And how do you help them to translate their bright ideas into sellable products?

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These workshops are designed to help veterans translate their skills and experience into a resume that is relevant for the civilian workplace -- with the added bonus of providing an opportunity for veterans to gain job search advice and interview tips from Google staffing professionals, many of whom are also veterans.

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They had been encouraged to expect that the promised "help on the way" would promptly translate into additional resources needed to fix well-documented shortfalls in maintenance, training, and procurement.

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They must have the big-picture skills to understand what senior management is trying to accomplish so they can help translate those strategies into realistic action plans.

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With the help of algorithms and filters to smooth out anomalous signals, the computer can translate those intentions into instructions that can move a cursor or a wheelchair.

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