The country's firms tend to remain small or medium-sized—smaller than the German Mittelstand of export-orientated businesses.

英国企业往往保持中小型规模，但小于德国中小型出口企业。

The Mittelstand firm makes parts for wind turbines in Tianjin, a coastal city around 130km south-east of Beijing.

Mittelstand 公司在距北京东南约 130 公里的沿海城市天津生产风力涡轮机零件。

Germany's much-lauded Mittelstand companies have succeeded through foresight and by specialising in the unglamorous business of making parts for complex final products.

德国备受称赞的中小型企业有先见之明，他们通过专门为复杂的最终产品制造零部件的单调生意而获得成功。

What India lacks is a Mittelstand of midsized, labour-hungry firms. Even during the boom years, it created many more jobs in construction than in manufacturing.

印度缺乏的正是劳动力密集型的中型企业。即使在经济高速增长的年份，建筑业的岗位仍然多于制造业。

The country is Germany's biggest trade partner and an important destination for foreign investments in several industries that are the backbone of the Mittelstand.

该国是德国最大的贸易伙伴，也是中小型企业支柱产业的重要外国投资目的地。

Just as Germany has its mighty Mittelstand, the backbone of its economy, so China has a multitude of vigorous, (very) private entrepreneurs: a fast-growing thicket of bamboo capitalism.

正像德国有很活跃的中小企业，作为他经济的脊梁，同样的罪过也有他多元的力量，（很多）私人企业家：快速增加的一群竹节资本主义。

Even during last year's energy crisis, Germany's much-lauded Mittelstand—smallish firms that are often world leaders in their niche—cited a paucity of suitable workers as their most pressing concern.

即使在去年的能源危机期间，德国备受赞誉的中小型企业（通常是各自领域的世界领先企业）也将缺乏合适的工人视为最紧迫的问题。

This has allowed titans like basf to churn out basic chemicals, such as acetylene and ammonia, which in turn fuelled the Mittelstand's manufacturing powerhouses; industry still makes up 27% of gdp, compared with about 17% in Britain and France.

这使得像巴斯夫这样的巨头能够大量生产乙炔和氨等基础化学品，这反过来又为中型企业的制造强国提供了动力； 工业仍占国内生产总值的 27%， 而英国和法国的这一比例约为 17%。