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这两天美国最大的新闻除了2021年1月6日国会暴动一周年，还有一个牵动着华尔街和硅谷的大新闻。 曾经估值数十亿美元的硅谷创新科技公司Theranos的创始人，人称女版乔布斯的Elizabeth Holmes欺诈罪名成立。四项罪名，被判入狱20年。 Elizabeth着装上刻意模仿乔布斯的黑色高领衫，而且其本人非常具有人格魅力，可以说玩转硅谷和美国政界及军界。 2018年纽约时报畅销书之一的Bad Blood: secrets and lies ofin a Silicon Valley Startup，中文译名《坏血》或《滴血成金》讲述的就是这个公司从创立到欺骗投资人和顾客的过程。 还没有读过这本书的小伙伴，可以寒假期间读一读啊。 今天我们读一读卫报上有关此事的报道。 2022年1月5日卫报The Guardian中有好几篇文章都是关于此事的报道 这一篇的标题：血检创业公司创始人欺骗罪成立，或许会撼动整个硅谷 The founder of the blood testing company Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, was found guilty on Monday of fraud, concluding a high-profile trial that captivated Silicon Valley. 周一，在一场备受硅谷关注的审判中，血检公司Theranos创始人Elizabeth Holmes欺骗罪名成立。 After seven days of deliberation, the jury in San Jose, California, convicted her of four charges: one count of conspiracy to defraud investors, and three counts of wire fraud against investors, using telecommunications. It acquitted her on three charges, including one of conspiracy to defraud patients and two charges related to patients who received in accurate test results. It remained deadlocked on three remaining charges. 经过七天的审议，加州圣何塞陪审团宣判ElizabethHolmes四项罪名成立: 一项是阴谋欺骗投资人，三项通过电信手段欺骗投资人。 其他三项指控不成立，包括一项阴谋欺骗病人和两项与收到不准确结果的病人相关的指控。这三项指控仍处在僵局之中。 deliberation审议这个词，如果你读过政府工作报告，一定会记得。 As the verdict was read, the Theranos founder bowed her head, remained seated and expressed no visible emotion. The verdict seals Holmes’s extraordinary rise and fall and could have wide-ranging consequences for the tech industry. 宣读裁决时，Elizabeth低头坐在位置上，面部表情。这项裁决也为Holmes大起大落的人生画上了句点，但会对整个科技行业带来广泛的影响。 During the trial, prosecutors painted a picture of Holmes as a strict, power-hungry leader willing to go to any lengths to save her company’s image, repressing internal and external dissent and manipulating the press. 在审判过程中，检察官将Holmes描述成一个严厉、渴望权力的领导，为了挽救公司形象会不惜一切代价。 会尽所能压制异己者，而且还会操控媒体。 这一篇的标题：自诩乔布斯，亿万富翁公司愿景破碎 Six years ago Forbes magazine declared her the “world’s youngest self-made female billionaire” and the “next Steve Jobs”. Now, Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the collapsed blood testing company Theranos, is facing decades in prison for conspiring to defraud her investors out of billions. 六年前福布斯杂志上称Holmes是“世界上最年轻的白手起家的亿万富翁”以及“下一个乔布斯”。 今天，已经倒闭的血检公司Theranos创始人Elizabeth Holmes因阴谋欺骗投资人几十亿美元，正面临着几十年的刑期。 A university dropout with no medical training, Holmes, 37, had fooled regulators and some of the world’s richest people, including Rupert Murdoch, Henry Kissinger and Larry Ellison, into believing she had figured out a way to test for a range of health conditions with just a pinprick of blood. But the tests didn’t not work, and the company was accused of often faking the results. 没有医学修养的斯坦福大学辍学生，现年37岁的Holmes 愚弄了政府监管者和世界上最富有的人，包括默多克，基辛格和埃里森（甲骨文的CEO），欺骗他们她找到了一种使用指尖血就能检测出一系列健康问题的方法。但事实上，这些检测并不成功，该公司因检测结果造假受到指控。 这一篇的标题：先造假，再成真不再适合科技领域先锋之人 The Silicon Valley investor Jason Calacanis, an early backer of firms such as Uber and Robinhood, says the verdict is a “reminder to founders”. “Never lie, never bend the truth, always be honest about where you are at with your traction,especially when raising money,” he tweeted. 硅谷投资人JasonCalacanis曾是优步和罗宾汉的早期投资人在推特上写到“这次裁决对创始人提了一个醒：不要撒谎，不要歪曲事实，始终要对自己的事业保持真诚，尤其在筹钱时！” The verdict could also mark a new era for workers in technology, who are increasingly speaking out against their powerful employers. 这次裁决对科技公司的员工来说标志着一个新时代：对霸权的雇主勇敢说出自己的不满和怀疑！ 对权力和金钱的欲望，泯灭了人性。但正义不会迟到，该还的始终要还！ 想读本书的小伙伴，回复关键词bad blood，即可获得电子书。 |
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