For companies, it's a system to help them get back on their feet.

对企业而言这是一套帮助他们脱困的法律体系
When a company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy,

当一家公司申请联邦破产法第十一章
what they're saying is, hey we can't pay; we're out of money;

他们的意思即为我们无法付款了没钱了
and we have all these people coming to us

这些来找我们的人
that we owe money to and we don't know who to pay first.

都是我们的债主但不知应先偿付谁
We just don't have enough money. It becomes a disorderly process

反正就是钱不够局面开始混乱
and so they go to the court for protection.

于是他们决定去法庭寻求帮助
When a company runs out of money and it can't pay its bills,

当一家公司资金枯竭无法偿债时
then that can destroy the company immediately

公司会很快灭亡
because people who were delivering things to the company that

因为给这家公司送货的人
they need will stop delivering them.

会停止送货
They say, I hear you're bankrupt;

理由是听说你们破产了