德意志银行(Deutsche Bank)在动荡的两个月后，公布了一年多以来最大季度利润，从而为自己争得一些喘息空间，但其首席执行官警告说，更艰难的日子还在后面。
Deutsche Bank earned itself some breathing space after a turbulent two months by posting its biggest quarterly profit in more than a year — but its chief executive warned there were more ¬difficult days ahead.
德国最大银行上月披露美国司法部(DoJ)要求它支付140亿美元，以了结针对其违规销售抵押证券的调查，这使投资者担心德银可能被迫募集资本金，并引发该行客户不安，此后该行一直承受着巨大压力。
Germany’s biggest bank has been under intense pressure since it disclosed last month that the US justice department had demanded $14bn to resolve a probe into the alleged mis-selling of mortgage securities, prompting investor fears that Deutsche might be forced to raise capital, and unsettling the bank’s clients.
但与美国许多同行一样，德意志银行在截至9月的三个月中表现优于预期，净利润达2.78亿欧元，
But, like many of its US peers, Deutsche fared better than expected in the three months to September, eking out a net profit of EURO278m.
远远好于去年同季度亏损60亿欧元（当时该行计入一些商誉减值、重组和诉讼费用），也好于分析师预测的3.94亿欧元净亏损。
That was far better than the EURO6bn loss in the same quarter last year, when it took a number of goodwill writedowns, restructuring and ¬litigation charges, and bested the EURO394m net loss predicted by analysts.
德意志银行经历的煎熬不仅吓坏了金融市场——其股票上月跌至30年来低点，拖累了欧洲其他银行股——还促使国际货币基金组织(IMF)警告该行对全球金融体系构成风险。
Deutsche’s trials have not only roiled financial markets — its shares fell to a three-decade low last month, dragging down other European bank stocks — but prompted the International Monetary Fund to warn of the risk that the bank posed to the global financial system.
德意志银行表示，无意向美国司法部支付140亿美元，但没有就如何以及何时有望了结相关调查给出进一步细节。
The bank has said it has no intention of paying the DoJ anywhere near $14bn, but gave no further details of how and when it expected to resolve the probe.
它将季度诉讼拨备从55亿欧元增加到59亿欧元，但据信这额外的5亿欧元与美国司法部谈判无关。
It increased its litigation provisions from EURO5.5bn to EURO5.9bn in the quarter — but the additional EURO500m is not thought to be related to the DoJ negotiations.