quite defensively positioned going into the Brexit vote

在脫歐公投舉行前已採取防守策略

I think people were really unsure about what the result was going to be

我想人們對於公投結果是什麼都很不確定

and so a lot of hedge funds basically took all risks off the table

所以很多對沖基金都消除了這些風險

and really didn't really express any real view on either way the result could go

人們也沒有真正表達對於脫歐與否的實際看法

I think since the result has come out

我認為自從公投解果公佈後

there has really been a sharp derating of the prospects

避險基金以及其他貿易商行

of British economy and the value of the pound against the dollar in the eyes of a lot of hedge funds and other trading houses

突然變得非常不看好英國經濟以及英鎊兌美元匯率的前景

I think that what we've seen is that a lot of people are now thinking forward to where this crisis might lead

我們目前看到的是許多人在思考這個危機會造成什麼樣的後果

and looking at the current political unrest or at least political uncertainty inside Westminster in the UK

並且因為目前英國西敏寺內的政治動盪或政治不確定性

have started to really think about how long this crisis could go on for

已開始真正思考這場危機會持續多久

I think the position of being negative on the outlook of British economy in the coming months

我認為對於未來幾個月的英國經濟持不樂觀的態度

is actually something now of a consensus between most hedge funds managers

已經有點是對沖基金管理公司的一致意見了

I think a lot of people are expressing that view in some way or another

我認為很多人都在以不同方式表達那樣的看法

The actual debate going on is what impact Britain's vote

目前被熱烈討論的是英國脫歐

to leave European Union is going to have on the Euro zone

對於歐元區會有何影響

and how could this crisis, which at the moment is relatively contained

而這個目前控制在英國區域內

relatively focused on Britain and British-exposed stocks and the pound

大致上僅影響到英國、英國的個股以及英鎊的危機

how is this going to spread into Europe?

會如何擴及到歐洲？

Is it going spread into Europe and are we going to see

這會擴及到歐洲嗎？我們是否將看到

a re-emergence of doubts over the integrity of the European Union and the Eurozone, and the European debt crisis

人們再度質疑歐盟、歐元區的完整性以及歐債危機