Even if we reach that level, we will still be a backward nation compared to Western countries.

就算达到那样的水平，同西方来比，也还是落后的。

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The steps are slower than others, the nation has one of the biggest advantages - backward, but not stubborn.

这个步子比别人慢半拍的民族有一个最大的优点——落后但不固执。

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But now, this technique is relatively backward in our nation. It is very urgent to improve internal CAD applied technique.

目前国内在这方面的技术还相对落后，提高国内CAD应用技术已非常紧迫。

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Back then, anyone could tell that Japan was a backward, resource-poor nation going nowhere - and Brazil, with its all its natural wealth, was the country of the future.

BBC: Brazil: No reverso

As global trade took off again in the 1960s, the idea that a nation, especially a smaller or more backward one, could wall itself off and come out ahead lost respectability.

FORBES: Magazine Article

"This is an election to decide on the nation's direction - to go forward or to go backward, " Mr Noda said of the election set for 16 December.

BBC: Japan PM Yoshihiko Noda set for general election