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English translation: bribe one\'s way up
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| 13:20 Dec 31, 2019 |
| Vietnamese to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Law (general) / Fighting corruption | |||||||
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Chase promotion and power Explanation: Promotion: lên chức https://www.academia.edu/36576385/Tiền_là_Tiên_là_Phật_Investigating_the_persistence_of_corruption_in_Vietnam |
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peer agreement (net): +1buy seats Explanation: Buying seats in a government, on a committee, in a team means acquiring positions and influence via illegitimate means. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 43 mins (2019-12-31 14:03:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Alternatively, you can use "buy his way up", "bribe his way up", "buy his promotion". |
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| chạy chức chạy quyền the buying (and selling) of positions of authority Explanation: Trong câu reference anh đưa thì cụm "chạy chức chạy quyền" là chủ ngữ nên cụm tiếng Anh tương đương phải là một danh từ/ danh động từ. Em thấy position chỉ mang nghĩa là chức vụ thôi, chữ quyền ở đây cũng khá quan trọng nên em đề nghị cách dịch như trên. Anh xem một số đường link tham khảo https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/4c21cd102.pdf http://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/227432 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=49y50pzjAzAC&pg=PA126&lp... |
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jockeying for positions of power / paying for positions of power Explanation: jockey: (often followed by: for) to try to obtain an advantage by manoeuvring, esp literally in a race or metaphorically, as in a struggle for power (esp in the phrase jockey for position). |
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