[partly released from one's regular work] [干部] 部分脱离其日常工作的 [semiliterate] 识字较少的人 [accept while pretending to refuse;half yield and half deny;half willing(at heart)and half unwilling(in appearence)] 推:...
In the past, West China most people were the illiterate person, the semiliterate.
过去，华西大多数人是文盲、半文盲。
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Because to misspell is human; to have no idea of correct spelling is to be semiliterate.
因为错拼的是人，不知如何改正拼写错误的就是半文盲。
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Wordless: Medhi's interfaces guide illiterate and semiliterate users through tasks such as electronic banking. Credit: Indrani Medhi/Microsoft Research India