Yet the research revealed that the U.S. factoriesof Honda, Nissan, and Toyota achieved about 95percent of the productivity of their Japanesecounterparts—a result of the training that U.S.workers received on the job.
【分析】复合句。句子主干是 the research revealed that...。that 引导宾语从句,其中名词短语 a resultof the training 补充说明 the U.S. factories...Japanese counterparts,training 由 that 引导的定语从句修饰。
【译文】然而,研究表明,由田,尼桑和丰田在美国工厂的生产率达到了日本同行的95%——这归功于美国工人进行的在岗培训。
【点拨】counterpart 指“与双方地位作用相当的人(或物),对应物”。