800天與時並進 ：FACE TO FACE 標題怎譯？及聞中問字解？

Question

Ground breaking 創新的 talks are underway 進行中 in Iraq to find a way to end the spiraling 急劇上升的 violence 暴力 in the country. For the first time US officials are sitting down for direct talks with their counterparts 對方

from Iran 伊朗 and Syria 敘利亞 to discuss the crisis 危機. Iraqi Prime Minister 首相 Nourl Al-Maliki is expected to ask its neighbours 比鄰 to stop supporting militia (militia 怎解), who are wreacking havoc (wreacking havoc 怎解？) in his country

and many fear (fear 是否要加 s ，或者前面 many 轉 much 就不用加 s？) will destabalise (destabalise 怎解？) the regions 地區.

The above English was written from ATV Main News at 19:30.
You may revise it if you like. Thanks.

Answer 1

問題主要在句子末段 militia, who are wreaking havoc in his country and many fear will destabilise the regions.

militia一般指民兵，這裏指活躍於伊拉克的武裝分子。

wreak havoc慣常見於英文報章的標題，尤其多用於天災人禍，中文多譯作：肆虐。

fear 這裏是動詞，而其主語是many，故不用加s。many fear在這裏只是一句插入修飾句，我認為如在many之前和fear之後加上逗號可令文義更清晰，甚至加以省略反而可能較易令人明白，即militia who are wreaking havoc in his country and will destabilise the regions.

destabalise應為destablise，即破壞穩定之意。

整句可譯為：停止支持在伊拉克橫行的武裝分子，很多人恐怕這些武裝分子將會令中東地區的局勢愈趨混亂。