would you please help me out?

Tina0820

would you please tell me what is the below sentence meaning?

sisteenth- and seventeenth-century chartered trading companies, despite the international scope of their activities, are usually considered irrtlrvant to this discussion: the volume of their transactions is assumed to have been too low and the communications and transport of their day too primitive to make comparisons with modern multinationals interesting.

thanks a lot !  ^____________^

Louisa_xy

尽管16、17世纪的特许经营贸易公司的活动范围具有国际性，但它们通常被认为和这个讨论无关：它们的贸易量太少，通讯和运输手段太落后--无法和现代的跨国集团相比

interesting是否应为interest？

Tina0820

first at all, THANKS A LOT !!
second at all, I checked again, that is "interesting."
thirdly, is this sentence saying those discussion are irrelevant(unrelated?)?
doesnt irrelevant mean unreasonable?

would you like to answer my questions again?  o_O"
thanks a lot !

Louisa_xy

"irrelevant" means "unrelated" 不相关的
我猜想interesting是打印错误