并不是本次研讨会的 硬性指标
“are not hard criteria for this symposium.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“the work unit, research papers, and seniority you mentioned”
并不是 本次 研讨会 的 硬性指标
“are not hard criteria for this symposium.”
本次会议的主旨
“The purpose of this meeting”
“Stop judging people purely on paper credentials; that is not what matters here.”
In Chinese bureaucratic and academic evaluations, tension frequently exists between rigid formal metrics (papers, seniority) and actual capability or institutional politics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
is certainly not; does not necessarily mean
Used to firmly counter a misunderstanding or false assumption with polite formality.
hard target; mandatory metric; strict criteria
A widely used professional collocation for non-negotiable quantitative standards.