聽和索尼游戲機是主導(dǎo)產(chǎn)品。公司每年的營業(yè)額將近1000億美金。
Siemens is the largest engineering conglomerate in Europe. It is headquartered in Munich, Germany. It has three main areas of business. Its industry sector helps industry and infrastructure customers to increase their economic and environmental competitiveness; its energy sector offers products and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy; and its healthcare sector offers products and solutions from prevention and early detection to diagnosis to treatment and aftercare. Siemens was founded by Werner von Siemens in 1847. His company revolutionized the sending of telegraphs and was responsible for the world’s first electric street lighting. Today, the company employs nearly half-a-million people in over 190 countries. It brings in operating revenues of $100 billion.
西門子是歐洲最大的電氣工程集團。其總部在德國慕尼黑。該公司有三大商業(yè)領(lǐng)域。其工業(yè)部門幫助工業(yè)和基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施顧客增加他們在經(jīng)濟和環(huán)境上的競爭力;其能源部門為電力的傳輸和分配提供產(chǎn)品和解決方案;保障部門能夠較早發(fā)現(xiàn)問題，并作出解決辦法。1847年，維爾納·馮·西門子創(chuàng)建了西門子。他的公司對電報的發(fā)送進行了改革，并創(chuàng)建了全球第一條電報線。如今，該公司在全球擁有將近50萬名員工，遍及190多個國家。營業(yè)收入為1000億美金。