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[00:00.300]The Japanese electronics maker Sony says it's to cut about 5% of its global workforce
日本电子产品制造商索尼宣称将在全球范围内裁员，比例占总人数的5%。 [00:05.520]and shut down 10% of its production facilities.
并关停10%的生产设备 [00:08.680]The move comes as new figures show Japan's recession
这个举动可以看出日本经济的衰退 [00:11.440]is deepening far more quickly than forecast.
远比预估程度更深，来得更快。 [00:14.380]The figures suggest that Japan's economy, the 2nd largest in the world,
数据表明作为世界第二大经济体的日本 [00:18.270]shrank by 1.8% this year.
今年经济收缩了1.8% [00:21.510]From Tokyo, here's Duncan Bartlett.
这里是 Duncan Bartlett.记者在东京为您报道 [00:24.020]Sony says that 8,000 job cuts are necessary
索尼宣称公司削减8000个岗位是有必要的 [00:27.000]in order to save company around 1 billion dollars per year.
这样就可以每年为公司省出大约10亿美金 [00:30.780]It's already warned its profits will be less than half of those a year ago,
之前早有发出警告，公司利润只能达到前年同期的一半 [00:34.400]despite heavy promotion of its flat-screen TVs
尽管平面电视 [00:37.480]and PlayStation 3, computer games machine.
PS3和电脑游戏机的销量有了 大幅上升 [00:40.620]Many other large companies have also seen their profits
许多其他大公司也看到了公司利润 [00:43.610]decimated by a slump in sales and a rise in the value of the yen.
因为产品销量大幅下跌和日元升值而大大缩减 [00:48.370]Small businesses are faring even worse with bankruptcy levels on a rise.
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