trouble with 为... 所

[freefall]

美国联邦财政部负责监督执行七千亿美元救市计划的官员尼尔·凯什卡利上任伊始即表示，政府已将很多金融机构纳入救市名单中。他说，救市计划针对的目标是那些运营良好的公司，该计划为接受救助所设的条件足以吸引这些银行参加。

How would you translate the red phrase? I mostly think of 为X所Y to mean be Y'd by X, but that doesn't make sense here...

[Jialihai Jiejie]

该计划为接受救助所设的条件足以吸引这些银行参加

Literally, it means

该(that)计划(plan)为(for)接受(accept)救助(aid/help)所设(purposely set/designed)的条件(conditions)足以(enough to)吸引(attract)这些(these)银行(banks)参加(participate)

Hence,

Because that plan was designed intentionally so that those banks would participate and accept the fund aids.

Jialihai Jiejie

[leeyah]

It's a bit complicated but I'd say it's:

该计划为接受救助所设的条件足以吸引这些银行参加

the plan aims at attracting financial aid from the banks by fulfilling conditions for the reception of these funds

because:

该计划为 this plan aims at

救助所设的条件 necessary conditions for (financial) aid

足以吸引这些银行参加 would suffice to attract the(se) banks' participation

EDIT: Anyway, 为。。。所。。。 is just another way to express passive in Chinese:

Y为本公司所提供的设备表达感谢之意 ...in appreciation of equipment provided by our firm for Y (client)

etc.

Edited October 21, 2008 at 04:01 PM by leeyah

[qq51186988]

该计划为接受救助所设的条件足以吸引这些银行参加。

条件 吸引 银行 参加。

该计划 设的条件 吸引 银行 参加。

该计划 为接受救助 设的条件 吸引 银行 参加。

该计划为接受救助所设的条件足以吸引这些银行参加。

This is how I understand the sentence.

[hidden12345]

该计划为接受救助所设的条件足以吸引这些银行参加。

The terms and conditions of this scheme are adequate enough to attract the participation of these banks into accepting the "aid"

"salvage" is more appropriate than "aid" for reasons not worth getting into here.