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Chinese to English: Setting foot in the car industry world
Source text - Chinese 1878年，安德烈·雪铁龙出生在法国巴黎的一个珠宝商人家里，他从小酷爱科学。安德烈6岁的时候，家庭发生巨变．父亲由于生意被骗而自杀，母亲不久也去世。一个原本和睦富裕的家庭一瞬间家破人亡依靠亲戚的救济，安德烈艰难地生活了下来，并考进了著名学府一一一巴黎高等综合工科学院。1900年，大学毕业的安德烈去波兰外婆家探亲度假，在旅途中，他偶然注意到一个装置上按人"字形拼成的齿轮，这个小发现给了他灵感。从外婆家回来后，安德烈发明了人字形齿轮传动系统。1905 年，安德烈建立了一个自己的小公司，专门生产自己的专利产品，因为人字形齿轮的平稳和效率，很快开始销往整个欧洲。1912年对于安德烈·雪铁龙而言是关键的一年，他来到了美国，参观了亨利·福特的汽车厂这次参观给了他极大的振动，他明白了自己应该做什么，那就是生产汽车。
Translation - English André Citroën was born into a family of diamond merchants in Paris in 1878 and developed a passion for science from a very early age. When André was 6 years old however, his father committed suicide after undertaking some risky business speculations and his mother died shortly after, leaving a once happy and wealthy family in ruins. Thanks to the financial support of his relatives, André was able to lead a hard but bearable life, and even attended the world-renowned Ecole Polytechnique. Upon graduating from university in 1900, André went to visit his grandmother in Poland for the holidays. On the way, he happened to notice a cog with an upside-down V-shaped pattern on it. This small discovery was to become a great source of inspiration for the young André. When he came back from his grandmother’s, he set about inventing what became known as the double helical gear system. In 1905 André created his own small company to sell his own patented products. Because of the helical gears’ ability to smoothly and effectively transfer power, the system quickly spread to the rest of Europe. 1912 was a crucial year for André Citroën. In that year, he travelled to the United States and visited Henry Ford’s factory, a visit which was to have a huge impact on him. He suddenly realized what he had to do: he had to create his own car factory and manufacture cars.
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