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הפעלת סוכנים

English translation: handling agents

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Hebrew term or phrase:הפעלת סוכנים
English translation:handling agents
Entered by: Mary Jane Shubow

14:20 Sep 27, 2012
Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
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Hebrew term or phrase: הפעלת סוכנים
מתלבט לגבי תרגום המושג 'הפעלת סוכנים' (במובן של סוכנות חקירות וכדו').
"הארגון מפעיל סוכנים חשאיים ברחבי העולם למטרות מעקב".
Operating agents?
באופן כללי, 'הפעלה' זה מושג שתמיד משונה לתרגם-
הפעלת קבוצות נוער, הפעלת אירועים..

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יונתן
handling agents
Explanation:
The people who cause the agents to operate are called handlers. Rafi Eitan was the handler of Jonathan Pollard.
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Mary Jane Shubow
United States
Local time: 09:00
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2running agents
Arthur Livingstone
5fields (secret) agents
judithyf
4 +1handling agents
Mary Jane Shubow
4operating agents
Gad Kohenov


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
operating agents


Explanation:
www.4law.co.il/shinbet1.pdf
operating a double agent

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 19:00
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 66
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
running agents


Explanation:
Get the highest number of hits for "running secret agents" (6,850) as against "handling secret agents" (10) or "operating secret agents" (6)

Arthur Livingstone
Israel
Local time: 19:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ty Kendall: This was also the standard term for this activity in the BBC spy-drama "Spooks" (of which I was an avid fan!) :-) ....reminds me of an early episode in which the character "Tessa" was running 'phantom' agents.
59 mins
agree  Doron Greenspan MITI: I also liked Spooks when it started, but then, towards season 4 or so, their plots got so weird and contrived that I kinda got fed up...
2 hrs
neutral  Johnnybar: Sounds right. However, many of the results refer to "agents" in terms of UI and computer science. So not sure if the number of hits is an accurate indicator here.
20 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
fields (secret) agents


Explanation:
The organization fields secret (or undercover) agents worldwide

judithyf
Local time: 19:00
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 14
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
handling agents


Explanation:
The people who cause the agents to operate are called handlers. Rafi Eitan was the handler of Jonathan Pollard.

Example sentence(s):
  • On May 11, 1998, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted Pollard was a known information source, handled by high-ranking officials of the Israeli Bureau for Scientific Relations (Lekem).
  • "Beyond all doubt...the operational echelons (namely: the Scientific Liaison Unit headed by Rafael Eitan) decided to recruit and handle Pollard without any check or consultation with the political echelon or receiving its direct or indirect approval."

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pollard
    Reference: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/pollar...
Mary Jane Shubow
United States
Local time: 09:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johnnybar
4 days
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