 For all this impishness, his tactics also trample on the principle that markets need reliable information to function correctly. 撇开所有这些捣蛋行为不谈，他的做法也是对市场需要可靠信息才能正常运转这一原则的践踏。■感觉for all有时可以理解为In addition to; impishness n.顽皮 用来替换上文的mischief-making。

 Fuelling the ongoing guessing game about his intentions, he has tweeted a reference to Elvis Presley’s “Love Me Tender”, implying—at least to those blessed with meme-stock intuition—that he may try to sidestep the board by launching a tender offer to all shareholders. 他在推文中提及猫王的歌名《温柔地爱我》，暗示（至少在那些有幸具备网红股直觉的人看来）他可能会向所有股东发起要约收购，从而绕开董事会。这更让人们津津乐道于他此番收购到底是要做什么。■翻译tips：①面对一个长难句，合理断句，译文可以翻成两句话。②词性转换。动词↔名词，如tweeted推文；reference提及。③先翻译“做了什么”，后翻译结果/目的。

 Stumbling block: A stumbling block is a problem which stops you from achieving something. 绊脚石 syn. Obstacle, impediment e.g. The major stumbling block in the talks has been money. 谈判的主要阻碍一直是钱。

 As problematic is the idea that Mr Musk might end up controlling one of the world’s most powerful means of communication at a time when fortunes are won and lost on “story stocks”—those driven by narratives discussed on forums like Twitter. 同样糟糕的一点是，在一个财富围绕“叙事股”（由推特等论坛上谈论的叙事推动的股票）起落的时代，人们认为马斯克有朝一日可能会控制推特——世界上最具影响力的沟通平台之一。■可以把as adj. is n. that…这个句式运用到写作中

 Go from strength to strength不断壮大/不断取得成功 e.g. A decade later, the company has gone from strength to strength. 10年后，这个公司越来越兴旺了。

 …Twitter has even greater power to blare out corporate propaganda than previously assumed. 推特在企业宣传方面的能力比人们之前设想的还要大。■blare: If something such as a siren or radio blares, it makes a loud, unpleasant noise. 发出响亮刺耳的声音 e.g. Music blared from the apartment behind me. 响亮刺耳的音乐，从我身后的房间传了出来。记一下这种搭配blare out propaganda宣传，硬要翻译的话可以翻译成“散布”，因为propaganda为贬义，译为“散布企业宣传（信息）”

 And Tarbell’s exposé might have been trolled out of existence. 而塔贝尔的书可能已经在喷子们的围攻下销声匿迹。■troll：to post deliberately inflammatory articles on an internet discussion board (在网络论坛)故意发布煽动性文章 [计算机] [slang]

注：外刊观点与本人无关，仅用于英语学习