以人为本,精简节约,创新高效

[Southernjohn]

Hi-

I am translating something for a company, and in their company description they put forth this management "motto" :

"以人为本,精简节约,创新高效" 管理方法

I was wondering if anyone had some helpful suggestions for making this sound good in translation. I get the meaning of course, but I am never certain how to best translate these kinds of mottos.

My own inclination is to translate it as simply as possible: something like "People first. Cut costs. Innovate." But I fear I am cutting out too much.

Thanks in advance for any help. I really appreciate it.

southernjohn

[skylee]

Perhaps you could consider something like -

People

Economy

Creativity

Efficiency

PECE

[Han-tiger]

以人为本 people-centered / people-oriented

精简节约 simplification & economization

创新高效 innovation & efficiency

[Southernjohn]

Thanks Han-tiger but the difficulty here isn't the meaning, but writing an acceptable english translation. I like Skylee's approach and I will suggest it to the client. An acronym of some kind could be an effective way to translate this sort of Chinese motto. Of course.. you have to explain the acronym, but the end effect is similar. Anyway, discussion with client will be necessary.

southernjohn

[Han-tiger]

That can be very difficult. I just showed you a direct translation. Maybe it is good to make some alteration or adjustment of these mottos first.

[Tom Higgins]

以人为本 people-centered / people-oriented

精简节约 simplification & economization

创新高效 innovation & efficiency

That's already very good and DIRECT translation already.

[Southernjohn]

yes yes I know. But I was looking for advice at making this a more copy-friendly motto. An "exact" translation is easy.

southernjohn