As The Economist went to press, America's government was about to do the opposite.

本期《经济学人》付印时，美国政府正欲背道而驰。

Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press.

此期间，编辑等得不耐烦了，因为杂志马上要付印。

As The Economist went to press, OPEC was at last due to meet online.

《经济学人》付印之际，OPEC 终于要线上会面了。

The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press.

记者立即出发去核实这些重要的事实，但过了好长时间不见他把数字，此期间，编辑等得不耐烦了，因为杂志马上要付印。

When Robinhood lists on the Nasdaq on July 29th after the Economist goes to press, institutional investors will, as is usual, be able to buy and trade shares on the exchange.

《经济学人》付印后，Robinhood于7月29日纳斯达克上市，机构投资者将一样，可以交易所购买和交易股票。

On June 1st, after The Economist went to press, China was expected to retaliate with tariffs on $60bn of American goods, including components for Apple devices.

6月1日，这期《经济学人》付印后，预计中国将对600亿美元的美国商品征收关税作为回击，其中包括苹果设备的零部件。

SoftBank is listing its telecoms arm; shares in the unit were due to begin trading on December 19th, after The Economist had gone to press.

软银电信业务上市，本刊付印后，股票定于12月19日开售。

Some of that may arrive as soon as May 28th, after The Economist went to press, when an update to the figures was due.

其中一些数据可能会5月28日本刊付印之后公布，届时将更新数据。

Certainly nobody was expecting one at the meeting on December 14th, which was due to take place just after The Economist had gone to press.

当然，没有人预期12月14日的会议上会降息（会议本期《经济学人》付印后召开）。

The U.S. has the ability to print paper-strip antigen tests in massive numbers and to distribute them all over the country.

美国有能力大量付印抗原检测试纸，将其分发到全国各地。

SHORTLY after The Economist went to press, about 25,000 people were expected to turn up at the London Art Fair.

就本期《经济学人》付印后不久，预计有两万五千人次参加伦敦艺术博览会。

But as The Economist went to press there was still no indication that this was anything but a horrific accident.

然而，当《经济学人》付印之际，还没有迹象能够证明，此次爆炸绝非一起恐怖事件。

It was unclear as The Economist went to press whether he would, in fact, be allowed to hang on.

当《经济学人》付印时，他是否会被允许继续留任还不清楚。

As The Economist went to press, Scotty McCreery, an " American Idol" winner, was perched atop Billboard's album chart.

本刊付印之际，《美偶》冠军Scotty McCreery美国“公告牌”音乐排行榜上高居榜首。

A tariff deadline was looming as The Economist went to press.

本期《经济学人》付印时，关税的最后期限即将到。

As The Economist went to press, more than 7,600 fires had burned over 2.5m acres (1m hectares) of land. The season still has months to run.

本刊付印之际，7600多起火灾已经烧毁了250万英亩（100万公顷）的土地。这个季节还有还几个月才结束。

The subject seemed likely to raise its head again as Wall Street banks reported their first-quarter earnings after we went to press.

本期刊物付印后，华尔街银行公布了第一季度收益报告，这一话题似乎可能再次引起人们的关注。

A young readers' edition of Roxanne Dunbar- Ortiz's An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States was released in July.

今年7月，罗克珊·邓巴-奥尔蒂斯的《美国土著人民历史》青少年版也已付印出版。

That bumped oil prices higher. As The Economist went to press on December 18th, Brent crude had risen to $65.74.

石油价格再次推高。12月18日，本刊付印时，布伦特原油价格已升至65.74美元。

Leaders were set to consider whether to make cheap credit lines available to governments through the zone's bail-out fund after The Economist went to press.

本刊付印后，各国领导人将考虑是否通过欧元区援助资金向各国政府提供廉价信贷额度。