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English translation: Dove/pro-pacific wing

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18:30 Mar 20, 2006

Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / Palestine

Chinese term or phrase: 求和派

巴方内部以法塔赫为主的温和派，和求和派

Denyce Seow KudoZ activity Questions: 1835 (10 open) (48 closed without grading) Answers: 1517 Singapore
Local time: 13:58

Dove/pro-pacific wing

Explanation:
As it is not about a name of a political party, I use wing (as in the left/right wings) for the 派 (group of people having same political tendency).

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IC --
France
Local time: 07:58

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

Dove/pro-pacific wing

IC --

3 +4

doves / pacifists

Naikei Wong

5 +2

“求和”的“求”字，多少带有贬义成份，“求和派”其实就是“绥靖派”

Last Hermit

5 +1

peace negotiators; peace activists

Kevin Yang

5 +1

Peace Seekers

Bill Lao

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Dove/pro-pacific wing

Explanation:
As it is not about a name of a political party, I use wing (as in the left/right wings) for the 派 (group of people having same political tendency).

IC --
France
Local time: 07:58
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

doves / pacifists

Explanation:
in the general sense...

opposite of doves is hawks...

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Note added at 6 mins (2006-03-20 18:37:13 GMT)
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FYI:

From dictionary sources:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/doves
dove 1 (dv)
n.
1. Any of various widely distributed birds of the family Columbidae, which includes the pigeons, having a small head and a characteristic cooing call.
2. A gentle, innocent person.
3. A person who advocates peace, conciliation, or negotiation in preference to confrontation or armed conflict.

pac·i·fism (ps-fzm)
n.
1. The belief that disputes between nations should and can be settled peacefully.
2.
a. Opposition to war or violence as a means of resolving disputes.
b. Such opposition demonstrated by refusal to participate in military action.

Hawks in Doves' Clothing - Why can't the American press tell a pro ...Hawks in Doves' Clothing. Why can't the American press tell a pro-Palestinian demonstrator from a peacenik? By Benjamin Soskis Updated Monday, April 8, ...
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Operation Dove » Israel/Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesChristian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) and Operation Dove have maintained a constant non-violent presence in the Palestinian village of At-Tuwani in Masafer Yatta ...
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Organization of News OmbudsmenA pacifist Palestinian who holds dual American and Israeli citizenship, he contends that the suicide bombers -- whose tactic he abhors -- differ from ...
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April 20th ProtestWhen the marches met up, the Palestinian march engulfed everyone else - pacifist, anti-war, anti-globalization groups alike. We were engulfed in a throng of ...
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a "pacifist faction" is closer to "求和派"

FYI:
Beware the Neocons... who vigorously opposed the President’s stand on a future Palestinian state, as ... This is surely not enough evidence for the suicidal, pacifist faction. ...
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Radio Havana Cuba-05 March 2002 Via NY Transfer News * All the ...*ISRAEL OPPOSITION LEADER: PALESTINIAN DRIVE FOR INDEPENDENCE CAN'T BE ... The leader of the Israeli Parliament's Meretz pacifist faction insisted that the ...
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Note added at 17 mins (2006-03-20 18:47:20 GMT)
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another one is anti-war faction, but I think "pacifists / pacifist faction" is sufficient, in general...

Naikei Wong
Hong Kong
Local time: 13:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 60

39 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

peace negotiators; peace activists

Explanation:
Here are my suggestions:

the peace negotiators/peace activists = 求和派
hard-liner = 强硬派
the Moderates = 温和派
the dove = 鸽派
the hawk = 鹰派

Kevin Yang
United States
Local time: 22:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 8

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Peace Seekers

Explanation:
No doubt, Peace Seekers!

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-03-20 23:44:11 GMT)
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我感到震惊！诸位都是经验丰富，多年留洋居住留学经历的老翻译，而且很多都是从事公共英语专业或社会人文科学翻译的！doves 是鸽派， pacifists 是和平主义者，peace negotiators 是和平谈判代表，pro-pacific wing 是党团中的某一观点派别！也许温和派用doves较合适。

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-03-20 23:46:24 GMT)
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我感到震惊！诸位都是经验丰富，多年留洋居住留学经历的老翻译，而且很多都是从事公共英语专业或社会人文科学翻译的！doves 是鸽派， pacifists 是和平主义者，peace negotiators 是和平谈判代表，pro-pacific wing 是党团中的某一观点派别！也许温和派用doves较合适。

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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-03-21 00:44:05 GMT)
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照我的理解，pacifist是“someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes”，即以反对暴力作为解决争端的手段的人，只要反对使用暴力解决争端，那么他就是和平主义者了。而“求和者”是某一争端发生了，向对方请求停止争端，求得和解、实现和平的人，比如通过求同存异（seek common points while reserving difference）的方法获得和平等等。

Bill Lao
China
Local time: 13:58
Native speaker of:

Chinese

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

“求和”的“求”字，多少带有贬义成份，“求和派”其实就是“绥靖派”

Explanation:
　　绥靖，英文当是“appeasement”，那么，“求和派”应作译作“pro-appeasement”。但通常说“peace mongers”，与“war mongers”相对。“-monger”本身就带贬义，比如“rumour-mongers”即为“专事散布流言之徒”。

　　可是，在“巴方内部以法塔赫为主的温和派，和求和派”这个语境里，恐怕上述译法都不妥。这里，应译作“peace seekers”

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　　这里还有一个语境不能忽示。作者是谁？如果作者倾向于主战派，希望巴方以暴易暴，那这个“求和派”就可能是“peace mongers”。语气带蔑视成份。

Last Hermit
China
Local time: 13:58
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 8

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求和派

English translation: Dove/pro-pacific wing