Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Oct 3, 2007 23:33
16 yrs ago
Chinese term
Singapore
Business & Legal Translator
Native in: English (Variants: Singaporean, UK, US) 
Works in: Chinese to English
统得过多
Chinese to English
Law/Patents
Government / Politics
它只是把过去政府机构统得过多、管得过死的事权放开，而不是把应由政府管理的权限也下放不管。
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | overcentralized |
Shang
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| 4 +1 | overregulated/overauthorized |
Rensheng Qi
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| 3 +2 | control [range] too wide |
franksf
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| 4 | overinvolvement |
wingedvampire
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Proposed translations
+3
2 hrs
Selected
overcentralized
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, everyone."
2 hrs
wingedvampire
Native in Chinese
Works in field
years of experience in commercial bank
Native in: Chinese 
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English
overinvolvement
可以译得很灵活：
reduce the overinvolvement of the government in...
transform the government from micromanagement to macromanagement...
reduce the overinvolvement of the government in...
transform the government from micromanagement to macromanagement...
+1
3 hrs
Rensheng Qi
Native in Chinese
bilingual geek
Native in: Chinese
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English, Chinese
overregulated/overauthorized
统得过多修饰后面的事权，应该用被动分词做定语。
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-04 02:58:12 GMT)
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修正：overauthorized不能用，意思正好反了。
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-04 02:58:12 GMT)
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修正：overauthorized不能用，意思正好反了。
+2
15 hrs
control [range] too wide
统得过多、管得过死 - control too much and too rigid (no flexibility)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jason Ma
: Also, we may try: exercises excessive/considerable/too much control over...
1 day 47 mins
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Thank you, Martin, for your nice pointers.
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| agree |
orientalhorizon
: Too much government control.
3 days 16 hrs
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