Wednesday, March 22
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Today you will receive a small excerpt in English to practice your translation skills.Tomorrow, we will send the answer keys and some comments about this text. Try to do the translation with your own words before consulting the dictionary. | ||
“The core of AUKUS is a pledge by America and Britain to help Australia build at least eight nuclear-powered—but not nuclear-armed—attack submarines, which are known as SSNs (subs that carry intercontinental nuclear missiles are known as SSBNs, the “B” standing for “ballistic”). Australia had been due to buy diesel-electric boats from France to replace its current subs, which were commissioned in the 1990s. But nuclear-powered subs can stay underwater for far longer. They can carry conventional missiles, but equally important are their abilities to collect intelligence and to deploy special forces ashore. (...) It is not all about submarines, though. AUKUS is also a broad defence-technology agreement. The three countries have established 17 joint working groups; nine of them are about subs, but the rest relate to other advanced military technologies, including underwater drones, quantum technologies for position, navigation and timing (think next-generation GPS), artificial intelligence, cyber-defence, hypersonic missiles and electronic warfare.” | ||
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