It used to be that government officials were all picked by political patronage and they, very often, were incompetent.

过去政府官员,通常都是走后门进来的,他们经常都是不称职的。

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It would takes six months to find the right person.

要找到一个人称职的员工需要6个月。

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We have very qualified-- I'm very impressed with our teaching assistants.

我们有非常称职的助教,我对我们的助教非常满意

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So, you had competent people with their typewriters and carbon papers.

这样，你就可以得到称职的,打字员和复印员。

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