It's a good start says Volcker Sick.

这是一个良好的开端，Volcker Sick说。

Tributes were paid to Paul Volcker, who died at the age of 92.

保罗·沃尔克逝世，享年92岁，人们纷纷哀悼。

Mr Volcker influenced monetary policy for decades, waging a war on inflation as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

沃尔克数十年来一直影响着货币政策，作为美联储主席，他发动了一场对抗通胀的战争。

Mr Volcker could have earned much more on Wall Street.

沃尔克本可在华尔街赚得更多。

He also proposed what became known as the " Volcker rule" , which bankers hate because it limits their trading.

他还提出了后来被称为“沃尔克规则”(Volcker rule)的方案，该方案招致银行家们的痛恨，因为其限制了他们的交易。

Mr Volcker barely made it though his eight years at the Fed.

八年的美联储生涯，沃尔克很少有“一举成功”的时刻。

The dollar duly fell sharply in the 1970s, although it rebounded under Mr Volcker's tenure at the Fed.

这导致美元于二十世纪七十年代急速跌落，尽管后来由于沃尔克在位美联储而有所恢复。

Paul Volcker, who led the Federal Reserve from 1979-87, is the biggest giant of all.

1979-87 年领导美联储的保罗沃尔克是最大的巨人。

“Volcker thinks we ought to sacrifice the domestic economy to save the dollar, ” he said.

“沃尔克认为我们应该牺牲国民经来救美元，”他称。

Five regular trade bodies have formally adopted what's called the Volcker rule, named after a former chairman of the US Central Bank Paul Volcker.

五个常规贸易机构正式采用所谓的沃尔克规则，该准则是以美国央行主席保罗·沃尔克的名字命名的。

When Paul Volcker's Fed raised interest rates to nearly 20 percent in the early 1980s, it helped to push joblessness above 10 percent.

当保罗·沃尔克担任美联储主席，在20世纪80年代初将利率提高到近20%时，利率也将失业率推高至10%以上。

A carpenter sent Volcker a plank of wood in the post—a symbol that lumber was unneeded since no one was buying houses.

一位木匠邮寄给沃尔克一块木板——这象征着木材不再需要，因为没有人买房。

Yet Mr Volcker still lacked the consolation of popularity, unlike Mr Greenspan, who was praised by the press and politicians for much of his term.

即便如此，沃尔克仍然缺乏来自民众的安慰；而格林斯潘在位期间，则常常受到媒体与政客的称颂。

After serving at the Treasury under Richard Nixon, the towering (6ft 7in) Mr Volcker was appointed to the Fed by both Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.

在尼克松（Richard Nixon）政府的财政部工作过后，伟岸的沃尔克先生（6英尺7英寸，即2米出头)同时被吉米·卡特（Jimmy Carter）和罗纳德·里根（Ronald Reagan）提名推荐到美联储。

In that decade, high inflation prompted extreme monetary tightening, which was meted out with enthusiasm by Paul Volcker, chairman of the Federal Reserve.

在那十年里，高通胀引发了极端的货币紧缩，美联储主席保罗沃尔克热情地采取了这种措施。

Like an economic Henry Kissinger, Mr Volcker shuttled around the world to placate foreign allies in the face of Nixon's marked indifference to international economics.

同经济学家艾尔弗雷德·基辛格（Henry Kissinger）相似，沃尔克穿梭于世界各地安抚国际同盟，尽管当时尼克松对国际经济满不在乎。

Asked how bad America's economy was when he took charge at the Fed in 1979, Mr Volcker replied, " by Latin American standards, it wasn't so bad" .

他于1979年执掌美联储，当被问及美国经济有多糟糕时，沃尔克曾回答称: “以拉美国家的标准衡量，情况还不算太糟糕。”

Either way, it puts the Fed on track for the steepest monetary tightening in a calendar year since 1981, when Paul Volcker was at the central bank's helm.

无论是哪种情况，这都将使美联储走上自1981年保罗·沃尔克执掌美联储以来最大幅度货币紧缩的轨道。

While Mr Volcker's record at the Fed is well-known, what might be more surprising is the crucial role he played in the exchange-rate crises of the early 1970s.

沃尔克在美联储的任职经历广为人知，其更令人惊讶的，应是他于二十世纪七十年代早期在汇率危机中所扮演的重要角色。

Perhaps the most remarkable fact about Mr Volcker is that he has spent much of his career dealing with Wall Street without being captured by its influence.

沃尔克未受到华尔街影响，毕其大半精力与之斡旋， 这或许是他最杰出的功绩。