Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 24, 2006 19:06
17 yrs ago
Chinese term
Singapore
Business & Legal Translator
Native in: English (Variants: Singaporean, UK, US) 
Works in: Chinese to English
反弹
Chinese to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
面对民进党的强烈反弹，江丙坤表示，将参照今年春节包机的模式，积极推动与大陆达成的共识。
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | Strong opposition |
ysun
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| 4 | to rebound; to spring |
IC --
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| 5 -1 | 这里的反弹应该是说“反击” |
Last Hermit
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| 3 +1 | strong response |
Ritchest
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| 3 | backlash |
Naikei Wong
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Proposed translations
+1
3 days 3 hrs
Selected
Strong opposition
or strong objection
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Zoe Chuang
: I also think this is a safe translation, yueyin
2 days 29 mins
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Thanks, Zoe!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I think I will take the safe side and stick to "strong opposition". I thank Zoe for her explanation.
PS: Lao Sun, I finally saw KaDeWe. :) Love Berlin!"
21 mins
Naikei Wong
Native in Chinese
&
English
Specializes in field
Best quality to match best science
Native in: English 
, Chinese
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese, Japanese to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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60
backlash
A guess!
Cambridge:
backlash /"b{k.l{S/ noun [C]
a strong feeling among a group of people in reaction to a tendency or recent events in society or politics:
the Sixties backlash against bourgeois materialism
the backlash against feminism
FYI:
中外新聞比較- - [ Translate this page ]英文新聞的選題基本上圍繞著這兩個方面：A與中國、台灣有關的，也就是目前國際上比較熱 ... repression would provoke A backlash in similarly affected rural areas. ...
www.i170.com/user/bdbob/Label_1454/p2 - 25k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
台灣生活網站: 信息補給站-英文小站 - [ Translate this page ][ 簡體 ]Such a backlash may not come as a surprise, since many movie producers seem ... 這種反彈是可以理解的，因為有些電影製作人似乎忘了置入性行銷的藝術，在於不露 ...
twlifegb.sinorama.com.tw/han/2/1/1/ taiwanlife.sinorama.com.tw/ch/english_show.php?sn=134 - 24k - Cached - Similar pages
Cambridge:
backlash /"b{k.l{S/ noun [C]
a strong feeling among a group of people in reaction to a tendency or recent events in society or politics:
the Sixties backlash against bourgeois materialism
the backlash against feminism
FYI:
中外新聞比較- - [ Translate this page ]英文新聞的選題基本上圍繞著這兩個方面：A與中國、台灣有關的，也就是目前國際上比較熱 ... repression would provoke A backlash in similarly affected rural areas. ...
www.i170.com/user/bdbob/Label_1454/p2 - 25k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
台灣生活網站: 信息補給站-英文小站 - [ Translate this page ][ 簡體 ]Such a backlash may not come as a surprise, since many movie producers seem ... 這種反彈是可以理解的，因為有些電影製作人似乎忘了置入性行銷的藝術，在於不露 ...
twlifegb.sinorama.com.tw/han/2/1/1/ taiwanlife.sinorama.com.tw/ch/english_show.php?sn=134 - 24k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Last Hermit
: 不合适。万人参加蓝丝带活动保护维港就是对政府的backlash
6 hrs
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LH, I don't get the point, though... first of all, I wouldn't say anyone can interpret the source text with 100% confidence. It's from Taiwan. Your example says of the mixed use of two languages famous in HK... so, shrug, shrug...;-)
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| agree |
Zoe Chuang
: 台灣媒體使用"反彈"時表意為強烈反對或反對的行動,與backlash之意相當
1 day 7 hrs
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Thank you Zoe!
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36 mins
to rebound; to spring
反彈
fan tan
ㄈㄢˇ ㄊㄢˊ
1.to rebound; to spring
fan tan
ㄈㄢˇ ㄊㄢˊ
1.to rebound; to spring
-1
6 hrs
Last Hermit
Native in Chinese
Nationwide trans contest award winner
Native in: Chinese
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese
Related KudoZ points
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8
这里的反弹应该是说“反击”
用“counter-attack”应该可以。
+1
1 day 26 mins
strong response
strong response
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
chica nueva
: or reaction? many Google examples of 舆论反弹 (negative/unfavourable) public reaction? some examples of 反弹抗议...
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