VOA慢速英语:Indonesia’s 'Technopreneurs' Help Fuel Economic Growth

Indonesia has one of the world's fastest growing economies, expanding at a rate of six percent this year. Technology is helping fuel that growth, and producing a new generation of young entrepreneurs.
印度尼西亚是世界上经济增长最快的国家之一，今年的经济增长率达到6%。科学技术帮助促进了经济增长，造就了新一代的年轻企业家。

One of these "technopreneurs" is Nadiem Makarim. He graduated from the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. He returned home and launched Go-Jek. This service connects motorcycle taxis, called ojeks, with people who need a ride or a delivery.
Nadiem Makarim就是其中的一名“高科技企业家”。他毕业于波士顿哈佛商学院，回到家乡创办了Go-Jek。这项服务将出租车与需要搭乘的人联系起来。

Go-Jek uses online maps, mobile phones and a call center. The aim is to improve Jakarta's disorganized motorcycle taxi system. Nadiem Makarim says everything depends on a business plan.
Go-Jek使用在线地图，移动电话和呼叫中心。其目的是改善雅加达混乱的摩托车出租车系统。Nadiem Makarim说，这一切都取决于一个商业计划。

NADIEM MAKARIM: “If you want to do good, there needs to be a business model behind it. If you want sustainable impact, then you need a market incentive to do that. I firmly believe that business and just straight up rational business growth, profitable business growth and social impact are not mutually exclusive.”
Nadiem Makarim：“如果你想要做好，就必须有一个好的商业模式。如果你想产生持续的影响力，你必须有一个市场激励。我坚信，实现合理的商业增长，盈利的商业增长和社会影响力并不会互相排斥的。”

Go-Jek recently won ten thousand dollars in a competition through the American State Department's Global Entrepreneurship Program. Indonesia is one of five countries in this program which links startup businesses with investors.
Go-Jek最近在美国国务院的全球企业家项目的竞争中赢得了1万美元的奖金。印度尼西亚是该项目中将创业与投资者联系起来的五个国家之一。

Many startups are Internet-based services. Indonesia already has more than seven hundred startups online, and new ones are launched every week. Half of Indonesians still live on less than two dollars a day. But Indonesia has a young population interested in trying new technology.
许多新创办的公司都是基于互联网服务的。印度尼西亚已经有超过700家基于互联网的新创办的公司，而且每周都有新的公司出现。超过一半的印尼人每天的生活费用仍然低于2美元。但是印度尼西亚拥有年轻的人口,喜欢尝试新技术。

Right now, about forty-five million Indonesians, or only about one in five, use the Internet. But about half of those people use mobile devices to go online, and those numbers are only growing.
现在，大约4500万印尼人，或者只有约五分之一的印尼人使用互联网。但是大约一半的人使用移动设备上网，而且该数字还在不断增加。

Some experts say the conditions for local entrepreneurs are the best in the world. Still, the World Bank currently ranks Indonesia one hundred twenty-first out of one hundred eighty-three economies in ease of doing business.
一些专家称，当地企业家的条件是世界上最好的的。尽管如此，世界银行最近在对183个经济体开创企业的容易程度方面进行排名时，将印度尼西亚排在第121位。

The biggest barrier to entrepreneurs is a lack of financing. Also, economists say Indonesia needs more entrepreneurs. They now make up less than one percent of the workforce. The rate is over seven percent in nearby Singapore, and almost twelve percent in the United States.
印尼企业家最大的障碍就是缺乏资金。此外,经济学家还表示，印尼需要更多企业家。他们现在占所有劳动力的不到1%。在附近的新加坡，该比率接近17%，美国也接近12%。

Indonesia’s biggest bank, Bank Mandiri, expects to increase loans by as much as twenty-five percent this year. Demand is growing for credit for small businesses and for consumers.
印尼最大的银行Bank Mandiri预计今年将增加25%的贷款。小型企业和消费者对信贷的需求正在增加。

Leonard Theosabrata helped start Whiteboard Journal. This online publication offers a place for young designers to show their products. He says Indonesia has a lot of opportunity for entrepreneurs who take a risk.
Leonard Theosabrata帮助开办了Whiteboard Journal。该在线刊物为年轻的设计师展示自己的产品提供了平台。他说，印度尼西亚为愿意冒险的企业家提供了许多机会。