The old trading house and post office were built by pioneer Frank Stranahan, the city’s founder.

这旧式的贸易所和邮局由罗德岱堡创立人法兰所建造。

Usually the trading houses thrive in times of conflict by keeping their heads down and capitalising on volatility.

通常情况下，在冲突时期，贸易公司会保持低调，并利用市场波动获利。

The first are what he describes as well-established trading houses.

第一个是他所说的成熟的贸易公司。

One example of that is the Swiss trading house called Gunvor.

瑞士贡沃尔贸易公司就是一个例子。

Western firms started spreading out into the world in the 1600s, when Europe's colonial trading houses ventured (often violently) beyond the old continent in search of commercial opportunities.

西方公司在 1600 年代开始向世界扩张，当时欧洲的殖民地贸易公司冒险（通常是暴力地）超越旧大陆以寻找商业机会。

In the 1980s Europe's once-dominant oil firms were supplanted by Japan's mighty trading houses, which were themselves dethroned by Wall Street banks at the turn of the millennium.

20 世纪 80 年代，欧洲曾经占据主导地位的石油公司被日本强大的贸易公司取代，而日本贸易公司在世纪之交又被华尔街银行取代。

Arab oil embargoes, nationalisation of oil production in the Persian Gulf and the arrival of buccaneering trading houses such as Glencore, Vitol and Trafigura saw the Sisters lose their sway.

阿拉伯石油禁运、波斯湾石油生产国有化以及嘉能可、维多和托克等海盗贸易公司的到来，导致姐妹党失去了影响力。

And it's attracting attention from investors all over the world, notably one Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway, who travelled to Tokyo in April to invest in a couple of Japanese trading houses.

它吸引了世界各地投资者的关注，尤其是伯克希尔哈撒韦公司的沃伦·巴菲特（Warren Buffett），他于四月份前往东京投资了几家日本贸易公司。