to determine whether it would be worth it to put in a special shield

来决定是否值得装上一面特殊的隔板
that would protect the fuel tank and prevent it from exploding.

以保护油箱防止油箱爆炸
They did a cost-benefit analysis.

该分析指出
The cost per part to increase the safety of the Pinto,

能增加平托安全性的隔板
they calculated at $11.00 per part.

每块成本是11美元
And here's... this was the cost-benefit analysis that emerged in the trial.

这就是审判时发现的成本效益分析
Eleven dollars per part at 12.5 million cars and trucks

给1250万辆轿车和卡车配上11美元的隔板
came to a total cost of $137 million to improve the safety.

提高安全性共需花费一亿三千七百万美元
But then they calculated

但接着又算出
the benefits of spending all this money on a safer car

花这些钱提高安全性能带来的收益
and they counted 180 deaths

预计可减少180例死亡
and they assigned a dollar value, $200,000 per death,

因车祸死亡预计每条人命20万美元