Intense dealmaking at the top of government makes it harder to modify measures once agreement has been reached.

政府高层的协商往往十分激烈，这也增加了共识达成后修改的难度。

Americans are squeaking out some summer vacation, too, which means corporate dealmaking on both sides of the Atlantic is slow.

美国人也在高调度假，这意味着大西洋两岸的企业交易进展缓慢。

In recent years, however, the dealmaking has slowed.

然而，近年来，交易速度有所放缓。

Concentration may also be levelling off as a result of subdued dealmaking, especially in tech.

由于交易减少，尤其是科技领域的交易，集中度也可能趋于平稳。

Republicans, we should say, in general, are often tougher on Iran and aren't so open to dealmaking with the Iranian government.

一般来说，共和党在伊朗问题上更强硬，而且不太愿意同伊朗政府达成协议。

Investment banks have started paring staff in anticipation of a slowdown in dealmaking.

投资银行已开始裁员，以应对交易放缓的预期。

By the summer, dealmaking had collapsed.

到夏天，交易已经崩溃。

The remodelled investment bank, called cs First Boston, will revolve around Michael Klein, a dealmaking supremo.

改组后的投资银行名为 cs First Boston，将围绕交易撮合大师迈克尔克莱因 (Michael Klein) 展开。

Though the dealmaking frenzy may have cooled a little in 2022, lenders are licking their lips at the prospect of sharply rising interest rates.

尽管在2022年，并购狂潮可能已经有所降温，但贷款机构对利率大幅上升的前景仍十分看好。

And there is bound to be some drift in dealmaking towards the emerging world, whose governments are trying to develop their own financial centres.

同时也会有一些交易撮合业务流失到新兴世界中，因为那里的各国政府正试图发展它们自己的金融中心。

The problem is that today's bargains are yesterday's rip-offs—and dealmaking was happening at a much faster pace a few years ago.

问题是今天的便宜货是昨天的敲竹杠——几年前交易的速度要快得多。

Slow dealmaking markets should help them to hold on to top performers, who may be unable to secure gigs elsewhere, at least for now.

缓慢的交易市场应该有助于他们留住表现最好的人，这些人可能无法在其他地方找到工作，至少目前是这样。

Credit Suisse's plan to spin out its investment-banking operations under Michael Klein, a dealmaking supremo who sat on the firm's board until October, will probably be shelved.

瑞士信贷 (Credit Suisse) 分拆其投资银行业务的计划可能会被搁置，Michael Klein 是一位在公司董事会任职至 10 月的交易撮合高手。

And when dealmaking activity has slowed a lot, that does focus the mind about potential job cuts, which is by far the biggest expense that banks have is is the people.

当交易活动大幅放缓时，确实将注意力集中在潜在的裁员上，这是迄今为止银行最大的开支是人。