But between the top table and the shop-floor something goes wrong.

但在从最高层向基层的传递过程中，有些事情变了味。

Yet Poland must raise its game to regain its rightful place at Europe’s top table.

然而为恢复其在欧洲的高端地位,波兰必须提高其游戏水准。

Yet Poland must raise its game to regain its rightful place at Europe's top table.

然而为恢复其在欧洲的高端地位，波兰必须提高其游戏水准。

The relegation of France from top table to scullery would be an historic post-war shift.

法国从桌上上宾到捉襟见肘是战后一个历史性的转变。

Some see confrontation as inevitable when a rising power elbows its way to the top table.

一些人认为，随着这个新兴力量逐渐走上巅峰，对抗时不可避免的。