Rather than something to play down, you recast it as a marketable skill.

与其轻描淡写，不如将它重塑成适合市场的技能。

Danny chose the taxicab because driving was about the only marketable skill he possessed.

丹尼选择开出租车因为开车差不多是他拥有的唯一可以出售的技术。

Danny chooses the taxicab because driving is about the only marketable skill he possessed.

丹尼选择开计程车因为开车差不多是他拥有的唯一可以出售的技术。

This isn't the most marketable skill, but to get bloodstains out of wallpaper, put on a paste of cornstarch and cold water.

这不算是最热门的技能，但要想弄掉壁纸上的血迹，用玉米粉和冷水在上面和面就行了。

Looking at the current economic gloom, I even resent myself for pursuing paper qualification blindly as it means I will end up without a valuable and marketable skill.

就当前低迷的经济局势看来，我甚至怨恨自己盲目的追求发表论文，因为这将意味着我会毫无社会技能的技术我的学生时代。