" They were not diamond studded, " notes Mr de Ruyter.

“它们没有镶嵌钻石，”de Ruyter 先生指出。

Mr de Ruyter has made some progress, starting with bringing a degree of stability.

de Ruyter先生已经取得了一些进展，首先是带来了一定程度的稳定性。

More strategically, Mr de Ruyter argues that Eskom must be restructured.

更具战略意义的是，de Ruyter 先生认为 Eskom 必须进行重组。

Although Mr Zuma's successor, Cyril Ramaphosa, sometimes says he supports Mr de Ruyter's reforms, his government has thwarted them.

尽管祖马先生的继任者西里尔拉马福萨有时表示他支持德鲁伊特先生的改革，但他的政府却阻挠了这些改革。

Having taken the helm in early 2020 after a stint as boss of a packaging firm, Mr de Ruyter wants to transform Eskom from a Soviet-style monolith to a 21st-century company.

在担任包装公司老板一段时间后，de Ruyter 先生于 2020 年初掌舵，他希望将 Eskom 从苏联式的庞然大物转变为一家 21 世纪的公司。

Mr de Ruyter points out that South Africa's miners and manufacturers fear that large import markets may start to charge levies on South African products because they are so carbon-intensive.

de Ruyter 先生指出，南非的矿工和制造商担心大型进口市场可能会开始对南非产品征税，因为它们的碳密集度很高。

Rather than generate, transmit and distribute electricity in an anachronistic, " vertically-integrated" way, Mr de Ruyter wants the company broken up and subjected to market forces, becoming a platform for private-sector generation and distribution.

与其以不合时宜的“垂直整合”方式发电、输电和配电，de Ruyter 先生希望公司拆分并服从市场力量，成为私营部门发电和配电的平台。

" When people ask why isn't Eskom turning around, " says Mr de Ruyter, " it's because the chief executive is spending his Sundays trying to find locomotives." Eskom is a cause and a symbol of South Africa's problems. Its woes have deep roots.

“当人们问为什么 Eskom 不掉头时， ” 德鲁伊特先生说，“那是因为首席执行官在周日都在寻找机车。 ” Eskom 是南非问题的起因和象征。 它的困境有很深的根源。