The revolution also hit the traditional business houses.

这项变革也冲击了传统商行。

So far India Inc has been different: its big business houses compete and innovate fiercely.

到目前为止，印度企业有不同的表现：其大型企业保持着激烈的竞争和创新。

Established business houses can use their muscle to expand into new areas, sometimes at the expense of newcomers.

现有企业可通过已有资源扩展版图，这常常是以牺牲新企业为代价的。

Instead capitalism is skewed towards the state and business houses (conglomerates usually controlled by families and family trusts).

相反，资本主义偏向了国家和商行一方（通常，综合性大企业是家族性质或家族信托掌控）。

The next rank down of business houses, such as Mahindra, are now going global too.

较低等级的企业，像马辛德拉，也正不断国际化。

Only the most prosperous business houses and homes had even this expensive illumination; most obtained their artificial light from the new illuminant known as kerosene.

只有最繁荣的商业房屋和家庭才有这种昂贵的照明； 大多数人从被称为煤油的新光源中获得人造光。

The explanation is that charges have been so reduced that the telephone has been brought within the reach of practically every business house and every family.

其解释是，资费如此之低，以至于几乎每个企业和每个家庭都可以接触到电话。

His aim has been from the first a universal, national service, all under one head, and reaching every hamlet, every business house, factory, and home in the nation.

他的目标从一开始就是普遍的、全国性的服务，所有人都在一个领导之下，并覆盖全国的每一个村庄、每一个商业机构、工厂和家庭。

He told his employer contractor of his plans to leave the house building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family.

他告诉他的雇主承包商， 他计划离开房屋建筑行业， 与妻子过上更悠闲的生活， 享受他的大家庭。

As soon as an independent obtains a foothold, the natural consequence is that every business house and private household must either be contented with half service, or double the cost of the telephone by subscribing to two companies.

独立人士一旦站稳脚跟，自然而然的结果是，每个企业和私人家庭要么满足于一半的服务，要么通过订阅两家公司来增加一倍的电话费用。