Application goal: Understanding a metaphor within a process.
Metaphors and idioms go beyond literal meanings. Choose expressions that fit the tone and audience, and avoid translating them word for word.
Context: The bottleneck metaphor. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.
Metaphors and idioms go beyond literal meanings. Choose expressions that fit the tone and audience, and avoid translating them word for word.
Context: The bottleneck metaphor. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.
Practical examples
The approval stage has become a bottleneck: work reaches it faster than decisions can be returned.
أصبحت مرحلة الموافقة نقطة اختناق؛ إذ يصل إليها العمل أسرع مما يمكن إصدار القرارات بشأنه.
The metaphor highlights a restriction in flow rather than a weakness in every part of the process.
تبرز الاستعارة عائقًا في تدفق العمل، لا ضعفًا في جميع أجزاء الإجراء.
Adding more staff to earlier stages might increase the queue without resolving that restriction.
قد تؤدي إضافة موظفين إلى المراحل السابقة إلى زيادة الطابور دون إزالة ذلك العائق.