China’s Zhejiang Geely will take a majority stake in Lotus as part of a deal to invest in the historic British sports car maker’s parent company, according a statement put out by the Hangzhou-based company.

浙江吉利控股集团(Zhejiang Geely Holding Company，简称：吉利集团)发布的声明显示，该集团将收购莲花汽车(Lotus)的多数股权，此举是它投资这家老牌英国跑车制造商的母公司的交易的一部分。

The Geely holding company, which owns the listed carmaker Geely, will take a 49 per cent stake in struggling Malaysian carmaker Proton according to the deal announced Wednesday morning.

吉利集团是上市车企吉利汽车(Geely Auto)的母公司。它将收购陷入困境的马来西亚车企宝腾(Proton) 49%的股份。

Part of the deal will include the Chinese company also taking control of Proton’s Norwich-based subsidiary, Lotus, with a stake of 51 per cent.

作为这笔交易的一部分，吉利集团还将收购宝腾旗下莲花汽车51%的股份。莲花的总部位于英国诺维奇。

Lotus, which made a loss of £27.6m in the 12 months ending on March 31 2016, is a leader in composite materials and lightweighting technology, which Geely will look to deploy across its vehicles to help them meet stringent emissions targets in China.

莲花在截至2016年3月31日的一年里亏损了2760万英镑，该公司是复合材料和轻量化技术的领军企业之一。吉利将探索把这些技术应用到自己的车辆上，帮助它们满足中国严格的排放要求。

The takeover of Lotus will aim to breathe new life into the brand, whose sales last year fell by 242 to 1,584 vehicles. Lotus also includes an engineering division that sells sports car technology to other businesses.

收购莲花旨在为该品牌注入新的活力，去年莲花的销量下降了242辆，至1584辆。莲花还拥有一个工程部门，该部门向其他公司出售跑车技术。

The move will extend the global reach of Geely, which already owns the Volvo car brand and The London Taxi Company. 此举将扩大吉利的全球影响力，吉利已拥有沃尔沃(Volvo)汽车品牌和伦敦出租车公司(London Taxi Company)。

Geely is hoping to break into the right-hand drive market in Southeast Asia, and plans to use Proton’s plant, which has a capacity to make right-hand drive cars.

吉利希望打入东南亚的右舵车市场，并计划将宝腾能生产右舵车的工厂利用起来。

While Geely’s premium Volvo brand makes right-hand drive vehicles, the Chinese marque only manufacturers left-hand drive vehicles in its title brand.

虽然吉利旗下高端品牌沃尔沃也生产右舵车，但吉利汽车只生产左舵车。