Old age and seniority alone do not command authority among the British: in fact modern life has been developing so fast that old people often appear tiresome and out of date.

在英国人当中，年长和资历本身并没有什么权威性：事实上，现代生活发展飞快，老年人常显得乏味又过时。

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As an extension of the pay and promote based on productivity philosophy, there is comparatively little age and seniority based hierarchy in terms of compensation and responsibility.

作为延期支付的基础上，促进生产力的理念，有比较少的年龄和资历为基础的层次在赔偿和责任方面。

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Traditional seniority systems, under which people get promoted and paid more as they age, therefore need to change.

传统的老年体制下，凭年龄晋升和拿工资制度因此需要作出改变。

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After writing the name of one man on his ballot, each of the active cardinals -- those under 80 years of age -- walks to an altar in order of seniority and pledges to perform his duty with integrity.

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Hitachi and Matsushita, another big consumer-electronics firm, are proposing to end automatic seniority-based pay increases after workers reach a certain age, and to shift to performance-based pay structures instead.

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Traditional seniority systems, under which people get promoted and paid more as they age, therefore need to change.

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