The future of these two grand old badges will be shaped not in Coventry, the cradle of the British motor industry, but in Pune, home of Tata Motors.

这两大古老品牌的未来不是在英国汽车工业的摇篮考文垂，而是在塔塔汽车的故乡浦那。

Tata eventually left for Gujarat.

塔塔公司最终去了古吉拉特邦。

How can Tata transcend that image?

塔塔如何才能超越这种形象？

Tata Steel borrowed heavily to buy Corus in 2007.

塔塔钢铁2007年大量举债购买科勒斯钢铁。

How could Tata Motors make a car so inexpensively?

塔塔汽车公司为什么能制造出这么便宜的车？

Tata could not buy the land itself, Mr Sen argues.

Sen先生表示，塔塔不可能购买那些土地。

Tata is doing a great job of setting standards here.

塔塔这次在设立标准方面做得很好。

Tata Motors has produced a $2,200 car, the Nano.

Tata汽车生产出一种价值2200美元的Nano汽车。

Tata Motors' credit rating is also under pressure.

Tata汽车的信用评级也承受着压力。

Tata is often accused of being flabby and undisciplined.

塔塔经常被人指责散漫，没有组织纪律。

In 1991 Mr Tata assumed the REINS of his family-run company.

塔塔在1991年开始掌控其家族企业。

Tata may discover a market, only for others to crowd into it.

要不是其他同行的涌进，塔塔可就获得了这个市场。

Tata threatens to make the world's cheapest car somewhere else.

塔塔威胁说它可以在其它任何地方建厂生产这种世界上最便宜的Nano汽车。

According to Mr Tata, the answers were respectively yes and no.

据塔塔先生说，答案既是肯定也是否定的。

WSJ: What will you be able to accomplish with the Tata Group gift?

华尔街日报：你能用塔塔集团给的捐赠做些什么？

India's Tata group awards an annual prize for the best failed idea.

印度塔塔集团为“最佳的失败创意”颁发年度奖。

Corus had expertise in fancy types of steel that Tata steel lacked.

康力斯则拥有塔塔钢铁公司所欠缺的各式各样的钢铁技术。

What Tata, an Indian conglomerate, will do with two luxury-car brands!

tata这个印度的大联合企业会怎么打理两个高端汽车品牌？

Mr Tata says he is “quite gratified” that other firms are following suit.

塔塔说其他的公司也追随效仿因而他感到“非常知足”。

That may have been reasonable, but it was not what Tata management wanted to hear.

这点固然合情合理，却不是塔塔管理层所希望听到的。

Today, Tata has 98 firms and is one of India's biggest carmakers and IT outsourcers.

今天，塔塔拥有98家公司并成为印度最大的汽车生产商和IT外包商。

Mr Tata does not like publicity and avoids the platforms and applause of conferences.

塔塔先生不喜欢抛头露面，尽量避免出席会议、面对掌声。

Companies like Tata have not arrived to close factories down and ship machines to India.

像塔塔集团这样的公司并没有来了就关闭原公司和将机器运回印度。

On Monday, Indian operator Tata Teleservices said it is buying 3g equipment from Huawei.

这个星期一，印度塔塔电信服务公司的经营者说他们正准备从华为购买3g设备。

But after a difficult start, Tata Motors is now India's second-biggest carmaker by sales.

但经历了艰难起步后，塔塔汽车公司的销售量现已是印度第二。

Calling the situation "hostile and intimidating" Tata Motors has suspended work at the plant.

塔塔以目前局势“充满敌意和威胁”为理由，暂停了基地工程。