politické konkurenční centrum

English translation: local competing faction

17:56 Jan 18, 2021
Czech to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Medical (general)
Czech term or phrase: politické konkurenční centrum
Následovaly známé drastické sanační a politické důsledky, čímž došlo k lokální kontrole infekce, která se jíž nicméně rozšířila do celého světa. Záměrným sekundárním cílem byla likvidace wuhanského politického konkurenčního centra, příčemž epidemie posloužila jako záminka.

Is anything other than political opposition meant here?
Dylan Edwards
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:53
English translation:local competing faction
Explanation:
There is no real political opposition in China - that would be immediately crushed. What they mean a competing group of communist apparatchicks.
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Martin Janda
Czech Republic
Local time: 17:53
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Thanks to both answerers. Sorry for late grading! Both answers were useful. This one was the first to clarify the idea.
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3 +1local competing faction
Martin Janda
4competing hub of political power
Pavel Slama


  

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local competing faction


Explanation:
There is no real political opposition in China - that would be immediately crushed. What they mean a competing group of communist apparatchicks.

Martin Janda
Czech Republic
Local time: 17:53
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PRO pts in category: 158
Grading comment
Thanks to both answerers. Sorry for late grading! Both answers were useful. This one was the first to clarify the idea.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks. I was wondering about that word "konkurenční". More like a competing/rival faction, that makes sense.


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competing hub of political power


Explanation:
Interesting question – what about this for a solution? Or indeed “rival”.

to dismantle Wuhan as a competing hub of political power

Pavel Slama
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:53
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks. 'Hub' is closer to the meaning of 'centrum'. Yes, it can be seen as a hub of political power/influence.

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