Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
somethings got to give
Chinese translation:
事情不能再这样下去了。
Added to glossary by
clearwater
Mar 29, 2011 21:11
13 yrs ago
English term
somethings got to give
English to Chinese
Tech/Engineering
IT (Information Technology)
outsourcing
Hall recounts the story of the pharmaceutical company CIO-a marquee customer of a major software and services vendor. The CIO was holding two days of strategy meetings attended by the vendor's very famous president. On day two, the CIO's administrative assistant messages him that someone from the vendor company is on the phone and transfers the call to the CIO's cell. "Hello, sir. I'm so-and-so in corporate sales," says the voice on the line. "And I'd like to find out if you have any software needs." The cold caller was employed by the very IT vendor whose president was sitting across the table from the CIO. "That's the kind of disjointed approach to relationships that vendors have," says Hall. "You'd think the vendor would have a better CRM system than that, but the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. That kind of bungling happens every day."
Hall says he wants to level the playing field between IT buyers and sellers and xPeerient has introduced a platform for CIOs to anonymously initiate the buying process with vendors. But his own sales pitch aside, Hall says***somethings got to give***-particularly in outsourcing, a relationship business where starting off on the right foot is critical. "The core problem is how buyers and sellers are introduced," Halls says. "It's fraught with friction."
Hall says he wants to level the playing field between IT buyers and sellers and xPeerient has introduced a platform for CIOs to anonymously initiate the buying process with vendors. But his own sales pitch aside, Hall says***somethings got to give***-particularly in outsourcing, a relationship business where starting off on the right foot is critical. "The core problem is how buyers and sellers are introduced," Halls says. "It's fraught with friction."
Proposed translations
(Chinese)
3 | 得改变点什么 | Thinkcell Wang |
4 | 很难维持现状 | Su Hong |
4 | 总得吃点亏 总得退让一些 [一步] | Francis Fine |
Proposed translations
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得改变点什么
“something got to give” means something have to give way or some obstacles have to be overcome in order for you to continue.
也就是说为了达成某项目的,必须改变现有的某个条件或状况。
也就是说为了达成某项目的,必须改变现有的某个条件或状况。
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1 hr
很难维持现状
A fixed expression means a certain situation is unsustainable.
大致意思为:很难维持现状;不会一成不变.
大致意思为:很难维持现状;不会一成不变.
19 hrs
总得吃点亏 总得退让一些 [一步]
吃点亏 and 退让 clearly send the message of "to give。" They, or similar words, are needed.
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