Renault will piggyback on partner Nissan’s product and strategy in its overdue entry to the Chinese carmaking market as it seeks rapid catch-up with competitors.
雷诺(Renault)将借助合作伙伴日产(Nissan)的产品和战略，姗姗来迟地进入中国汽车制造市场，争取快速赶上竞争对手。
The French carmaker this month received approval for a $1.3bn joint venture to build cars in China, the biggest car market, with Dongfeng, which has built cars with Nissan in the country for the past 10 years.
这家法国汽车制造商本月争取到中国政府批准其与东风汽车(Dongfeng)组建13亿美元合资企业，在全球最大汽车市场制造汽车。东风与日产合资在华制造汽车已有10年。
Renault would use the same product platforms built and sold by Nissan in China under different model names, and share market segments, engines, parts and supply chains, three people with knowledge of the company’s strategy told the Financial Times.
了解雷诺战略的3名人士告诉英国《金融时报》，该公司将利用日产以不同的型号名称在华制造和销售的产品的平台，并共享市场细分、发动机、零部件和供应链。
Renault would position itself as an affordable luxury brand in China, the people said, as it looked to snatch share in the country, where sales growth has for years offset a shrinking market in Europe for carmakers such as Volkswagen and General Motors.
上述人士表示，雷诺在中国将定位于一个价格适中的豪华品牌。该公司将寻求争夺中国市场的份额；对大众(Volkswagen)和通用汽车(General Motors)等汽车制造商来说，中国的销售增长多年来一直在抵消不断收缩的欧洲市场的影响。
The Japanese company builds a suite of cars including its midsized Teana sedan in China, a model that uses a product platform that can support Renault models such as the Laguna sedan.
日产在中国生产一系列汽车，包括中型的天籁(Teana)轿车，这款车型所用的产品平台也能支持雷诺的一些车型，如拉古那(Laguna)轿车。
Renault’s venture with Dongfeng will build cars and engines for both companies and start with an annual production capacity of 150,000 vehicles.
雷诺与东风的合资企业将为两家公司制造汽车和发动机，首期年产能将达到15万辆。
The French carmaker will officially announce the details of its strategy for China today.
这家法国汽车制造商将在今日正式宣布其中国战略的细节。
Renault, which owns 43.4 per cent of Nissan, has operated in alliance with the Japanese carmaker since 1999, leveraging joint products, purchasing and production to save billions of euros every year.
持有日产43.4%股份的雷诺，从1999年起与这家日本汽车制造商携手运营，充分利用产品、采购和生产方面的联合，每年节省数十亿欧元的成本。
Nissan and Renault’s individual joint ventures in China with Dongfeng are legally required to remain separate entities, unlike its operations in India, where the two operate as one business.
日产和雷诺分别在华与东风组建的合资企业，依法必须是相互独立的实体，这与它们在印度运营一家合资企业的情况不同。
But the original agreement signed between Nissan and Dongfeng in 2003 includes a provision to integrate Renault into what officials in the three companies refer to as a “prosperous triangle” in China.
但是，日产和东风在2003年达成的最初协议，包含了一条拟在中国整合雷诺的条款，目的是形成三家公司高管所称的“金三角”。
“I would expect China to be the area where the synergies and the alliances will be the best,” said Jérémie Papin, finance director of the Renault Nissan alliance.
“我期望中国成为协同效应和联盟达到极致的地方，”雷诺-日产联盟(Renault Nissan alliance)财务总监杰瑞米•帕潘(Jérémie Papin)表示。
Renault’s lack of manufacturing capacity in China has made it an outlier among global car brands that have flocked to the country over the past couple of decades in search of growth.
缺乏在中国的制造能力使雷诺在全球汽车品牌中成为一个局外者。过去20年来，全球汽车品牌纷纷到中国寻求增长。
The French carmaker has sought to join its Japanese partner in spreading its reach over the past decade in order to lessen its dependence on Europe, where the market has slumped to a 20-year low.
雷诺在过去10年里寻求与日本合作伙伴一起扩张海外地盘，以减轻其对欧洲的依赖。目前欧洲市场已跌至20年低位。
Nissan sold 1.25m vehicles in China last year in conjunction with Dongfeng and accounted for almost 60 per cent of the Chinese company’s net profit in the first six months of this year, according to Citi.
花旗(Citi)数据显示，日产与东风的合资企业去年在中国销量达到125万辆，该合资企业在今年上半年占东风净利润的近60%。
Dongfeng, based in Wuhan, eastern central China, has become China’s best-known carmarker outside the country thanks to joint ventures with Honda, Nissan, PSA Peugeot Citroën and Renault, and its ongoing talks with Peugeot to take a stake in the French carmaker.
总部位于华中城市武汉的东风，已成为海外最知名的中国汽车制造商，与本田(Honda)、日产、标致雪铁龙(PSA Peugeot Citroën)和雷诺分别建立了合资企业，并且正与标致谈判，拟入股这家法国汽车制造商。