a flexible variable in a tool

Chinese translation: 一个灵活可变的工具; 一个工具的灵活可变性

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English term or phrase:a flexible variable in a tool
Chinese translation:一个灵活可变的工具; 一个工具的灵活可变性
Entered by: MichelleYou

07:45 Mar 15, 2012
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Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / building a World-class ba
English term or phrase: a flexible variable in a tool
Achieving success on a global scale through standardization, the experts agree, also is dependent on maintaining enough flexibility to deal with inherent inconsistencies across markets in areas such as compliance, payments and deposits, not to mention cultural differences. But Wells Fargo's ($1.3 trillion in assets) Holroyde warns that there's a very fine line between ***a flexible variable in a tool*** and too much customization.
"One product that works more places consistently but gives up a little nuance in other global markets is better in the end," he insists. "You need to remain flexible without going down the rabbit hole of mass customization. If you do that, you'll start to lose track of variables, spend too much time reacting and fixing things, and then you'll lose sight of real effort."
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Local time: 22:21
一个灵活可变的工具; 一个工具的灵活可变性
Explanation:
either way, depends on how do you want to translate the whole sentence.

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一个工具的灵活可变性和过多的定制之间有很细微的界限
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一个灵活可变的工具; 一个工具的灵活可变性


Explanation:
either way, depends on how do you want to translate the whole sentence.

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Note added at 18 hrs (2012-03-16 01:48:59 GMT)
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一个工具的灵活可变性和过多的定制之间有很细微的界限

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Local time: 07:21
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