Last week his firm was busy vacuuming up data bits from the far corners of
the world and predicting a crisis in Ukraine. “As soon as that report runs,
we’ll suddenly get 500 new Internet sign-ups from Ukraine,” says Friedman, a
former political science professor. “And we’ll hear back from some of them.”
Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be difficult to
tell good information from bad. That’s where Straitford earns its keep.
思考:
tell A from B 如何理解?
参考译文
上周,他的公司正忙于从世界上各个遥远的角落收集零散的信息,并预测乌克兰将发生的危机。“这个报告一经发布,我们将从乌克兰一下子获得500个新增网络注册用户。”前政治科学教授弗里德曼说。“我们也将听到其中一些人的回应。”当然,公开来源的间谍活动有风险,因为很难区分好的信息和坏的信息。(当然,公开来源的间谍活动之所以确实有风险,是因为很难区分好的信息和坏的信息。)这就是斯特福德公司赚钱的地方。
【翻译小作业】
儿童教育很重要,因为孩子很难分辨是非,这就是早教机构赚钱的地方。