You get a six-month contract, and then you have to scrabble around for the next job.

你签了一份6个月的合同，接着还得拼命去找下一份工作。

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In America the rise of PhD teachers' unions reflects the breakdown of an implicit contract between universities and PhD students: crummy pay now for a good academic job later.

在美国，博士生实习教师联盟的出现结束了之前大学与博士生群体之间不清晰的责任关系，自那以后工资就丰厚多了。

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For example, last year, I worked a technical writing contract job. We created and printed — in-house — four training manuals for employees of the company's clients.

以去年我做的一项技术写作工作为例，我们为公司的客户编写和印刷了四本员工内部培训手册。

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To pay his rent, he got a job as a contract writer for Quirk Books, an independent publisher in Philadelphia.

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Privatisation replaces democratic oversight and accountability with a contract culture that is a job creation scheme for lawyers.

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His Bracewell contract also has been a lucrative job for Giuliani while he runs for president.

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