ministry. embrace, international protocols

英國《泰晤士報》頭條：港民發聲：辭職或我們佔領總部。

The Queen and Mrs. Obama: A Breach in Protocol

By Howard Chua-Eoan Wednesday, Apr. 01, 2009

Queen Elizabeth II, left, and Michelle Obama at Buckingham Palace

PA Photos / Landov

China had also warned against awarding Mr. Hu the Nobel Peace Prize, and Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang had described him in scathing terms as a convicted criminal.
“The Chinese government will be upset,” said Teng Biao, a legal expert who has co-written essays with Mr. Hu. “But as a responsible nation that is trying to integrate into the international community, China has to understand that its conduct should follow international protocols. It should embrace the criticism as an opportunity to improve China’s human rights condition.”


While the library did not want a design that would overshadow its historic envelope and had considered architects with a more traditional aesthetic, the trustees wanted to commission a distinctive piece of contemporary architecture.
“This is now 2008, and when this happens, the library building will be 100 years old,” said Catherine Marron, the library’s chairwoman. “One has to embrace one’s time.”

Around the time they married, in 1911, Mahony persuaded Griffin to enter the competition to design Canberra, and she created 14 huge presentation drawings in ink on satin in which the rugged Australian landscape seemingly embraced her husband’s buildings. The drawings, which seemed to capture the essence of Australia — a place she had never been — were instrumental in the judges’ choice of Griffin.

ministry

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Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnɪstri 

  

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NOUN (plural ministries)

1(In certain countries) a government departmentheaded by a minister:the Ministry of Defence

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2[USUALLY IN SINGULAR] The work or vocation of a ministerof religion:he is training for the ministry

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2.1The period of tenure of a minister of religion:a tablet in the church commemorates his ministry there

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2.2The spiritual work or service of a Christian or agroup of Christians, especially evangelism:a ministry of Christian healing

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3(In certain countries) a period of government under one Prime Minister:Gladstone’s first ministry was outstanding

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4[MASS NOUN] rare The action of ministering to someone:the soldiers were no less in need of his ministry

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Origin

Middle English (in sense 2): from Latin ministerium, fromminister (see minister).

em・brace

v., -braced, -brac·ing, -brac·es. v.tr.

1. To clasp or hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection.
2. 1. To surround; enclose: We allowed the warm water to embrace us.
   2. To twine around: a trellis that was embraced by vines.
3. To include as part of something broader. See synonyms at include.
4. To take up willingly or eagerly: embrace a social cause.
5. To avail oneself of: “I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace” (Henry James).

v.intr.
To join in an embrace.
n.

1. An act of holding close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection; a hug.
2. An enclosure or encirclement: caught in the jungle's embrace.
3. Eager acceptance: your embrace of Catholicism.

[Middle English embracen, from Old French embracer : en-, in; see en–¹ + brace, the two arms; see brace.]

embraceable em·brace'a·ble adj.
embracement em·brace'ment n.

--> ━━ vt. 抱擁する, 抱きしめる （hug）; 【法】（陪審員などを）抱き込む; 包合する, 囲む, 取り巻く; （申出・宗教を）受け入れる; 採用する, （機会を）捕える; 悟る, 見て取る （take in）.
━━ vi. 抱き合う.
━━ n. 抱擁.

embrace (HOLD) Hide phonetics
verb [I or T] LITERARY
to hold someone tightly with both arms to express love, liking or sympathy, or when greeting or leaving someone:
She saw them embrace on the station platform.
He leant over to embrace the child.
embrace (INCLUDE) Hide phonetics
verb [T] FORMAL
to include something, often as one of a number of things:
Linguistics embraces a diverse range of subjects such as phonetics and stylistics.embrace (ACCEPT) Hide phonetics
verb [T] FORMAL
to accept something enthusiastically:
This was an opportunity that he would embrace.


protocol

n.

1. 1. The forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state.
   2. A code of correct conduct: safety protocols; academic protocol.
2. The first copy of a treaty or other such document before its ratification.
3. A preliminary draft or record of a transaction.
4. The plan for a course of medical treatment or for a scientific experiment.
5. Computer Science. A standard procedure for regulating data transmission between computers.

intr.v., -coled or -colled, -col·ing or -col·ling, -cols or -cols.
To form or issue protocols.

[French protocole, from Old French prothocolle, draft of a document, from Medieval Latin prōtocollum, from Late Greek prōtokollon, table of contents, first sheet : Greek prōto-, proto- + Greek kollēma, sheets of a papyrus glued together (from kollān, to glue together, from kolla, glue).]

protocolar pro'to·col'ar (-kŏl'ər) or pro'to·col'a·ry (-kŏl'ə-rē) adj.
protocol

通約，議定（Montreal PROTOCOL 蒙特婁議定書），規程；通訊協定（simple network management PROTOCOL (SNMP) 簡易網路管理協定；access PROTOCOL 存取協定；communication PROTOCOL 通信協定；通訊協定）



現在最常用有Kyoto Protocol 和VOIP等。譬如說Cisco 公司本周告Apple 新產品iPhone侵權：

Cisco, a San Jose, Calif., networking giant, said it has owned the trademark on the word iPhone since 2000, when it acquired InfoGear Technology Corp., which originally registered it as a trademark. Linksys, a Cisco unit, uses it on a family of phones that use a technology called voice over Internet protocol, or VOIP, for making phone calls over the Internet. A few weeks ago, Linksys introduced seven iPhone products, ranging in price between $80 and $370.

主編《朱蘭質量手冊》(第五版)，焦叔斌主持翻譯，中國人民大學出版社.，2003）原用斜體強調者都未表現出。我們談某專章(section)的翻譯問題，其實會牽涉到各章之間的一致問題（intra-sectional vs inter-sectional ）。這是不作索引的缺點之一，尤其是每章的翻譯者都不相同的時候。譬如說，本章的protocol 翻譯成「規章」，然而在第18章『市場研究與市場營銷』 （Market Research and Marketing.）中翻譯成「（表達格式）」（p.514）。【台灣翻譯參考：「存取『協定』」（access protocol）】傳統話費收入日漸低迷﹐亞洲電信巨頭們紛紛在所謂的交互式網絡電視(IPTV)服務領域投入巨資。IPTV指的是通過網絡提供實時電視和交互式產品。


(Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. In order to receive and decode the images in real time, the user requires either an IPTV set-top box or a computer and software-based media player.
IPTV enables a data-voice-video "triple play" service to be based entirely on IP because Internet access, voice over IP (VoIP) and IPTV all use the same IP packet format. To compete with cable TV, the telephone companies have taken the lead with IPTV over DSL lines. Rather than tune into one of many video channels being transmitted simultaneously over cable TV, IPTV users request a particular channel, which is routed to the user like every resource on the Internet.
TV over the Internet
There are a multitude of IPTV stations that deliver their content only via the Internet. Although there are paid subscriptions to some services, most are free. In addition, many TV broadcasters send their video over the air and to the Internet simultaneously. See IP, streaming video, IP on Everything and triple play.