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[Xiaolong2727]

Hi to everyone.

I'm translating an essay by a famous journalist but I came across a sentence which results to me very difficult to understand.

 

[...]但是，由于只搞经改，不搞政改，所造就的不是市场经济，而是“权力市场经济”，即权力主导和控制下的市场经济，被权力扭曲了的市场经济，权力本身也作为商品进入了市场

 

Could someone help me with this translation? Thank you

[Luxi]

Looks like a well written article.

 

2 hours ago, Xiaolong2727 said:

造就

here, 造就 acts as a verb: 'bring about, contribute, achieve'  - by extension: achievement/s.

 

所造就的不是市场经济

roughly: what is/was achieved is/was not market economy

 

2 hours ago, Xiaolong2727 said:

权力本身也作为商品进入了市场

In this context, 权力:  authority. So, roughly: authority itself entered the Market.

 

I like this phrase: 被权力扭曲了的市场经济  I'd be tempted to translate as 'a market economy kneaded by authority'.

[陳德聰]

I think I might say moulded over kneaded, and don’t forget that it’s entering the market as a commodity.

[roddy]

Markets get distorted, rather than moulded or kneaded, no?

[陳德聰]

I’d also go with “power” over “authority.” But if OP didn’t parse 所造就的 as 所+verb+的, I’m very curious to see what the translation attempt looks like.

 

P.s. in my defence I’d just woken up at 6 in the morning.