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給料で報いるシステムではなく、次の仕事の内容で報いるシステムだった

English translation: The true nature... - see explanation

17:50 Aug 31, 2006
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Japanese term or phrase: 給料で報いるシステムではなく、次の仕事の内容で報いるシステムだった
日本企業のシステムの本質は、給料で報いるシステムではなく、次の仕事の内容で報いるシステムだった。

The true nature of the Japanese business system is that...

Regarding...報いる How are employees compensated?

Thanks
flint2
English translation:The true nature... - see explanation
Explanation:
"The true nature of the reward system used by Japanese business was incentive by the promise of interesting [challenging] projects, not incentive by compensation."

You might want to fix that up a little, but that's what the text is saying.
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Can Altinbay
Local time: 20:04
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Thanks alot.
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The true nature... - see explanation


Explanation:
"The true nature of the reward system used by Japanese business was incentive by the promise of interesting [challenging] projects, not incentive by compensation."

You might want to fix that up a little, but that's what the text is saying.

Can Altinbay
Local time: 20:04
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Grading comment
Thanks alot.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Will Matter
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
agree  Joe L: Never mind. My phrasing was just as long and added nothing new.
4 hrs
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agree  KathyT: like Joe's sug., too.
5 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  casey: 次の may need to be translated depending on the following sentence(s).
6 hrs
  -> True. thank you.
agree  Kurt Hammond: excellent. it became not a system to reward through compensation but instead through awarding the next job/project.
7 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Yo Mizuno
8 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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