Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
its distinction (paraphrase)
English answer:
differentness, separateness
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2020-02-25 15:54:28 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
English term
its distinction (paraphrase)
What do you understand by "its distinction"? Many thanks in advance.
Non-PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher
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Responses
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
differentness, separateness
its separate political and economic system / its separate/special status
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronavirus-hong-kong-c...
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At the heart of the agreement between London and Beijing was an arrangement whereby Hong Kong would maintain its separate political and economic system and enjoy “a high degree of autonomy,” with Beijing handling national security and diplomacy.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/09/ho...
"If Hong Kong loses its separate status then, for example, all of the duties that America has applied to Chinese exports would apply to Hong Kong exports. And any prohibitions on transfers of high grade technology to China would apply to Hong Kong as well."
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48618585
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China with a high degree of autonomy and a separate legal system. Mainland Chinese parties accept arbitration in Hong Kong and frequently agree to it in foreign transactions. The Chinese government recognises Hong Kong as an international legal and dispute resolution centre, particularly in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Greater Bay Area. [16] The Hong Kong courts operate in both English and Chinese and Hong Kong legislation is enacted in both languages. The city boasts a large pool of bilingual professionals. Over 30 mainland Chinese law firms have branches in Hong Kong and many mainland Chinese counsel and arbitrators are experienced in Hong Kong arbitral proceedings. Travel between the two jurisdictions is fast, now faster thanks to a high-speed railway linking Hong Kong to the mainland grid and a 55-kilometre bridge-tunnel system – the longest in the world – connecting Hong Kong to the southern Chinese city of Zuhai via Macau.
https://globalarbitrationreview.com/insight/the-asia-pacific...
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Tony M
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Thank you.
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B D Finch
: Not exactly wrong, but over-translation.
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Well, yes. I meant to make it descriptive and give the Asker an explanation of what we are talking about. Synonyms can easily be found in a dictionary. Thanks for the comment.
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Sarah Maidstone
22 hrs
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Thanks Sarah.
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Mark Robertson
1 day 15 hrs
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Thank you.
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Mexico
Confianza, certeza, creatividad.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Mexican)
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 6 more.
discrepancies
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Tony M
: Doesn't make sense here: 'discrepancy' is usually an undesirable divergence from some given standard
8 mins
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Yvonne Gallagher
: not the meaning
13 hrs
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Mark Robertson
: you seem not to understand the source text
1 day 14 hrs
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its quality of being different; its dissimilarity
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Tony M
: 'dissimilarity' wouldn't be idiomatic here — it tends to put a negative slant on it which is unwanted here. And 'its quality of being different' is awkward and unidiomatic, and doesn't reallt convey the right tone here.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: no, not the meaning and not idiomatic
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Mark Robertson
: See Tony M's comment
1 day 9 hrs
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