<p>I would translate it as:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Companies are all in competitive markets, and <strong>only</strong> with a market <strong>can they</strong> be profitable.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>For</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Namely the orig 2nd half sentence might be able to be converted as <strong>如果(/要是)</strong> 有了市场 <strong>(就)</strong> 才有效益</p>
</blockquote>
<p>, &quot;如果有了市场才有效益&quot; may be more fluent in Chinese, while &quot;如果…才…&quot; here can be translated as &quot;There will be profits <strong>only if</strong> market exists.&quot;</p>

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<p>Your translation is ungrammatical in English (&quot;can is there&quot;), but I think the idea is correct. The grammar of the second half is like <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22only_if%22_with_%22zhiyou%22" rel="nofollow noreferrer">只有……才……</a></p>
<p>I would translate it as:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Companies operate in competitive markets. Only in the markets can they become efficient.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I translated 效益 as &quot;efficiency&quot; because I think it makes more sense in the context of competitive markets, but I may be wrong.</p>

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noe
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<p>有了市场才有效益</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Perhaps, the structure 因为...所以... fits for it, like 因为有了市场，所以才有效益。</p>
<p>Another example: 因为有你，（所以）生活才有意义。 = 有你生活才有意义。</p>

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dan
<p>企业都在竞争(compete for)市场，有了(have)市场才有(then)效益。</p>
<p>The sentence indicates that &quot;enterprises are always <strong>competing for</strong> market share, (because only) have a share of the market <strong>then</strong> there is profit.&quot;</p>

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r13
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<p>企业都在竞争市场，有了市场才有效益。</p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>My translation</strong> : <em>Companies are in the markets and competing each other. Only if markets exist can is there profits</em></p>
<p>I've parsed 有了市场才有效益 with</p>
<ul>
<li>有了市场(There is markets)</li>
<li>才有效益(only there is profits)</li>
</ul>
<p>Writing till here now I thought that 如果 or 要是 etc may able to be added just before 有了。</p>
<p>Namely the orig 2nd half sentence might be able to be converted as <strong>如果(/要是)</strong> 有了市场(<strong>就</strong>)才有效益</p>
<p>Is this my thought correct??</p>

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Comprehension of 有了...才
# Comprehension of 有了...才

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-05-07)

> 企业都在竞争市场，有了市场才有效益。

**My translation** : *Companies are in the markets and competing each other. Only if markets exist can is there profits*

I've parsed 有了市场才有效益 with

* 有了市场(There is markets)
* 才有效益(only there is profits)

Writing till here now I thought that 如果 or 要是 etc may able to be added just before 有了。

Namely the orig 2nd half sentence might be able to be converted as **如果(/要是)** 有了市场(**就**)才有效益

Is this my thought correct??

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-05-08. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

I would translate it as:

> Companies are all in competitive markets, and **only** with a market **can they** be profitable.

For

> Namely the orig 2nd half sentence might be able to be converted as **如果(/要是)** 有了市场 **(就)** 才有效益

, "如果有了市场才有效益" may be more fluent in Chinese, while "如果…才…" here can be translated as "There will be profits **only if** market exists."


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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-05-07. Score: 1

Your translation is ungrammatical in English ("can is there"), but I think the idea is correct. The grammar of the second half is like [只有……才……](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22only_if%22_with_%22zhiyou%22)

I would translate it as:

> Companies operate in competitive markets. Only in the markets can they become efficient.

I translated 效益 as "efficiency" because I think it makes more sense in the context of competitive markets, but I may be wrong.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2023-05-07. Score: 1

> 有了市场才有效益

Perhaps, the structure 因为...所以... fits for it, like 因为有了市场，所以才有效益。

Another example: 因为有你，（所以）生活才有意义。 = 有你生活才有意义。


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### Answer by username_4 on 2023-05-07. Score: 0

企业都在竞争(compete for)市场，有了(have)市场才有(then)效益。

The sentence indicates that "enterprises are always **competing for** market share, (because only) have a share of the market **then** there is profit."


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