If Shenyang's factories represented China's state-of-the-art in the 1950s, a half-century later that was no longer true; the equipment was rusted, and the management systems bloated and inefficient.

如果说沈阳的工厂曾经代表中国50年代的最高水平，半个世纪后，这一情况不复存在。机器设备锈迹斑斑，管理体系臃肿而缺乏效率。

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The former state monopoly is not competitive because of its bloated, expensive workforce.

臃肿的员工编制和巨额的花费开销导致了这家前国有垄断企业竞争乏力。

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Dealers must face the fact that GM needs to cut their Numbers and slim its bloated brand portfolio. In the past, they have used state franchise laws to make any such action prohibitively expensive.

商家必须面对通用汽车公司裁员和削减臃肿品牌资产的事实，在过去，他们曾通过国家特许权法阻止任何代价高昂的行为。

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Bloated state pension systems need to be re-worked and state governments need to balance budgets.

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Nonetheless he admits he cannot tackle big problems, like a bloated state payroll and woeful schools.

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Other big Japanese shareholders may yet come to Mitsubishi's rescue, but given the bloated state of the global auto industry, that would be a mistake.

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