On an international scale, Nanjing’s Dutch sister city, Eindhoven, is a small dot on the map, yet the associated, so-called “Brainport” region is succeeding through its high-tech industry in becoming a key player on the global market.
在国际范围内，南京的荷兰姐妹城市埃因霍温是地图上的一个小圆一点，但相关的所谓“Brainport”地区正在通过其高科技产业成功成为全球市场的关键参与者。
In 2010, the Financial Times named Eindhoven the city of the future. Since then, the city and region have won prize after prize: Europe’s most entrepreneurial region, the world’s smartest region; the most patents per 10,000 inhabitants (more than Silicon Valley), the third best place to invest globally and one of the most creative economies in the world.
2010年，《金融时报》将埃因霍温评为未来之城。 从那时起，这个城市和地区赢得了一个又一个的奖项：欧洲最具创业精神的地区，世界上最聪明的地区；每10,000名居民的专利最多（超过硅谷），全球投资第三大的地方，也是世界上最具创造力的经济体之一。
Like Nanjing, in recent years, Eindhoven has been focused on reinventing itself. Unlike Nanjing with its two and half millennia of history, Eindhoven will celebrate its centenary next year, marking the day in 1920 when five surrounding villages merged with Eindhoven to form Greater Eindhoven. The arrival of Philips in 1891 led to recruitment of labour and the beginning of lightbulb production, and the city exploded in the twentieth century. Philips began producing consumer products between the First and Second World Wars, and subsequently grew into a global electronics giant.
和南京一样，近年来，埃因霍温一直专注于重塑自我。 与拥有两千五百年历史的南京不同，埃因霍温明年将庆祝其一百周年，标志着1920年周围的五个村庄与埃因霍温合并形成大埃因霍温的日子。 1891年飞利浦的到来导致了劳动力的招募和灯泡生产的开始，这座城市在二十世纪爆发了。 飞利浦在第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战之间开始生产消费品，随后发展成为全球电子巨头。
The economic crises of the 1980s and 1990s brought Philips to the brink of collapse, with more than 100,000 employees let go. In the Eindhoven region alone, 30,000 people were affected. The city’s future was looking very bleak. Thanks to the government, local businesses and knowledge institutions working together (Triple Helix), the region succeeded in creating a new economic ecosystem that helped Eindhoven evolve over the next two decades into a thriving hub of Dutch knowledge and manufacturing industry.
20世纪80年代和90年代的经济危机使飞利浦濒临倒闭，超过10万名员工被解雇。 仅在埃因霍温地区，就有3万人受到影响。 这座城市的未来看起来非常暗淡。 多亏了政府、当地企业和知识机构（Triple Helix）的共同努力，该地区成功地创造了一个新的经济生态系统，帮助埃因霍温在接下来的二十年里发展成为荷兰知识和制造业的繁荣中心。
For a long time, Eindhoven was considered “the most boring city” in the Netherlands. Little of interest happened, while young talent left for Rotterdam or Amsterdam. In part due to the arrival of the renowned Design Academy, Eindhoven was transformed into a city of not only knowledge and technology, but also design; known worldwide as Dutch design. The annual Dutch Design Week attracts nearly half a million visitors from around the world, while light festival GLOW attracts 750,000 local and international visitors.
长期以来，埃因霍温被认为是荷兰“最无聊的城市”。 没有什么有趣的事情发生，而年轻人才去了鹿特丹或阿姆斯特丹。 部分由于著名的设计学院的到来，埃因霍温不仅变成了一个知识和技术的城市，而且也变成了一个设计的城市；被称为荷兰设计。 一年一度的荷兰设计周吸引了来自世界各地的近50万游客，而灯光节GLOW吸引了75万当地和国际游客。
Eindhoven is a young municipality, but it is also a modern city. During the Second World War, both the Allies and the Germans carried out bombings on the historic centre. The bombers first aimed at the Philips factories, in order to halt the production of war armaments, after which they blocked the advancing American and British armies. Military forces pulled across the city centre, as shown in the famous war movie “A Bridge Too Far”. Eindhoven is historically located at a junction of roads, especially from the south to the north and vice versa, near Belgium and Germany. When the south of the Netherlands was liberated, ahead of the rest of the country, Eindhoven was regarded as the capital for some time.
埃因霍温是一个年轻的城市，但它也是一个现代化的城市。 第二次世界大战期间，盟军和德国人都对历史中心进行了轰炸。 轰炸机首先瞄准了飞利浦的工厂，以阻止战争武器的生产，之后他们阻止了前进的美国和英国军队。 正如著名的战争电影《一座太远的桥》所展示的那样，军队穿过市中心。 埃因霍温在历史上位于道路交界处，特别是从南到北，反之亦然，靠近比利时和德国。 当荷兰南部解放时，埃因霍温在一段时间前被视为首都，领先于该国其他地区。
Since the war, Eindhoven has built a new future and put its stamp on the world. The top hat US President John F. Kennedy wore at his inauguration? Made in Eindhoven. George Harrison’s first guitar? Made in Eindhoven. The first TV broadcast in the Netherlands was transmitted from Eindhoven. The first Dutch-language film was recorded in Eindhoven. The compact audio cassette was invented in Eindhoven by Philips, as was the later compact disc that revived the music industry worldwide. Through record company Phonogram (later Polygram), Philips is acquainted with stars such as The RollingStones, Abba, Elton John and U2.
自战争以来，埃因霍温建立了一个新的未来，并给世界留下了印记。 美国总统约翰·肯尼迪在就职典礼上戴的高帽？ 埃因霍温制造。 乔治·哈里森的第一把吉他？ 埃因霍温制造。 荷兰的第一次电视广播是从埃因霍温播出的。 第一部荷兰语电影是在埃因霍温录制的。 紧凑型录音带是由飞利浦在埃因霍温发明的，就像后来振兴全球音乐产业的光盘一样。 通过唱片公司Phonogram（后来的Polygram），飞利浦认识了滚石乐队、阿巴、埃尔顿·约翰和U2等明星。
Still with music, Eindhoven is home to the Muziekgebouw, a first-rate concert hall with acoustics among the top 5 in the world. The Van Abbemuseum is a mecca for modern art lovers, while the Parktheater hosts stunning theater performances, plays and cabaret shows. Urban culture can be found in Strijp-S, a former complex of Philips factories that has been successfully transformed into a brand-new district for residents and professionals, while the Brainport region is also a culinary hotspot; after Amsterdam, Eindhoven has the most Michelin-starred restaurants in the country.
埃因霍温仍然有音乐，是Muziekgebouw的所在地，这是一个一流的音乐厅，声学躋身世界前5名。 Van Abbemuseum是现代艺术爱好者的圣地，而Parktheater则举办令人惊叹的戏剧表演、戏剧和歌舞表演。 城市文化可以在Strijp-S找到，这是一个前飞利浦工厂的综合体，已成功改造成居民和专业人士的全新地区，而Brainport地区也是一个美食热点；继阿姆斯特丹之后，埃因霍温拥有全国米其林星级最多的餐厅。
Next to Amsterdam’s financial center and the port city of Rotterdam, Eindhoven is the third largest metropolitan region in the Netherlands. For a long time, Eindhoven was a typical low-rise city, broad and spacious with lots of greenery, but now, the city is booming, and on the cusp of a leap in scale. Around 20 skyscrapers are scheduled to be constructed over the coming years, a big number for a city that previously built five in the last 20 years.
埃因霍温毗邻阿姆斯特丹的金融中心和港口城市鹿特丹，是荷兰第三大大都市区。 长期以来，埃因霍温是一个典型的低层城市，宽敞宽敞，绿意盎然，但现在，这座城市正在蓬勃发展，正处于规模的飞跃的尖端。 未来几年将建造约20座摩天大楼，对于一个在过去20年中建造了5座摩天大楼的城市来说，这是一个很大的数字。
Dubbed a “world village”, people from all over the world are coming to the region to work at one of the many high-tech companies based therein. In 2000, there were 324 Indians living in Eindhoven. Last year, that number had risen to 3,556, and they have since even set up their second cricket team, to feel right at home. Many students have also found their way to the city; Eindhoven University of Technology has around 12,000 students, sixteen percent of whom come from abroad. TU/e (Eindhoven University of Technology) students span 90 nationalities, the top 3 of which are Indian, Chinese and Romanian.
被称为“世界村”，来自世界各地的人们来到该地区，在众多高科技公司之一工作。 2000年，有324名印度人居住在埃因霍温。 去年，这个数字上升到3,556人，此后他们甚至成立了第二支板球队，有宾至如归的感觉。 许多学生也找到了去这个城市的路；埃因霍温理工大学大约有12,000名学生，其中16%来自国外。 TU/e（埃因霍温理工大学）的学生来自90个国籍，其中前3名是印度、中国和罗马尼亚。
So just what is it about this mix of towering, international ambition and the serenity of village life that makes the city an economic success? Eindhoven inhabitants are naturally friendly and keen on enjoying life, but their work ethic is solid. That’s how it worked back in the days when farmers helped each other survive on the bare sandy soils, this attitude of collaboration persists to this day. Entrepreneurs have been coming to Eindhoven for a better future for a hundred years now, and they are welcomed with open arms by the locals, people who are also ambitious and push each other to make progress, feeding a dynamic that ensures success and employment.
那麼，這種高聳的國際野心和寧靜的鄉村生活的結合是什麼讓這座城市在經濟上取得成功呢？ 埃因霍温居民天生友好，热衷于享受生活，但他们的职业道德是坚定的。 这就是农民在裸露的沙质土壤上互相帮助生存的日子，这种合作的态度一直持续到今天。 一百年来，企业家们一直来到埃因霍温是为了一个更美好的未来，他们受到当地人张开双臂的欢迎，这些人也雄心勃勃，互相推动进步，助长了确保成功和就业的活力。
“The city that is Shaping the Future” was the title of the book former Eindhoven mayor Rob van Gijzel left as a gift to the city on his departure in 2016. Over the past century, Eindhoven has become synonymous with great feats, each exceptional in their own right, but as a whole, forming an almost kaleidoscopic image of infectious aspiration.
“塑造未来的城市”是前埃因霍温市长Rob van Gijzel在2016年离开时作为礼物留给这座城市的书名。 在过去的一个世纪里，埃因霍温已经成为伟大壮举的代名词，每一项成就都与众不同，但作为一个整体，形成了一个几乎万花筒般的传染性愿望形象。
