Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
反恐精锐部队
English translation:
Counter-terrorism crack force[s]
Added to glossary by
Jason Ma
Jul 27, 2007 16:53
16 yrs ago
Chinese term
反恐精锐部队
Chinese to English
Social Sciences
Military / Defense
美军反恐精锐部队对索马里境内的基地组织嫌犯藏身之地发动空袭，而打死了多名基地组织嫌疑人
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | Counter-terrorism crack force[s] |
Caroline Moreno
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| 3 +4 | elite anti-terrorist troops |
Jian Zhang
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Change log
Oct 8, 2007 15:17: Jason Ma changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/641710">Jason Ma's</a> old entry - "反恐精锐部队"" to ""Counter-terrorism crack force[s]""
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Caroline Moreno
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United States
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Quality, timely Chinese translation.
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Counter-terrorism crack force[s]
Some people use "anti-terrorism" for 反恐. There are also "crack teams", but since it says 部队, and especially since the organization is probably made up of military members from the Special Forces, it should be translated as "force."
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| Thanks, Caroline. |
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George Guo
: 反恐：国内有的人译成counterterrorist，有的人译成antiterrorist。而事实上，明白英语中counter和anti这两个前缀的不同意义的人就会明白其中的区别。正确的译法应该是前者，因为antiterrorist实际上是“防恐怖”的意思，即以被动的、防御性的保卫工作等防止自身安全受到恐怖分子的危害的措施，比如武警部队对电厂、桥梁和水库等国家基础设施进行的静态的武装保卫和守护工作等。而counterterrorist才是真正的“反恐怖”之意，指的是采取主动的、进攻性的行动打击恐怖分子的一
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Thank you George! I like the detailed explanation.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you! Caroline."
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elite anti-terrorist troops
http://newsbeat1.com/2006_01_11_archive.html:
...It will allow for the acquisition of new medium-heavy capacity helicopters, logistics trucks, search and rescue utility aircraft and specialized facilities for Joint Task Force Two, Canada’s elite anti-terrorist troops.
...It will allow for the acquisition of new medium-heavy capacity helicopters, logistics trucks, search and rescue utility aircraft and specialized facilities for Joint Task Force Two, Canada’s elite anti-terrorist troops.
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karcsy
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pkchan
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George Guo
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Discussion
US elite counter-terrorist forces
著者： Stephen F Tomajczyk
http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/top3mset/36892732
http://www.amazon.com/U-Counter-Terrorist-Forces-Fred-Pushie...