French companies do spectacularly well in the global market place. At home, meanwhile, small, distinctively French businesses – cheese makers, patisseries, or restaurateurs – get hammered by heavy taxes and social-welfare costs while supermarkets flourish selling products from Asia.
法国企业在全球市场上也成绩斐然。但在国内，那些小规模而且独特的法国商业——奶酪生产商，法式蛋糕店或者法国餐厅——却被高税率和社会福利支出压得喘不过气来，另一边，那些销售“亚洲制造”的超级市场却生意兴隆。