He was a loyal, distinguished and very competent civil servant.

他是一个忠诚、出色、很有能力的公务员。

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His 2009 speech was thin for what was a pre-election pitch, and last year was blandly competent in the way he often is when under no real pressure.

我认为这次演讲要比前面的几次好，2009年为大选拉票，他的声音尖细，去年他常常采用那种完全没有压力的演讲方式，看不出他的演讲能力有什么特别出众之处。

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He was a very competent lawyer.

他是一位很有才干的法学家。

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"It's a great sadness really that Rhodri Glyn has fallen foul in this way - he was a competent minister, " he added.

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He was a competent manager.

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Mr Barnard said he was a "highly competent and experienced journalist" and that this had been substantiated by the many tributes the family received from his colleagues.

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