核心(雙語加油站●時事新語)

我們必須緊密地團結在以習近平同志為核心的黨中央周圍。(We must be closely united around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping asthe core.)“核心”，就是“中心”或“事物的主要部分”，英語譯為core。如：1. 以習近平同志為核心的黨中央在黨內享有高度共識。The CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has a high degree of consensus in the CPC.

“社會主義核心價值觀”，英語現有兩種譯法socialist core values 和coresocialist values。如：2. 社會主義核心價值觀的基本內容是富強、民主、文明、和諧，自由、平等、公正、法治，愛國、敬業、誠信、友善。The basic contents of the socialist core values/the core socialist values are prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom,equality, justice, rule of law, patriotism,dedication, integrity and friendship.

“核心利益”，英語譯為core interests。如：3. 我們將遵循獨立自主的和平外交政策，堅定地保護我們的國家核心利益。We will follow an independent foreign policy of peace, and firmly protect our national core interests.

“核心意涵”，英語譯為core meaning。如：4. “九二共識”的核心意涵是兩岸同屬一個中國。The core meaning of the 1992 Consensus is that the two sides of the Taiwan Straits belong to one China.

“核心工作”，英語譯為core task。如：5. 神舟十一號任務的核心工作之一是為中國已計劃好的空間站測試交會與對接技術。One of the core tasks of the Shenzhou XI mission is to test rendezvous and docking technologies forChina's planned space station.

“ 核心競爭力”， 英語譯為core competitiveness。如：6. 一個企業的核心競爭力來自其員工的良好素質。The core competitiveness of a business originates from the good quality of its personnel.

“核心技術”，英語譯為core technology。如：7. 由于本土公司尚未掌握核心技術，中國機器人市場仍為海外產品主導。The Chinese market of robots is still dominated by overseas products as homegrown companies have not mastered core technology.▲

（本欄目供稿：王逢鑫教授）