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English Government / Politics Translation Glossary

English term		English translation
commissions		commissioned report	Marina Aleyeva
Entered by: Marina Aleyeva
commodities of war and peace		war materials and economic and public investment goods
commutation tax		an additional window tax, introduced in 1784 in commutation (substitution) for reduction in tea duty
conformist		in line with the majority view
Conscious		well-informed
consensual governor		governing by consensus	Adele Oliveri
Entered by: Adele Oliveri
considered narcotics in juxtaposition with their own goals		thought only of what they themselves were aiming to achieve
contested area		contested area
could not but		could not fail to, could not do other than
counsellor or expert advisor		Expert advisor
County of Bedford vs Bedfordshire		Bedfordshire
court economy		economy centered around a political leader as though he were a king
degrade		weaken
degrade the future use of chemical weapons		reduce the ability to use chemical weapons
deny an oppressor the fruits of his (her) supremacy.		prevents the oppressor from achieving the desired results
despite the Communist rule		despite the difficulties she anticipated having in a country ruled by communists
development outlook toward the questions of intellectual property		a view of intellectual rights issues from a development standpoint
distract resources that should be aimed at the people		divert resources...
distributed money		handed out
do the full service of proactivity		provide a fully proactive service
does the government mean "the government" or "the authorities"		It means the government
donor awareness: $0		amount of volontary payment to donor awareness foundation (on vehicle registration certificate)	William [Bill] Gray
Entered by: William [Bill] Gray
dream vs vision		Dream can substitute for vision only when its counterpart is clearly understood with the substitution.
Economic Monetary Union (EMU)		Economic and Monetary Union of the EU (EMU)	William [Bill] Gray
Entered by: William [Bill] Gray
Edited Register		please see notes below ***
especially since ..		particularly because...	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
Euro Atlantic Integrations		Euro-Atlantic Integration
ever looming		always present	Abdelmonem Samir
Entered by: Abdelmonem Samir
executive		first deputy mayor, senior vice-mayor
faces down the drones		does not follow the silent majority	NancyLynn
Entered by: NancyLynn
fair game		legitimate targets	Abdelmonem Samir
Entered by: Abdelmonem Samir
FCTC		Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
fence-mending		making up, making friends again, damage control	NancyLynn
Entered by: NancyLynn
fixed elections		election fraud
Frankfurt am Main		Frankfurt am Main
Garda Reserve		National Police Reserve
Gardai		(National) Police Officers
general rather than universal		widespread but does not cover everyone
government and opposition		in power/ruling/majority and minority (adj. with reference to parties and coalitions)
greatest value is acquired by crossing borders		(the drugs) have a higher value on the other side of the border

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