To reduce fraud, an opaque network of government bank accounts has been replaced by a centralized system.

为了减少欺诈案件，原来不透明的政府银行账户网络已经被一套集中式的系统所取代。

But this system is only feasible in places with centralized sewer systems and infrastructure for pumping water into people's homes.

但这个系统只适用于有集中下水道系统和抽水基础设施的地方。

Totalitarianism is a centralized political system that extensively regulates people’s lives.

极权主义是一种中央集权的政治制度，广泛地规范着人们的生活。

I think it's important for thinking about the future of utilities and telecommunications, because we're finding more and more that centralized systems just don't make sense.

“我认为思考公共事业和通讯系统的未来十分重要，因为我们逐渐发现集中式系统并没有什么意义。”

This need, however, bumps against an emerging narrative that, faced with climate change, we all need to transition from large, centralized power systems to small-scale distributed power.

但是，这个需求却和一个渐渐浮现的观点产生了矛盾，这个观点声称，面对当今的气候变化，我们都需要实现 从大型、集中式能源系统到小型、分散式能源的转型。

So it's really important to recognize that places like Singapore and China have used highly centralized data systems for supporting this.

因此，认识到像新加坡和中国这样的地方已经使用高度集中的数据系统来支持这一点非常重要。

For many developing countries, they operate the out of pocket model, where health care is paid for at point of use with no centralized funding system.

对于许多发展中国家， 他们采用自付费用模式，即在没有集中供资系统的情况下在使用点支付医疗费用。

And they also, the local police right now, don't maintain any centralized system of tracking, where they're cataloging every person's public movements all the time, just in case that information some day becomes useful.

而且他们，现在的当地警察， 也没有维护任何中央跟踪系统，他们一直在对每个人的公共活动进行分类， 以防有一天这些信息有用。