英国工业部长周五表示，即使罗尔斯·罗伊斯（Rolls-Royce）录得创纪录利润，英国也必须支持该公司重返窄体客机市场的竞标，以抵御全球竞争并保住未来的航空航天就业岗位。
Britain must back Rolls-Royce's bid to return to the narrowbody jet market to fend off global competition and secure future aerospace jobs, even as the engine maker posts record profits, its industry minister said on Friday.
英国政府与罗尔斯·罗伊斯（股票代码：RR.L）本周宣布了一项为期10年、总额25亿英镑（约合33.5亿美元）的联合资助计划，旨在帮助这家英国公司研发未来窄体飞机用发动机，为其重返全球最大的民用航空市场铺平道路。
The government and Rolls-Royce (RR.L) this week announced plans for a 10-year, £2.5 billion ($3.35 billion) jointly funded programme aimed at helping the British company develop engines for future narrowbody aircraft, opening a path back into the world's largest civil aviation market.
自2012年将其在国际航空发动机公司（International Aero Engines）联盟中的股份出售给普惠公司（Pratt & Whitney）以来，罗尔斯·罗伊斯一直被排除在窄体机市场之外。
Rolls-Royce has been shut out of the narrowbody market since selling its stake in the International Aero Engines consortium to Pratt & Whitney in 2012.
当被问及为何一家预计年利润高达49亿英镑的公司仍需公共资金支持时，工业部长布莱尔·麦克杜格尔（Blair McDougall）表示，鉴于所需投资规模巨大，各国政府长期以来一直分担重大航空航天项目的风险。
Asked why public money was needed for a company that expects up to £4.9 billion of annual profit, industry minister Blair McDougall said governments had long shared the risks of major aerospace programmes because of the scale of investment required.
他在电话采访中表示：“我们希望这些发动机最终能在英国完成设计、研发和维修服务。”采访时他身处罗尔斯·罗伊斯位于格拉斯哥附近的因奇南（Inchinnan）工厂。
"We want those engines to be designed, developed and serviced eventually here in the UK," he said in a phone interview, speaking from Rolls-Royce's facility in Inchinnan, near Glasgow.
“世界各国都在试图在航空航天就业岗位和供应链方面‘抢我们的饭碗’。”麦克杜格尔表示，关于该计划如何融资的讨论仍在继续，拒绝透露政府与罗尔斯·罗伊斯将如何分担成本。
"There are countries all over the world trying to eat our lunch when it comes to aerospace jobs and the aerospace supply chain." McDougall said discussions were continuing over how the programme would be funded, declining to say how costs would be split between the government and Rolls-Royce.
“我们仍在讨论中，”他说。“从罗尔斯·罗伊斯方面来看这是一场商业谈判，从我们方面来看则是一场性价比谈判。”政府表示，该计划的初始阶段将在2029年底前支持3300个就业岗位。麦克杜格尔表示，长远来看，奖赏在于争取未来飞机项目的订单，这可能为罗尔斯·罗伊斯及其供应链带来“数万个就业岗位”。他将这项投资描述为“再工业化的实际行动”。
"We are still in discussions," he said. "It's a commercial conversation from Rolls-Royce's end and a value-for-money conversation from our end." The government has said the initial phase of the programme would support 3,300 jobs by the end of 2029. McDougall said the longer-term prize was securing work on future aircraft programmes that could support "tens of thousands of jobs" across Rolls-Royce and its supply chain. He described the investment as "re-industrialisation in action".
他说：“政府言行一致，支持那些不仅提供高技能生产性工作，还能给这些工作场所周边社区带来自豪感、使命感的就业岗位。”
"The government (is) putting money where its mouth is, backing jobs that give people not just productive high-skilled jobs but also that sense of pride, that sense of purpose for the communities around these workplaces," he said.