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拔苗助长的短训

English translation: counterproductive crash courses


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Chinese term or phrase:拔苗助长的短训
English translation:counterproductive crash courses
Entered by: Denyce Seow
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23:12 Oct 12, 2007
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Bus/Financial - Human Resources
Chinese term or phrase: 拔苗助长的短训
要对员工进行基础性的培训,不能为了适应形势进行拔苗助长的短训

I am looking for a translation that fits this context.
Denyce Seow
Singapore
Local time: 18:21
counterproductive crash courses
Explanation:
2 pennies
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Mao Kong
United States
Local time: 18:21
Grading comment
This sums it all! Thanks, everyone!
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Summary of answers provided
5short-term training that is overambitiousCaroline Moreno
3 +1overloaded short-term intensive training
franksf
3 +1crash training that overdraws capacity
Fang Sheng
3counterproductive crash coursesMao Kong
3haste short trainings that make waste
lbone


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
overloaded short-term intensive training


Explanation:
overloaded short-term intensive training that stuffs rather than helps trainees

franksf
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  yafay: this one is 'safer'
2 days15 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
haste short trainings that make waste


Explanation:
拔苗助长:haste makes waste
可译为:We should offer fundamental trainings to the staff, rather than adapt to the current situation and provide haste short trainings that make waste.

lbone
China
Local time: 18:21
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
crash training that overdraws capacity


Explanation:
Just my attempt.

Fang Sheng
Canada
Local time: 06:21
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  karcsy: I like this one.
2 hrs
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
short-term training that is overambitious


Explanation:
You could potentially add "intensive" onto the front of my suggestion, if you have more context and know that the training would be intensive.
I think the sense here is that the speaker wants to convey that the employees should first be given basic training, not short-term training that attempts to teach them too, much too fast, resulting in their not learning anything, or leaving more confused than before. Such training would be overambitious.

Caroline Moreno
United States
Local time: 03:21
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
counterproductive crash courses


Explanation:
2 pennies

Mao Kong
United States
Local time: 18:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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