Cross-Strait To Propose An Emergency Response Tabletop Exercise For Oil Pollution
兩岸將沙盤推演油污染緊急應變
    The  first  cross-strait  emergency  response  tabletop  exercise  (1)  for  oil  pollution  was  scheduled  on  the  afternoon  of  September  2,  2010  in  Kinmen  with  anticipation  of  a  hands-on  (2)  exercise  being  held  next  year.
   兩岸第一次油污染緊急應變協作推演,預定九十九年九月二日下午在金門舉辦,希望明年能辦理實兵演練。
    This  tabletop  exercise  is  the  cooperation  between  the  "Taiwan  Association  of  Marine  Pollution  Control"  and  "China  Institute  of  Navigation"  which  is  commissioned  (3)  by  the  Environmental  Protection  Administration  (EPA)  of  Executive  Yuan.    Holding  the  exercise  in  Kinmen  where  the  mini-three-links  are  implemented  aimed  at  establishing  the  cross-strait  emergency  response  mechanism  for  oil  pollution  in  the  ocean.    According  to  the  plan  of  the  EPA,  the  assumed  scenario  (4)  of  the  drill  is  that  a  chemical  carrier  collided  (5)  with  a  bulk  carrier  (6)  in  the  sea  of  Kinmen,  causing  an  oil  leakage  and  thus  producing  pollution  in  the  ocean.    In  fact,  this  tabletop  exercise  is  the  second  time  that  both  sides  cooperated  together  in  the  environmental  field,  with  the  first  cooperative  event  occurred  on  November  26,  2009  which  was  an  academic  seminar  held  in  Kinmen.  
   這項沙盤推演是行政院環保署委託「台灣海洋污染防治協會」,和大陸的「中國航海學會」合作,選在實施小三通的金門舉辦,目的在建立兩岸海上油污染緊急應變機制。根據環保署規劃,演習狀況是模擬兩艘船舶分別載運化學物品與散裝貨物,在金門海域發生碰撞,並造成漏油污染。這項沙盤推演是兩岸環保領域的第二次攜手合作,第一次是去年十一月二十六日在金門舉辦的學術交流研討會。
    【註解】
    ●1.  emergency  response  tabletop  exercise-(n)緊急應變的沙盤推演。tabletop  exercise就是「沙盤推演」,或軍事用語中的「兵棋推演」。其中tabletop指桌面上的,或適合於桌面上的;exercise則泛指軍事演習。同樣是軍演,常見的說法還有maneuver、drill或war-game。
    ●2.  hands-on-(adj.)實際動手做的。此處hands-on  exercise指實兵演練。亦可稱full-scale  exercise。
    ●3.  commission-(vt.)委託、委任。
    ●4.  scenario-(n)劇情、劇本;情境;方案。此處指軍事演練中的狀況想定。
    ●5.  collide-(vi.)相撞;碰撞。名詞是collision。
    ●6.  bulk  carrier-(n)散裝貨船。bulk是航運業的術語,指單價較低、量體龐大,不適合以貨櫃裝載的散裝貨物。carrier是用以載運的人或物,因此可以指搬運者、運輸公司、貨船或貨機。
本文摘譯、改寫自《金門日報》2010年8月14日報導        

 
    