译文（字数 3162）：

在斯里兰卡和马来西亚的上市公司的盈利能力分析

一、简介

在五十年以前，斯里兰卡和马来西亚有许多共同点。这两个国家是英国殖民地，分别在1957年和1948年脱离英国获得独立，独立的时间只相差9年。这两个国家开始了独立后的时期，拥有丰富的资源，学习英国的法律和政治制度，以及类似的教育系统。1960年，马来西亚有一个国民总收入（GNI）每280美元的人均和斯里兰卡在1960年的每152美元的人均国民总收入。经过五十年的独立性，马来西亚现在远远领先于斯里兰卡的许多方面，包括经济和工业发展。今天，马来西亚被广泛接受为一个大发展的成功故事在发展中世界。尽管有1997-1998年金融危机期间的大规模经济收缩经验丰富，马来西亚的经济表现一直贯穿独立后期间令人印象深刻。持续高增长（平均近6％年息百分之过去四十年），一直伴随着生活水平的提高与收入的相对平等分配。

外文原文（字符数 9925）：

外文出处 Journal of Business Venturing   P165-176

PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS OF LISTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN SRI

LANKA AND MALAYSIA

INTRODUCTION

Sri Lanka and Malaysia had many things in common five decades ago. Both countries were British colonies and gained independence from Britain nine years apart – Sri Lanka in 1948 and Malaysia in 1957. Both countries started the post-independence period with a rich mix of resources, strong British legal and political institutions, and similar educational systems. In 1960, Malaysia had a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of about $280 and Sri Lanka had a GNI per capita of US$152 in 1960. After five decades of independence, Malaysia is now far ahead of Sri Lanka in many fronts, including economic and industrial development. Today, Malaysia is widely held as a great development success story in the developing world. Not withstanding the massive economic contraction experienced during the 1997-98 financial crisis, Malaysia’s economic performance has been impressive throughout the postindependence period. Sustained high growth (averaging to nearly 6 per cent per annum for the past four decades) has been accompanied by rising living standards with a relatively equal distribution of income.