To get down to it, you have to cut away what is not true, what is inflated, beside the point, excess, ornament.

更直接点，你们要去掉不真实的，除了这点还有膨胀的，过量的和装饰的。

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In a normal, productive, healthy, happy environment, people don't scream at you about how bad you're doing but they compliment how good you are and that could lead to an inflated self-esteem on the part of people in certain domains.

在一个正常，高效，健康快乐的环境里，人们不会大声跟你说你做得有多差,但他们会称赞你做得很好,因而导致人们在某些方面,自我评价膨胀。

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