To be internationally competitive, the shrinking labor force will need to transform itself from low-cost to high-skill.
为了具备国际竞争力，缩水中的劳动力必须完成从低成本到高技能的转型。
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Job losses have been “far more severe in middle-skilled white- and blue-collar jobs than in either high-skill, white-collar jobs or in low-skill service occupations.”
“失业对于中等技术水平的白领或蓝领职业的影响要大于高技术的白领职业或低技能的蓝领职业”。
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As companies like Rolls-Royce, an engineering firm, GSK, a drugs giant, and ARM, a chipmaker, demonstrate, British companies can prosper in high-skill, high-value industries.