8521 H8 五个过硬

TICH 8521
H8《五个过硬》Group Homework
Spring, 2024

The Most Successful
The Five Strengths
The Five Excellences (or, Five Areas of Excellence)
The Five Tough Standards

Additional Translations
“Five Solid Qualities”
The Five Unquestionable Traits
Five Exceptional Qualifications
“Five Proficiencies”
“The Five Masteries”
Strength in five aspects
The “Five Strong Requirements”
Stand Firm in Five Aspects
“Five Musts”
Five up to pars
The Five Must Haves
Five Competences

Intro

Questions:

i) how should we translate 过硬?
ii) what, in this context, is the meaning of 要求？

iii) what are 干部 and how do we translate?
iv) are 领导干部 two different groups (leaders and cadres) or one group (leading cadres)?

Intro A
On January 5th, 2018, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the opening ceremony of a seminar on studying and carrying out the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In the speech, ~~he raised the~~ ~~“Five Excellences”~~ (五个过硬) requirements (He raised the requirements of 5 excellences)for members of the Central Committee and leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels.

Intro B
On January 5th, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping requested “Five Strongs”（给形容词加复数很怪） for the Central Committee members and main leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial level in his important speech at the opening ceremony of Understanding and Implementation of the Spirit of the 19th Communist Party of China National Congress Seminar.

Intro C
On January 5th, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a major speech at the opening ceremony on implementing the study session of the Spirit in the 19th CPC (Communist Party of China) National Congress. He proposed “Five Strong” requests to members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the principal officials (cadres) at the provincial and ministerial level.

Intro D
On January 5th, 2018, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the opening ceremony of a seminar on studying and carrying out the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In the speech, he raised the “Five Excellences” (五个过硬) requirements for members of the Central Committee and leading cadres(领导干部) at the provincial and ministerial levels.

Intro E
On January 5, 2018, in his speech at the opening ceremony of the Seminar on Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the 19th National Party Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forth the “Five Solid Qualities” that members of the Central Committee and key leadership at the provincial and ministerial level must strive towards.

Intro F
On January 5, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the opening ceremony of the seminars on learning and practicing the spirits of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and he demanded five exceptional qualifications from the members of the Central Committee and major leading provincial officials.

Questions:
i) What do we do with the arrow icon > to the left of 信念过硬? Some of you turned them into bullet points; others into 1, 2, 3, etc.

大写可以特指/特别用法（强调）

ii) Should words like “communism,” “socialism,” “capitalism,” “democracy,” etc. be capitalized? Why or why not?

1a
Be committed to upholding steadfast faith. Party members and officials should take the lead to be firm believers and loyal practitioners of the noble ideal of communism and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

1b
Unwavering beliefs mean to lead by example as steadfast believers and faithful practitioners of the grand ideal of communism and the shared vision of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

1c
Having a strong belief is to firmly believe in the great communist ideals and the common socialist ideals with Chinese characteristics and faithfully put them into practice, making examples for others.

1d
Determined convictions require to lead as resolved believers and faithful  practitioners of the lofty ideal of communism and the socialism with Chinese  characteristics.

1e
Proficiency in Belief, (句号之后重新开始句子) we must take the lead in being firm believers and faithful  practitioners of the ideals of Communism and the common ideals of Socialism  with Chinese characteristics.

1f
Stand firm in the ideal. One must take the lead to firm up and further build the ideal of Communism and a shared ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Question:
i) At least one group translated 过硬 differently each time: “Steadfast Principles, Firm Politics, Strong Capability,” etc. What do you think of this?

思想政治上（political thought）
ii) In this context, how do we translate 思想？Thought? Ideology?

2a
Staunch governance is to uphold the "Four Consciousnesses" (四个意识). Ideologically, officials must take a clear political stance, and follow the political orientation, political principles, and political ~~path;~~path (political orientation, principles and path); in action, officials must protect the authority of the Central Committee, implement the political decisions of the Party, and strictly abide by the political discipline and rules of the Party.

2b
Have firm political convictions. This is to establish the Four Consciousness, meaning in terms of ideological and political aspects, one must articulate political stances, political orientations, political principles, and political paths; when it comes to actions and practices, one must safeguard the authority of the Party Central Committee, implement the Party's political line, and strictly abide by the Party's political discipline and political rules.

2c
Strong political stand refers to strengthen our consciousness of the need to  maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and  keep in alignment with the central Party leadership. In terms of ideology and politics  one should have the correct political stand, direction, principle, and path. In terms of  action, one should uphold the authority of the Central Committee and closely follow  the Party’s political line, strictly observe its political discipline and rules.

2d
“Strong Politics” means to firmly establish the “four consciousnesses”. In terms of ideology and politics, great importance must be put on political position, political direction, political principle and political path. In action and practice, we must uphold the authority of the Party’s Central Committee, implement the Party’s political course and be strictly compliant with the discipline and rules of the Party’s politics.

2e
An impeccable political awareness. One should uphold “Four Awarenesses”  (awareness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow  the leadership core, and keep in alignment). In terms of thinking, one should accord  with the party’s political position, bearing, principles, and path of development; In  terms of action, one should champion the authority of the party, follow the party’s  political route, and strictly comply with the party’s political disciplines and rules.

2f
Competency in politics. The party leadership should bear in mind the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core principles and keep in alignment  with the central authorities. Ideologically, they should identify their political stance, direction,  principles and routes. They should safeguard the central authorities, implement the political route  set by the party and rigorously follow the party’s rules and principles.

Questions:
i) is 对历史和人民负责 “be responsible for” or be responsible to ….”? What is the difference between these two expressions?

accountable to the People

ii) How do we translate 人民？ What (or who) are 人民 ?

3a
Have a strong sense of responsibility. This means to establish a correct perspective on political achievements, be realistic and pragmatic, implement concrete methods, hammering away at taking responsibilities, and genuinely be accountable to history and the people.

3b
Possessing a strong sense of responsibility requires fostering a correct view on performance evaluation, advancing a realistic and pragmatic approach, embracing one’s duties unwaveringly, and truly fulfilling the responsibilities to history and the people.

3c
Strong responsibility entails adopting a ~~correct~~correct(最好不要用right，和left对应) perspective on achievements in governance, fostering a culture of seeking truth and being pragmatic, and tackling responsibilities with a commitment to making a real impact. It's about truly being accountable to history and the people with unwavering determination.

3d
Strong responsibility, is establishing right concept of political achievements, admiring a practical manner while exploring the truth and striving for  development. One should uphold the "Nail Spirit" to take responsibilities for the history and all Chinese people.

3e
“Strength in responsibilities” is to keep the correct view on political achievements; to promote the working style of seeking truth, practicality, and actually implementing the work; to be responsible in the spirit of perseverance; to truly put history and people on the shoulders.

3f
Take responsibilities: Officials should establish the correct view on political performance  and take pragmatic actions. They should also carry forward the spirit of perseverance and be responsible to the history and people.

4a
Fourth, have great political competence. Continuously broaden one’s horizons and attain new knowledge in new fields to strengthen leading and governing abilities.

4b
Fourth, competence up to par, which means to continue to learn new knowledge, be familiar with new areas, explore new perspectives, and comprehensively improve leadership skills and governing skills.

4c
~~Forth,~~Forth （fourth）, to be competent is to constantly master new knowledge, be familiar with new  areas rapidly, develop new horizons, and improve the overall level of leadership and  governance.

4d
“Strength in ability” is to constantly acquire new knowledge, explore new fields, and  widen our views to improve leadership and governance fully.

4e
“Excellence in ability” means to continuously acquire new knowledge, familiarize oneself with new areas, broaden one’s perspective, and improve one’s overall leadership and governance abilities.

Questions:
i) 作风 is a challenging word because there is no exact English equivalent for it. How do we translate this? What does it mean?

conduct，work style

ii) what is 形式主义？

人民群众：the people ｜群众：the masses

5a
Outstanding conduct is to take the people to your ~~heart,~~heart (keep the people in mind/one's heart), carry out thorough investigation and research. We wholeheartedly serve the people to enhance political awareness, and to increase work ability. We sincerely learn from our people to broaden our vision of work, enrich work experience, and put theories into practice. We listen to people’s voices and accept their supervision with a humble heart to engage in self-reflection, self-criticism, and self- education. Through serving people, we continuously improve ourselves to persistently overcome formalism and bureaucracy, making unremitting efforts to eradicate hedonism and extravagance.

5b
Be committed to improving their work style. Party members and officials must put people first, conduct extensive investigation and research, and develop a holistic perspective to serve people wholeheartedly. They should expand their horizons, enrich their experience, and better conduct theory in practice by learning diligently from the people. In addition, they should practice self-reflection, self-criticism, and self-education by listening to people’s voices and humbly accepting their supervision. They should constantly improve themselves by serving the people, and persevere in overcoming formalism and bureaucracy and eliminating hedonism and extravagance.

5c
A strong work ethic involves prioritizing people, conducting thorough surveys and research, pushing for a political stance, and enhancing skills to better serve others. Furthermore, it is expanding our work vision and enriching our work experience by learning from other people sincerely. It is to enhance our ability to bridge theoretical concepts with ground reality by listening to the people and humbly accepting their guidance, to continuously improve oneself while serving the people. It is to consistently overcome formalism and bureaucracy, and put an end to self-gratification.

5d
Forge exemplary conduct. Members and officials should bear the people in mind and research widely. Elevating their political stands and improving their abilities through putting all energy to serve the people. Gaining experience and the ability to combine theory with reality through learning from the people. Performing self-reflection, self-criticize, and self-education through listening to the people and accepting their supervision. Opposing formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance through serving the people.

5e
Fifth, officials must have integrity. They should always care about people. They must do research and serve the people in order to improve their political literacy and their competency. Government officials must learn from people as they broaden horizons, accumulate experience, and bridge the gap between theory and practice. They must listen to the people and be willing to be supervised by the people. In this way, they can reflect on their work, criticize their performance, learn from themselves and improve themselves. They must be persistent in overcoming formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance.