许多倡导者认为，带有日期和时间戳的透明数据程序将保护科学家的成果不被他人抢先发表。

Many advocates think that transparent data procedures with a date and time stamp will protect scientists from being scooped.

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公司尝试抢先同批评者谈论他们关心的问题，而且是尽可能的提前到第一棵树被砍伐或者第一个村民被动迁以前。

Firms try to pre-empt critics' concerns, by talking to them as early as possible, long before the first tree is felled or the first villager displaced.

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拖延的话会让竞争者抢先起步，因为竞争者需要在市场中和你的组织拉开距离。

This delay can give the competition the leg up it needs to pull ahead of your organization in the marketplace.

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