UK technology firm Imagination, which designs graphics chips for smartphones, is being bought for ?550m by a Chinese-backed investment firm.

　　为手机设计显示芯片的英国科技公司想象力被位于中国的投资公司以5.5亿英镑收购。

　　Imagination put itself up for sale in June after Apple, its largest customer, said it would stop using its products.

　　继想象力最大客户苹果宣布将停止使用它的产品以后，它于六月上架售卖。

　　The boss of Imagination, Andrew Heath, said the takeover by China-backed Canyon Bridge was a "very good outcome" and would ensure it remained in the UK.

　　想象力老板安德鲁·希思说，中国支持的Canyon Bridge 收购是一个“非常好的结果”，该收购确保公司仍然留在英国。

　　It becomes the latest UK chip designer to be bought by a foreign investor.

　　想象力成为了最近被外国投资商收购的英国芯片设计商。

　　Last year, ARM, which designs microchip technology used in Apple and Samsung smartphones, was bought by Japan’s Softbank for ?24bn.

　　去年，为苹果和三星设计微芯片技术的ARM被日本软银以240亿英镑收购。

　　Canyon Bridge recently raised $1.5bn (1.1bn pounds) from Chinese investors and has offices in Beijing and San Francisco.

　　Canyon Bridge 近日从中国投资者那里筹集了15亿美元(约11亿英镑)，在北京和圣弗朗西斯科设有办公室。

　　The firm said it currently has no plans to cut jobs at Hertfordshire-based Imagination after the takeover.

　　该公司表示，目前没有计划在收购后对赫特福德郡的想象力进行裁员。

　　Ray Bingham, a partner at Canyon Bridge, said: "We are investing in UK talent and expertise in order to accelerate the expansion of Imagination, particularly into Asia, where its technology platform will lead the continued globalisation of British-developed innovation."

　　Canyon Bridge合伙人雷.宾汉姆说：“我们正在对英国人才和专业知识进行投资，以加快想象力的扩张，尤其是在亚洲方便，想象力的科技平台将引领英国开发创新的持续全球化。”

　　Imagination saw its shares halve in value when Apple said in April that it would end a deal to use its products.

　　四月，当苹果表示自己将结束使用想象力产品的交易时，想象力的股票价格跌了一半。

　　The two firms are still engaged in a dispute over the move - with Imagination questioning Apple’s "assertions" that it would be able to develop its own computer chip designs without breaching Imagination’s intellectual property rights.

　　两家公司就这一举动仍然处于争论之中——想象力质疑苹果能够在不违反想象力知识产权的情况下自己开发电脑芯片的“断言”。

　　Apple’s royalty payments for the chip technology, accounted for about half of Imagination’s revenues.

　　苹果对芯片科技忠实的掏腰包占想象力利润约一半。

　　Mr Heath said: "Imagination has made excellent progress both operationally and financially over the last 18 months until Apple’s unsubstantiated assertions and the subsequent dispute forced us to change course.

　　希思说：“过去18个月里，想象力在运营和财务上都取得了杰出的进步，直到苹果没有根据的断言和随之而来的争议逼迫我们改变流程。”

　　"The acquisition will ensure that Imagination - with its strong growth prospects - remains an independent IP licensing business, based in the UK, but operating around the world."

　　“这次收购将确保想象力成长势头强劲，仍然是独立的知识产权许可业务，总部位于英国，但是在全球范围内经营。”

　　It is not Canyon Bridge’s first deal for a Western tech company.

　　这不是Canyon Bridge第一次收购西方科技公司。

　　The firm is seeking approval for a $1.3bn deal to buy US chipmaker Lattice Semiconductor.

　　公司正在寻求13亿美元交易的许可，收购美国芯片制造商莱迪斯半导体。

　　Last week, the Trump administration barred the sale of Lattice to the Chinese-backed company, citing national security risks.

　　上周，特朗普政府援引国家安全风险考虑，禁止莱迪斯出售给中国支持的公司。