In China, the impacts of soft-technology advancements on the economy and employment are more important and far-reaching than those of hard-technology advancements in the production processes.

在中国软技术进步比生产过程中的硬技术进步对经济和就业具有更为重要和深远的影响。

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This decision is also hard to make because when you are a backend technology provider, it's like selling a piece of commodity.

之所以这是一个困难的决定还因为,当作为后台技术提供商时，就像出售一件商品似的。

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If the goal is to improve education, then one has to ask hard questions Like does a technology actually help?

假如目标是提高教育，那就要问问这样的问题,技术真的有帮助吗？

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The barriers to unity presented by European geography and very limited technology made it hard for a would-be conqueror to create a vast empire, eliminating competitors and imposing his will over vast areas.

由于欧洲独特的地理条件,和当时有限的科技水平,使未来的征伐者很难建立一个广袤的帝国,清除异己和使他的意志,传播到广袤领地的每一个角落

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My experience tells me this is really hard technology.

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This, of course, isn't the first advancement Fujitsu has made in hard drive technology, with the company also recently announcing that it was turning to advanced lubricants to help hit the 1 Tbit per square inch mark.

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