For those who mourn the demise of an empire built on maritime might, the agreed takeover of P&O by Dubai's dp World for £3.3 billion is a sad moment. Two hundred years after the battle of Trafalgar sealed Britain's naval supremacy, the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, once a sinew of empire linking Britain to India and points further east, is falling into the hands of a former colony. If the deal goes through, what was once a crucial pillar of the British business establishment will henceforth be owned by a trucial state, as the United Arab Emirates (including Dubai) was known until 1971. That is when the British pulled out, in the general retreat from empire.
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机译:对于那些哀悼建立海上帝国的帝国的人们来说,迪拜dp World同意以33亿英镑收购P&O是一个悲伤的时刻。特拉法加战役封锁了英国的海军最高统治地位两百年后,曾经将英国与印度连接并指向更东的帝国帝国的半岛和东方蒸汽航行公司(Single Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company)落入了前殖民地的手中。如果这笔交易得以达成,那曾经是英国商业机构的重要支柱的东西将自此成为一个真正的国家,因为阿拉伯联合酋长国(包括迪拜)直到1971年才被人所知。从帝国大撤退。
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