Just A Little Crazy

Part of My Job Here at Midea is Resolving all-sorts of random English-related issues. Here's one that CONSTANTLY Comes up and drives me crazy!

Chinese Companies...ESPECIALLY MIDEA love to put up these HUGE banners with catchy slogans. I don't know if this practice ties back to the "All Hail Mao" days.....but it's the most annoying part of my job. Chinese and English are sooo different....my coworkers refuse to accept it. Here are some slogans that I received today.....The translation is OK...it's just that Chinese has these abrupt choppy sentences that JUST DO NOT WORK WITH ENGLISH. I translate these damn things, and my coworkers always get angry because their Chinese version is so short and pretty, and my English version wont fit on the damn banner. FRUSTRATION!

1、全面开展全效率提升行动 着力打造家用空调利润新增长点

Promote comprehensive efficiency-advancing plan, aiming for new RAC profit source.

2、群策群力，同心同德，全面落实全效率提升行动

USING BRAIN-STROM, ALL PEOPLE UNITED to enforce the efficiency-advancing plan.

3、全员参与 全过程改善 全要素关注 全效率提升

ALL-INVOLING, procedure-improving; key components focusing
efficiency-advancing.

4、全员参与全效率 开源节流创效益 利润贡献1个亿

ALL-INVOLVING, UPDATING ADMINISTRATION & PROFIT,TRYING TO REACH MORE 100 MILLION NET PROFIT.

5、品质决定命运，效率主宰成败！

Quality is definitely for development; efficiency is the key component to win the future.

PS - I can't read Chinese, before I can do anything these phrases are translated for me and then I correct them.