The company, which releases its 2009 results today, was once dismissed as a copy-cat manufacturer and poor cousin to its Japanese rivals.
三星今日将公布2009年业绩。该公司一度被贬视为只能模仿的制造商、日本同行的穷亲戚。
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But, as he points out, Microsoft has a history of coming late to a market with a mediocre copy-cat product that gradually gets better until it prevails.
但是，他也指出，微软向来可以从一个简单的复制品做起，接着逐步改进后来居上，最终大获全胜。
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The river through the city also has its own Sydney Harbour Bridge, as well as a copy-cat Alexandre III Bridge straight out of the French capital, Paris.