in the end fatally so

enti · 发表于 2018-9-10 11:37:46

经济学人＜Lehman ten years on: more has changed than meets the eye＞

Cultures have changed, too. Lehman was driven, in the end fatally so, by employees who were encouraged to take initiative and create opportunities—an approach that worked well in equities but failed disastrously in the fixed-income business, which collapsed under the weight of bad property-related debt. The new managerial order for every bank is less free-spirited, with tight controls and, too often, dispiriting bureaucracy.

我理解这句话是说雷曼成也萧何，败也萧何。但是 'so' 指代的是什么呢？

Engdict · 发表于 2018-9-10 20:45:53

'so' 指代 driven.

enti · 发表于 2018-9-10 22:22:19

啊，居然这么简单。我真是蠢死了。感谢回复。

loveaffairs · 发表于 2018-9-11 01:05:44

企业文化也发生了变化。雷曼公司由员工主导，他们被鼓励采取主动、创造机会，这一做法在股票部门行之有效，在固定收益部门却一败涂地。最终，雷曼被员工带入了死胡同，崩溃在不良资产债务的重压下。各银行管理层的最新命令变得更加拘谨，控制严格，一副总是令人沮丧的官僚作派。

in the end fatally so = (Lehman was) driven to fatality in the end.

enti · 发表于 2018-9-11 11:10:29

感谢 loveaffairs 大大的翻译及解释。

我又发现了自己理解上的一个错误， which collapsed under the weight of bad property-related debt 这个 which 原来是指 Lehman 啊，我还以为是 the fixed-income business。太信任就近原则也不好。

[语言求助] in the end fatally so