1. The little money that was available was tied up in bureaucratic red tape.
可支配的那点点钱都花在官僚主义的繁文缛节上了。
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2. I've given up trying to get a visa; there is too much red tape involved.
我不想再去搞签证了，繁文缛节太多。
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3. Red tape encumbered all our attempts at action.
繁文缛节阻碍了我们为采取行动而作的所有努力。
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4. And that is what has happened to America in recent years, as its satellite industry has been entangled in Gordian knots of red tape.
而这正是最近几年美国所经历的，就像它自己卫星工业就纠结于繁文缛节的难题之中。
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5. One way of injecting more dynamism into Central America's economies would be by improving transport links and cutting red tape.
要为中美洲经济注入更多活力，方法之一就是加强交通运输建设，同时削减繁文缛节。
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6. Banks will complain about red tape, but if any information is important, it is surely this.
银行会抱怨官样文章的繁琐，但是如果有什么信息是重要的，必然是这个。
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7. Employment regulations were also mentioned by half the businesses as burdensome, with 29 per cent citing planning redtape.
有半数企业提出雇佣监管比较繁重，29%的企业举例列举了官方规划方面的繁文缛节。
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8. Advocates say the proliferation of red tape has made society fairer, or safer, or some other imagined improvement.
拥护者们会说，繁文缛节的泛滥让社会变得更公平、更安全，或是带来了其它某种他们想象中的改进。
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9. THE reconstruction of Japan's Tohoku region, hit by earthquake, tsunami and fears of radiation, risks being held back by red tape and high business costs.
日本东北部的灾后(地震，海啸，辐射)重建并非易事，恼人的繁文缛节和高昂的企业成本是其严重绊脚石。
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10. In France red tape snares most would-be home birthers; the costs are not fully reimbursed, as they are for births in hospital.
在法国，繁文缛节束缚了大多数准备家里生产的产妇；生孩子的花费不会同在医院生孩子一样全额报销。
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11. Growth is also held back by red tape. Much of this stems from Spain's exaggerated decentralisation.
繁文缛节也拖延了经济增长；这种作风有许多源自西班牙过于夸张的中央放权。
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12. Recent efforts to cut red tape in Serbia and Montenegro now mean a company can start operating in just 15 days.
塞尔维亚与黑山近期采取的减少繁文缛节的工作使公司目前可以只用15天的时间就开始运行。
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13. Red tape will be cut.
繁文缛节也将会被删减。
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14. Cutting the red tape that ties up construction projects could speed up the creation of all sorts of businesses.
摈弃那些束缚建设的繁文缛节就能加速各种企业的创立。
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15. Others have proven counterproductive, creating more red tape and fatigue than results.
另外一些则适得其反，造成更多繁文缛节与人浮于事的现象。
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16. Red tape is being cut.
繁文缛节正被削减。
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17. The lower a country's productivity, the more it has to gain by catching up—and the more damage red tape can do.
国家生产率越低，差距也就越大，要抛弃的繁文缛节也就越多。
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18. Red tape snags almost every activity.
几乎任何活动都会遇到繁文缛节的麻烦。
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19. In a recovering but fragile market "who needs more red tape?", asks Grant Shapps, the Conservatives' shadow housing minister.
20. We are able to respond very quickly as we have no red tape, and no need for higher management approval.
我们可以非常快速地反应，因为我们没有繁文缛节，没有必要接受高权限的管理审批,等等。
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21. Faced with more taxes, thickets of red tape, interference with pay and a new and hostile regulator, the Bank of England, these firms darkly hint that they might move elsewhere.
