「危機突破内閣」のいくつかの英訳

新しい年を迎え、ぼちぼち英語学習を再開することにしよう。安倍新内閣も本格始動、ということで、総理本人が命名した「危機突破内閣」がどう英訳されているかをネットで調べてみた。

検索エンジンでのヒットを見ると、いろいろなメディアでAP通信の記事が使われていたが、そこでは、

- “A strong economy is the source of energy for Japan. Without regaining a strong economy, there is no future for Japan,” Abe told his first news conference after becoming prime minister for the second time.

Calling his administration a “crisis breakthrough Cabinet,” Abe promised to launch bold economic measures to pull Japan out of deflation.

( http://world.time.com/2012/12/25/japans-cabinet-resigns-to-make-way-for-new-pm/#ixzz2GsA0L4EQ )

となっていた。

この訳は、朝日新聞の英文記事で

- Abe labeled his Cabinet formed on Dec. 26 as one tasked with “breaking through the crisis.”
( http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201212270076 )

という形でも使われていた。

また、The Economist 誌は、

- SHINZO ABE, who will become Japan’s new prime minister on December 26th, is wasting little time in offering the goodies. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which staged a remarkable return to power in elections on December 16th, has made reviving an economy sapped by deflation the central goal of his “crisis-beating” cabinet."
( http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21568752-party-comes-back-dead-still-remembers-where-find-switch-printing )

The Financial Times も、

- Japan’s new finance minister has signalled that the government will borrow to boost the struggling economy, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled a “crisis beating” cabinet on Wednesday.
（中略）
He has vowed to create a “crisis-beating government” to tackle the deflation that has dogged Japan for more than a decade and also the strong yen.
( http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5cdac71c-4f2a-11e2-856f-00144feab49a.html#axzz2GsCxpBN2 )

このほか、共同通信は、

- "Let's unite our strength in the crisis-busting Cabinet," Abe, who was prime minister from September 2006 to September 2007, said during a meeting with Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of the LDP's coalition government partner, the New Komeito party.
( http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2012/12/201508.html )

毎日新聞のコラム、および日経の社説の英訳も、

- ...he says he will form a "crisis-busting Cabinet."
( http://mainichi.jp/english/english/perspectives/news/20121218p2a00m0na006000c.html )

- Abe, Japan's next prime minister under a ruling coalition between the LDP and New Komeito, told reporters on Monday that he plans to form a "crisis-busting" cabinet.
( http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20121218D18HH055.htm )

としていた。そうすると、閣僚たちは crisis-busters ということになるだろうか、なんともおもしろい。

さらにネットを調べたら、本家の「首相官邸」公式サイトに英訳があった。

- In keeping with my determination to defeat the impending crisis for the sake of our nation and people, today I formed a 'crisis breakthrough Cabinet.' I included in my Cabinet people with experience as the President of the LDP and as Chief Representative of The New Komeito as well as leader candidates who will play a prominent role in the next generation.
（中略）
In inaugurating this 'crisis breakthrough Cabinet' I have instructed its members to dedicate their greatest possible efforts to the three areas of economic revival, reconstruction, and crisis management.

( http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/96_abe/statement/201212/26kaiken_e.html )

確かに政府の訳の crisis breakthrough が日本語の「突破」に沿ったものといえるだろうが、beating とか busting も、独特の勢いが感じられるようで捨てがたいように思った。