WITH flaking paint and rusty doors, many factories in the province of Biella in north-west Italy stand idle.

在意大利西北部比耶拉省（Biella），许多工厂歇业停产，一道道门油漆脱落，锈迹斑斑。

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I won't stand idle though, and I will launch a new project — a SAX handler compiler — in the next column.

但我不想闲着，在下一篇专栏文章中，我将启动一个新的项目—SAX处理程序编译器。

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Though Wenzhou's streets rumble round-the-clock with heavy truck traffic and its skyline is studded with cranes, many workshops and smaller factories stand idle and padlocked.

尽管温州的街道仍一天二十四小时充斥着载重卡车车流的轰隆声，天空的轮廓里点缀着起重机的身影，许多车间和小工厂却正闲置着，甚至干脆大门紧锁。

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Though Wenzhou's streets rumble round-the-clock with heavy truck traffic and its skyline is studded with cranes, many workshops and smaller factories stand idle and padlocked.

尽管温州的街道仍一天二十四小时充斥着载重卡车车流的轰隆声，天空的轮廓里点缀着起重机的身影，许多车间和小工厂却正闲置着，甚至干脆大门紧锁。

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