That was kind of a riskless trade because if they filed on time, we hadn't paid anything.

这是一种冒险的交易,因为如果他们按时发布，我们没有损失。

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They kept a copy of that and they filed it away, so the government had a complete record of your payments into the system.

邮局留下存根并且归档保存，这样政府就能完整的记录下,你的支付情况。

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They were pretty slow off the mark to do something about this, and it was after lawsuits were filed that they actually made the change.

他们先慢腾腾的应付着,直到诉讼结束时才真正做出改变

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They would pull out your entire life history of contributions-- they had it because you had filed it all at the post office and everything was bureaucratic and efficient-- and they calculated, according to a formula, what you would get.

政府会取出你这一生的交保记录-,这是由你自己在邮局填写的,所有的一切都行之有效-,然后他们根据公式计算你能得到养老金。

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