恒大债台高筑你还会买它的房吗？

　　Evergrande went from China＂s biggest developer to one of its worst debtors
　　恒大集团从中国最大的房地产开发商沦为财务状况最糟糕的负债方之一
　　The company owes hundreds of billions of dollars.Its creditors are circling.Its shares have taken a beating.But if anything forces a reckoning for Evergrande, a vast real estate empire in China, it might be the nervousness of ordinary homebuyers.
　　恒大集团负债金额达数千亿美元。债主们正围着它讨债，其股价也严重受挫。不过，作为中国庞大的房产帝国，如果说有什么力量非要给恒大＂算算总账＂的话，这股力量可能就是普通购房者惶恐不安的情绪了。
　　During the boom years, Evergrande was China＂s biggest developer.As more people were lifted out of poverty, homebuyers put their money into property.Feeling flush and eager to expand, Evergrande borrowed money to dabble in new businesses like a soccer club, bottled water and, most recently, electric vehicles.
　　在经济繁荣发展的时期，恒大曾是中国最大的房地产开发商。随着越来越多的人摆脱了贫困，购房者们便把他们的钱投入房产中。如此一来，恒大赚到盆满钵满，便急于扩张，它另行借款以涉足足球俱乐部、瓶装水，以及最近的电动汽车等新领域。
　　广州恒大足球俱乐部
　　恒大冰泉
　　恒大电动汽车
　　Now homebuyers walked away, after reading headlines about the company＂s financial difficulties and complaints about construction delays.Today Evergrande owes more money than it can pay off.By one estimate, Evergrande owes more than $300 billion.Its stock price has lost three-quarters of its value in the past year and creditors are panicking.The company has started selling off parts of its corporate empire, but to survive, Evergrande needs to keep selling its apartments.
　　而如今，购房者们在看到新闻头条对恒大财务困境的报道以及人们对楼盘延迟交付的纷纷抱怨后，也都对恒大敬而远之。现在，恒大已无力偿还欠下的债务。有人估计，恒大负债超出3000亿美元。去年，其股价市值已经下跌了四分之三，由此引发债权人的恐慌。眼下，恒大已经开始出售旗下的部分业务了，但是要想熬过这场危机，它还是得接着卖楼。
　　恒大翡翠华庭
　　In public comments, Xu Jiayin, the founder, has pointed to the company＂s success in paying off some foreign and domestic investors, reducing debt that incurs interest to $88 billion from $130 billion late last year.But it still has unpaid bills from acquisitions, land-use rights and contract liabilities that add up to hundreds of billions of dollars.Some lenders and business partners have taken it to court to try to freeze assets to get their money back.
　　恒大创始人许家印（Xu Jiayin）在公开声明中指出，公司已经成功偿还了不少国内外投资者的债务，去年年底已将有息负债从1300亿美元降至880亿美元。但它还有来自各项收购、土地使用权以及合同债务的多项未偿付欠款，金额累计达数千亿美元。有些借方和商业合作伙伴已经将恒大告上法庭，希望能通过冻结其资产来追回自己的债务。
　　恒大创始人 许家印
　　The company＂s problems have been building for years, but lenders, big investors and homebuyers alike are treating it as if it is about to fail.
　　尽管恒大集团的＂债台＂已经＂高筑＂多年了，但这次，借方、投资大鳄和购房者们对待此事的态度，都仿佛恒大马上就要大势已去一样。