效率优先、兼顾公平

English translation: Giving priority to efficiency while paying attention to equity

05:49 Jan 21, 2012
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Economics
Chinese term or phrase: 效率优先、兼顾公平
坚持效率优先、兼顾公平

①效率优先,兼顾公平是社会主义初级阶段的一个原则。效率优先,实质就是发展生产力优先,有两层含义:一、把个人劳动报酬同劳动效率挂钩。二、把生产要素的收益和各要素的经济效率挂钩。坚持效率优先,就必然要求一部分人、一部分地区先富起来。当然,强调效率优先的同时,也要兼顾社会公平,不能出现两极分化,这是效率优先原则实现的社会条件。

②我国现阶段的收入政策时,既要有利于善于经营的企业和诚实劳动的个人先富起来,合理拉开收入差距,又要防止贫富悬殊,坚持共同富裕的方向,在促进效率的前提下体现公平。
效率,是指人们工作中所消耗的劳动量与所获得的劳动成果的比率。公平,是伦理学的概念,是指如何处理社会经济中各种利益关系,也就是所谓合理分配。提高效率主要通过发挥市场机制优化资源配置的基础性作用来实现,实现公平则主要依靠政府对收入的宏观调控。
效率与公平上一种对立统一的关系。从统一性来看,效率是公平的基础,公平的最终实现要以效率的较大提高为基础。另一方面,公平是提高效率的重要条件,公平合理的收入分配有利于形成稳定的社会环境,从而调动各方面的生产积极性,促进效率的提高。
从对立性方面看,两者存在着此长彼消,此消彼长的一面。收入差距较小,固然公平了,但对经济社会中的主体刺激作用不大,不利于效率的提高。收入差距过大,固然能刺激效率的提高,但又会出现社会的不稳定与不和谐,反过来又会影响效率。
Carol C.W. CHUNG
Local time: 23:00
English translation:Giving priority to efficiency while paying attention to equity
Explanation:
Just for your reference.
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Kun Huang
China
Local time: 23:00
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Thank you. But, I prefer the phrase "with due consideration to equity".
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Giving priority to efficiency while paying attention to equity
Kun Huang
4 +2Promoting efficiency and maintaining equality
Ahmad Hassan
3 +2Emphasizing effficiency while safeguarding equality
Bea Geenen
5give priority to efficiency while at the same time paying attention to equality
Simon Haigh
4Give priority to efficiency with consideration of fair income distribution/avoiding incomeinequality
Vivian Yuan
4Efficiency First, but Be Fair Too
MichelleYou
3Efficiency is priority while equality is necessity
Chun Un


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Giving priority to efficiency while paying attention to equity


Explanation:
Just for your reference.


Kun Huang
China
Local time: 23:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you. But, I prefer the phrase "with due consideration to equity".

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joanna Chow
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agree  Malcolm Mayfield
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agree  RBannatyne
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Give priority to efficiency with consideration of fair income distribution/avoiding incomeinequality


Explanation:
虽然有to give priority to efficiency with due consideration to fairness 的“经典译法”但觉得fairness没说明白是什么的fairness。
公平这里指的是收入公平。所以个人觉得加上income使得表意更清楚。

for your reference.

Vivian Yuan
China
Local time: 23:00
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Emphasizing effficiency while safeguarding equality


Explanation:
A suggestion.

Bea Geenen
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Duobing Chen
5 days
  -> Thank you!

agree  joeylzhao: simple and straight
11 days
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
坚持效率优先、兼顾公平
Efficiency First, but Be Fair Too


Explanation:
What is equal is not always fair. What is fair is not always equal. I would use fair instead of equal for the title here.

It’s better if translation can matches the original style. My translation is for your reference, and you may twist it in your own way too.


MichelleYou
United States
Local time: 08:00
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Native speaker of: Chinese
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Efficiency is priority while equality is necessity


Explanation:
供参考

Chun Un
Macau
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1 day 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Promoting efficiency and maintaining equality


Explanation:
Socialism emphasizes on giving preference to efficiency and maintaining equality among the citizens. The words 兼顾 combines both the efficiency and equality for emphasis and preference.

Ahmad Hassan
Local time: 20:00
Native speaker of: Native in Pashto (Pushto)Pashto (Pushto), Native in UrduUrdu

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jinhang Wang
4 hrs

agree  Heju Huang
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
give priority to efficiency while at the same time paying attention to equality


Explanation:
I would prefer equality over equity as equity is most commonly used in relation to financial value

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Note added at 4 days (2012-01-25 17:53:30 GMT)
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I should add that my suggeston is for where this phrase appears in the text.
Where this phrase appears at the start as a title I would go for "Prioritise efficiency, pay attention to equality"

Simon Haigh
United Kingdom
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Native speaker of: English
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