They've been best friends since they were children.

There were low banks of earth between the rice fields.

稻田之间有低矮的田埂。

There were 200 people present at the meeting.

有200人出席会议。

There were 50 people there, at the very most.

那儿最多只有50个人。

COMAC said in a separate statement that it had started assembling the first ARJ21 for delivery to customers and that it was now in the process of installing aviation systems on the aircraft.

中国商飞在另一份声明中表示，已开始组装首架用于交付客户的arj21，目前正在为飞机安装航空系统。

The COMAC launched a design and research center and a customer service center earlier this year in Shanghai.

今年早些时候，中国商飞在上海成立一个设计和研究中心以及一个客服中心。

The challenge for Comac will be to integrate the thousands of components and systems in an aircraft certified as safe by both the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the US Federal Aviation Administration.

中国商飞面临的挑战，将是把数百种部件和系统整合到一种飞机上，然后使其获得中国民航总局（CAAC）和美国联邦航空局（FAA）的安全认证。

Comac enjoys the support of a cash-rich state backer-a factor that was essential to Airbus's emergence as Boeing's main rival.

中国商飞得到充足的政府机构的支持——而这一因素是空客成长为波音的主要对手关键因素。

He added that Ryanair would look to buy both COMAC jets and an all-new Boeing aircraft to encourage competition between the two companies.

他补充表示，瑞安航空希望能同时购买中国商飞的客机和波音的全新机型，以促进两家公司的竞争。

Boeing and COMAC have been collaborating since 2012 to support the growth of China's commercial aviation industry.

波音和中国商飞为支持中国商业航空事业的发展从2012年开始合作。

But Comac, which has yet to deliver a single aircraft, has set its sights on grabbing one-third of the domestic market in the next two decades.

但迄今一架飞机也未交付的中国商飞公司的目标则是在未来20年抢占三分之一的国内市场份额。

G919 is developed by COMAC, a Chinese aircraft company.

G919由一家来自中国的飞机公司——中国商飞开发。

In order to realize the century dream of flying in the sky and the strategy of the nation, COMAC bears the nation's dream and people's trust.

中国商飞承载着民族的梦想和人民的信任，为实现“翱翔天际”的世纪梦想和国家战略而奋斗。

It is not likely that Comac can integrate this technology and create highly competitive aircraft that can be sold without heavy production subsidies, at least at first.

如果没有高额的生产补贴，中国商飞就不可能掌握组装技术，生产出可供出售、竞争力很强的飞机&起码一开始是这样。

From both a technical and financial perspective, industry executives say Comac is well positioned to realise its ambitions, but caution that could take years.

行业高管表示，从技术和财务角度看，中国商飞已做好实现抱负的准备，但警告称，这可能要需要多年时间。

TheARJ21-700, made by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. ( COMAC), is China'sfirst homegrown regional airliner and can seat 78 to 90 passengers depending onits configuration.

ARJ21-700由中国商用飞机有限责任公司（COMAC）制造，是中国首架支线飞机，依据不同外形，可装载78到90名乘客。

Ryanair has yet to make a decision on whether or not it will abandon Boeing for COMAC, but it looks like it might just take a chance.

瑞安航空至今还没有决定是否与波音诀别，转而牵手中国商用飞机公司，但有迹象表明该公司可能会去试试水。

COMAC of China and irkut of Russia are also developing similar aircraft in the 100-to 200-seat class.

中国comac公司与俄罗斯irkut公司也在开发类似的100~200座级飞机。

The Zhejiang Provincial Government, the Boeing Company, and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. ( COMAC) signed a framework agreement last Friday.

上周五，浙江省政府、波音公司和中国商用飞机有限责任公司（COMAC）签署了一份框架协议。

COMAC has received orders for 413 ARJ21-700 from 19 clients.

该公司已获得19家客户共计413架ARJ21-700飞机的订单。

The COMAC also plans to start developing wide-body aircraft in 2017.

此外，中国商飞公司还计划在2017年开始研发宽体飞机。