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| British jet-engine maker Rolls-Royce would not comment on the report that it would swap out entire engines on A380 Superjumbo jets. |
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有报告称，英国引擎制造商劳斯莱斯将更换空客A380飞机上的所有引擎。该公司未对此发表任何评论。 |
| The company said it stands by its earlier statement that an engine fire in a Quantas airliner was caused |
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该公司此前发表声明称，澳航一架飞机引擎起火是由于涡轮区一个元件出现问题， |
| by a specific component in the turbine area, but declined to name the component. |
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但是没有透露具体是什么元件。 |
| Industry analyst Howard Wheeldon said swapping out engines could take some time. |
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该公司表示，他们现在仍然坚持声明中的说法。行业分析人员Howard Wheeldon表示，更换引擎需要一定的时间。 |
| "It suggests that this is a three, six or maybe nine-month job to get these aircraft back in the air as opposed to |
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“他们透露说，可能需要三个月，六个月，甚至九个月的时间，这些飞机才能重新开始工作， |
| and earlier hope that if could be just a few weeks," said Wheeldon. |
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而不是大家所希望的仅仅几周的时间。” |
| Quantas has grounded its six A380s, after finding oil leaks in three of them. |
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澳航在发现三架飞机漏油之后停飞了所有六架A380客机。 |
| A Quantas spokesman called its approach conservative. Wheeldon agrees. |
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澳航一名发言人称他们的方法是非常保守的。Wheeldon表示赞同。 |
| "Perfectly understandable that Quantas should want answers to what is still an unexplained problem, |
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“我们充分理解，关于这个仍然未能解释的问题， |
| and to ensure that the engines in service in the future will not come up against a similar problem." |
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澳航希望得到答案，确保仍然在服役的引擎未来不会出现同样的问题。” |
| Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa checked their planes and returned all but one to service. |
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新加坡航空和德国汉莎航空对他们的飞机进行了检查， |
| Wheeldon said that was a logical decision. "We must remember that this was not a crash, |
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除了一架飞机之外，其他的都继续执行飞行任务。Wheeldon说，这是一个合理的决定。 |
| this was an incident where one engine failed, there are three others, this aircraft can fly on two engines. |
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“我们必须记住，这并不是撞击事件，而是引擎出现故障的事故。 |
| Now obviously one does not want to see an incident like this, but the company [has] got to the bottom of it very quickly." |
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飞机还有三个引擎，这种飞机只用两个引擎就可以飞行。现在，很明显，我们不希望看到这样的事故，公司已经迅速采取了措施。” |
| This report, though, spells bad financial news for Rolls-Royce, said Wheeldon.www.tingvoa.com - VOA英语网 |
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然而，Wheeldon说，该报告对劳斯莱斯的金融形势来说却是一个坏消息。 |
| "Clearly the stock has already suffered, it came back on a positive front Friday after the announcement. |
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“很明显，股市已经受到了影响，公司宣布该决定之后，股价逆转了之前的上升趋势。 |
| I think we are going to see some drift here until the day comes that they can tell us that this is firmly behind them." |
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我认为，我们仍会遭遇一些波动，直到有一天他们告诉我们已经彻底将这个问题解决。” |
| A Rolls-Royce would not comment on how long repairs would take, as it would depend on how a specific airline wanted repairs to proceed. |
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劳斯莱斯不会透露维修需要多长时间。他们称这取决于特定的航空公司希望维修怎样进行。 |
| The company also would not comment on whether this would delay delivery of A380s expected to go into service in 2011. |
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该公司也不会评论这是否会推迟原定于2011年付诸使用的A380客机的交付。 |
