Trade secrets are by definition not disclosed to the world at large. Instead, owners of trade secrets seek to keep their special knowledge out of the hands of competitors through a variety of civil and commercial means, not the least of which is the employment of confidentiality agreements and/or non-disclosure agreements. In exchange for the opportunity to be employed by the holder of secrets, a worker will sign an agreement not to reveal his prospective employer's proprietary information. Often, he will also sign over rights to the ownership of his own intellectual production during the course (or as a condition) of his employment. Violation of the agreement generally carries stiff financial penalties, agreed to in writing by the worker and designed to operate as a disincentive to going back on his word. Similar agreements are often signed by representatives of other companies with whom the trade secret holder is e.g. engaged in licensing talks or other business negotiations.
商业机密不能随意在世界范围内公开，商业机密的所有人也会通过各种各样的法律或经济的手段使他们特殊的信息不要落入竞争者手中，这些手段不仅仅是使用机密文件和非公开文件。为了得到被机密持有者雇佣的机会，一个被雇佣者通常他除了签一份代表他在雇佣期间（或作为条件）对他所有的只能产品的所有权的文件外，还会签署一份保密协议，违反合约通常会遭受严重的经济处罚，而被雇佣者在合约中同意这个处罚，方准许参与谈话或其他事项交涉。


Trade secret protection can, in principle, extend indefinitely and in this respect offers an advantage over patent protection (which lasts only for a specifically delimited period -- currently twenty years in the U.S.). (One company that has no patent for its formula and has been very effective in protecting it for many more years than a patent would have is Coca Cola.) However, the "down side" of such protection is that it is comparatively easy to lose (for example, to reverse engineering, which a patent will withstand but a trade secret will not) and comes equipped with no minimum guaranteed period of years.
在商业秘密保护法规定中延伸无限期的以及获得法律许可保护（当然这些都在一段特殊的短暂的混乱时期以后——大约是20年前的美国）。（有一个公司在没有获得许可以及法律提供保护的多少年里能够获得成功，无疑只有可口可乐公司。）然而，在"dowm side"特殊的竞争无保护的商业环境里很容易就失败（比如，再提供设计的公司，如果没有提供商业保护的话无疑是不行的。）当然那些利益最小化的短暂时期已经过去。


Historically, trade secrets have been with us after a fashion since early times in the form of keeping advanced military technology from one's enemies - and in more recent times, in keeping Industrial Revolution-era technology secret.
从历史上看，早期的商业机密曾被看作军事技术的机密，防止敌人获得我方先进技术，而现在它更多用于保护工业革命时代的技术机密。


The test for a cause of action for breach of confidence in the common law world is set out in the case of Coco v. A.N. Clark (Engineers) Ltd, (1969) R.P.C. 41 at 47:
世界法律条文第41章47条刚颁布就被应用在可可克拉克公司（1969）的案例中，它包含了以下条件：


A successful plaintiff is entitled to various judicial relief, including:
一个成功的原告有权拥有不同的审判方案，包括：

第一段的译法!
贸易秘密是藉着定义不揭露到世界自由自在的。 相反的，贸易秘密的拥有者寻求不让他们的特别知识靠近竞争者的手完成的多种市民的和商业的方法而不是哪一是机密协议及[或] 非揭发协议的雇用最少。 以交换机会被秘密的持有人雇用, 一个工人将会签署协议不要再揭露他的预期雇主的专有数据。 时常，他也将会在权利之上在他的雇用课程 ( 或如一种情况) 期间对他自己智力的制造所有权签署。 协议的违反通常携带强烈的财政处罚, 在藉着工人写方面同意而且设计操作如使意图挫折的事物到在他的字上回去。 相似的协议时常被其他公司的代表用签署谁贸易秘密的持有人举例来说被专注许可谈话或其他的生意谈判。

第二段的译法!
交易秘密的保护罐子，大体而言，不确定和在这尊敬扩充提供在专利的保护上的一个利益 ( 只持续一个明确地界定的时期 -- 现在在美国的二十年). ( 为它的公式没有专利权并且在保护它方面已经非常有效的一家公司为许多较多的数年超过专利权会有是古柯可乐.) 然而，如此保护的 " 向下的边 " 是失去 ( 举例来说, 颠倒工程学, 专利权将会抵抗但是一个贸易秘密不将会) 而且受到的影响装备被保证数年的时期没有最小量是比较容易。
其他的没什么问题了~~~~