日本创业者面临的独特挑战 妻子的阻拦

 TOKYO — Entrepreneurs everywhere face challenges like persuading investors¹ to believe in them enough to give them a pile of cash or working out the practical steps of turning their great idea into reality.

东京——企业家面临各种挑战，比如去说服投资者足够相信他们并给他们投资，再比如如何把他们的想法变成实际。

But in Japan budding entrepreneurs face two additional challenges known here as “wife block” and “parent block.”

但是在日本刚开始创业的企业家还面临着两个传统的挑战：妻子和父母。

There’s no Japanese Silicon² Valley no Japanese Mark Zuckerberg. Almost all Japanese innovation — from the Walkman to the Game Boy — has happened inside the safe cocoon³ of corporate⁴ behemoths such as Sony and Nintendo.

这里没有日本的硅谷没有日本的马克·扎克伯格。几乎所有日本创新——从随身听到掌上游戏机--都发生在安全的茧内的企业巨头比如索尼和任天堂。

But slowly very slowly the environment for entrepreneurs here is improving.

但是慢慢地慢慢地企业家的环境正在改善。

“It’s slow but the culture is definitely changing for sure” said Allan Watanabe who has started Fileable a data-storage system that can read patents and other legal documents and then offer feedback.

“虽然很缓慢，但是这种文化无疑正在改变中，”Allan Watanabe如是说，他创立了一个叫做Fileable的数据存储系统，这种系统可以读取专利和其他法律文件并提供反馈。

1 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

2 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

3 cocoon   

n.茧

参考例句：

• A cocoon is a kind of silk covering made by an insect.蚕茧是由昆虫制造的一种由丝组成的外包层。
• The beautiful butterfly emerged from the cocoon.美丽的蝴蝶自茧中出现。

4 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。