In the sense you will meet most in news and protest talk, corporatism is the power and influence that huge companies have — over jobs, over what we buy, over news, and over what the government does. It is not about one small shop.

In the sense you will meet most in news and protest talk在新聞和抗議場合最常見的意思裡，corporatismcorporatism（財團勢力） is the power and influence that huge companies have指的是大企業擁有的權力和影響力 — over jobs對工作、over what we buy對我們買的東西、over news對新聞、and over what the government does還有對政府作為的影響力。It它 is not about one small shop講的不是一家小商店的事。

It is about the very big firms that can hire thousands of people, buy smaller companies, and sit in the room when laws are written. The word often carries a complaint: the companies are running too much of the show.

It它 is about講的是 the very big firms那些非常大的企業，that can hire thousands of people能雇用好幾千人、buy smaller companies能併購比較小的公司、and sit in the room when laws are written還能在法律制定的時候坐上談判桌。The word這個字 often carries a complaint常常帶著一種抱怨的語氣：the companies are running too much of the show覺得這些公司主導太多事情了。

It is fairly formal; you find it in essays and political talk, not in the kitchen.

It這個字 is fairly formal算是滿正式的；you find it會出現 in essays and political talk在文章和政治討論裡，not in the kitchen不是廚房裡的閒聊用語。

Though actually, older books use corporatism for something else, and that still matters in politics class. There it means a system where the state, the unions, and the business groups sit together as blocs and fix wages and rules — not “the companies win,” but “the big groups bargain.” Some European countries were described that way.

Though actually不過其實，older books比較舊的書 use corporatism for something else用corporatism這個字表示別的意思，and that still matters in politics class這在政治課上還是很重要。There在那舊的意思裡 it means a system指的是一種制度 where the state, the unions, and the business groups國家、工會，和商業團體 sit together as blocs各自組成集團坐在一起 and fix wages and rules一起決定薪資和規則 — not "the companies win,"不是「公司贏了」 but "the big groups bargain."而是「大團體一起談判」Some European countries were described that way有些歐洲國家過去就是這樣被形容的。

So if you only learn “big companies have power,” you will misread those older pages. One word now carries two stories, and newspapers often use the newer, looser one.

So所以，if you only learn "big companies have power,"如果你只學到「大公司有權力」這個意思，you will misread those older pages你讀到比較舊的文章時就會理解錯。One word同一個字 now carries two stories現在背著兩種說法，and newspapers often use報紙常用 the newer, looser one比較新、比較鬆散的那個意思。