埃隆·马斯克将加入Twitter董事会

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Elon Musk is set to join Twitter's board of directors, a move that potentially boosts his influence over the social media platform and which comes one day after it was disclosed that he had become the company's largest individual shareholder.

埃隆·马斯克将加入Twitter董事会，此举可能会提升他在社交媒体平台上的影响力。此前一天，有消息披露，他已成为该公司最大的个人股东。

Twitter said in a regulatory filing Tuesday that it plans to appoint the Tesla and SpaceX CEO to its board for a term that ends in 2024. As part of the deal, Musk has agreed not to acquire more than 14.9% of the company's shares while he remains on the board.

Twitter在周二提交的一份监管文件中表示，计划任命特斯拉和SpaceX首席执行官为其董事会成员，任期至2024年。作为交易的一部分，马斯克已同意在继续担任董事会成员期间不会收购超过14.9%的公司股份。

On Monday, Twitter said in a filing that Musk had bought 9.2% of its shares. The news came as somewhat of a surprise, after Musk had tweeted multiple times in recent weeks criticizing the company's policies and mulling whether a new social media platform was needed.

周一，Twitter在一份文件中表示，马斯克已经购买了9.2%的股份。这一消息有些出人意料，因为马斯克在最近几周多次发推文批评该公司的政策，并考虑是否需要一个新的社交媒体平台。

It's not entirely clear what improvements Musk has in mind. In recent weeks, Musk has suggested on Twitter that the platform does not allow free enough speech, and said it should make its algorithm open source. On Monday night, he also polled his followers about whether they "want an edit button," a longtime feature request, if a divisive one, from many Twitter users.

目前还不完全清楚马斯克有什么改进的想法。最近几周，马斯克在Twitter上表示，该平台的言论自由还不充分，并表示应该将其算法开源。周一晚上，他还对他的粉丝们进行了民意调查，询问他们是否"想要一个编辑按钮"，如果存在争议的话，这是一个来自许多Twitter用户的长期功能请求。

After climbing more than 27% Monday on the news of Musk's stock purchase, Twitter shares gained another 6% in pre-market trading Tuesday morning.

周一，马斯克收购股票的消息使推特股价上涨了27%以上。周二上午，推特股价在盘前交易中又上涨了6%。

重点词汇

board of director 董事会

mull /mʌl/ vi. 深思熟虑

algorithm /ˈælɡərɪðəm/ n. （尤指计算机）算法，运算法则