Apr 13, 2011 22:58
13 yrs ago
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English term

insufficient information appears to be available to lift... to...

English Other Government / Politics
Hello everyone,

Without better sources of information, it is difficult to see how the XXXX teams could deliver the higher level of interdiction expected and whilst this was not articulated, it is assumed the principle behind the project concept was that there was either ample information waiting to be acted upon or once the threat of corruption was removed, there would be no shortage of information from which the XXXX teams could benefit. Whether this is a correct deduction of the thinking at the time of the project concept, the reality has been that insufficient information appears to be available to lift the XXXX teams to a new level of performance. Since the YYYY is currently rebuilding the XXXX teams as envisaged in the project document, this will be an issue to be addressed.

Do I understand correctly that "insufficient information appears to be available to lift" mean "it seems that insufficient information lifts/increases the performance of XXXX teams?

Thank you.
Change log

Apr 14, 2011 07:19: Tony M changed "Term asked" from "meaning of \"insufficient information appears to be available to lift\"" to "insufficient information appears to be available to lift... to..."

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English term (edited): meaning of "insufficient information appears to be available to lift"
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It means what it says

This 'English' text seems not to be native, but it's clear enough to me, as a native UK English-speaker.

An example of 'non-nativeness' can be found here:
"Whether this is a correct deduction of the thinking at the time of the project concept, ..."

where a native would probably write 'from'.

With that in mind,

"... the reality has been that insufficient information appears to be available to lift the XXXX teams to a new level of performance."
means -->
"experience shows that there is not enough information available to the XXXX teams, to enable them (the XXXX teams) to achieve better/greater performance."

IOW (and as I would have written it myself, had I had the opportunity and/or the desire): "... the XXX teams have been starved of information and have consequently failed to achieve their true potential."
Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M : Yes, oddly enough, it sounds remarkably as if it might have originally been in FR, or written by a FR-speaker.
7 hrs
agree Tina Vonhof (X)
15 hrs
agree Sheila Wilson : I personally doubt that it's a non-native speaker as it's actually very complicated (from a learner's point of view). But certainly not a gifted writer - a good writer would have made it much less contorted, as you have done
19 hrs
agree Phong Le
3 days 12 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks to everyone! Thank you, mediamatrix."
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English term (edited): meaning of "insufficient information appears to be available to lift"

an awkward negative...

The meaning is the same as saying "sufficient information was not available..."
Peer comment(s):

agree trsk2000 (X)
2 mins
Thank you, Tariq
agree MedTrans&More
4 hrs
Thank you, MedTrans
agree Thayenga : Very awkward indeed.
7 hrs
Thank you, Thayenga
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English term (edited): the reality has been that insufficient information appears to be available to lift the XXXX teams...

the information available to XXXX teams has not (even) turned out to be sufficient in the past...

... to lift them to a new level of performance.

Another way to put it more clearly.
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English term (edited): meaning of \"insufficient information appears to be available to lift\"

it appears that there is insufficient information available for the XXXX teams to be able to attain

the reality has been that insufficient information appears to be available to lift the XXXX teams to a new level of performance =>


it appears that there is insufficient information available for the XXXX teams to be able to attain to a new level of performance
Peer comment(s):

agree Martin Riordan
14 mins
thank you
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