He innovates a new system for producing cars.
他創(chuàng)造性地推出了一套新的汽車生產(chǎn)系統(tǒng)
Rather than hand crafting each car one at a time, his are assembled by a line of workers, piece by piece.
不是每次手工打造整輛車 而是讓工人一個零件一個零件地組裝汽車
It's called the assembly line and it completely changes manufacturing forever.
這就是所謂的組裝線 它徹底改變了制造的方式
Ford didn't invent mass production. But he perfected mass production.
發(fā)明批量生產(chǎn)的不是福特 但他完善了批量生產(chǎn)
He understood that a complicated product like an automobile could be simplified and could be made less expensive if the same thing was produced again and again and again.
他明白一個復(fù)雜的產(chǎn)品 比如汽車 可以簡化之 如果同樣的東西生產(chǎn)了一件一件又一件 那么成本就可以下降
Using the assembly line, Ford workers can build cars up to eight times faster than any other automobile factory in the world.
使用裝配線 福特員工的速度比世界上任何其他汽車制造廠要快八倍
What once took twelve hours to assemble, now takes an hour and a half.
那些曾經(jīng)要花十二個小時組裝的活 現(xiàn)在只需要一個半小時
The innovation allows Ford to standardize the eight-hour workday, five days per week.
創(chuàng)新讓福特可以將每周五天 每天八小時的工作制度標準化
But for Ford to continue to innovate, he'll need to win his lawsuit.
但是福特繼續(xù)創(chuàng)新的話 他需要贏得這場官司
His fate, like John Rockefeller's, now rests in the hands of a federal court.
他的命運 和約翰·洛克菲勒一樣現(xiàn)在掌握在聯(lián)邦法院的手中
Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller are two American icons, from different generations, on opposing sides of battle for the country's future.
亨利·福特和約翰·D·洛克菲勒都是美國的標志性人物 他們是兩代人 分屬決定國家未來的斗爭的不同方
As the verdicts come in, American business will never be the same.
宣判的結(jié)果一旦揭曉 美國的商業(yè)從此不同