The modifications were aimed chiefly at reducing labour costs and increasing yields .

改变的目的主要在于减少劳力成本和增加果实产量。

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But unlike other troubled euro-zone countries, Ireland is regaining competitiveness by reducing unit Labour costs.

但与其他同样是一堆麻烦的欧盟国家不同，爱尔兰以降低单位劳动力支出的方式来提高竞争力。

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The rice nurseling-seedling-scattering was a new technique of rice cultivation, which has the economic predominance of saving water, reducing labour intensity and production costs.

认为乳苗抛栽是介于水稻直播和抛秧之间的一种新的水稻轻型栽培技术，具有节约水资源、减轻劳动强度、降低生产成本的效益优势。

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The other big saving comes from reducing labour costs.

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Reducing labour costs and boosting productivity is all the more important since Portugal is exposed to relatively low-tech areas of activity such as textiles that are vulnerable to competition from developing countries.

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China still has perhaps 200m underemployed rural workers who could move to factories over the next two decades, so wages for low-skilled workers are rising more slowly than productivity, reducing China's unit labour costs.

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