GCHQ is a British government body based in Cheltenham. Its quiet job is to collect information that may matter to national safety, especially by listening to and reading electronic signals — radio, phone calls, internet traffic — from around the world, and by breaking codes.

GCHQGCHQ is a British government body是英國政府機構 based in Cheltenham總部位在Cheltenham。 Its quiet job is to collect information that may matter to national safety它低調的工作是蒐集可能攸關國家安全的資訊, especially by listening to and reading electronic signals尤其是透過監聽和攔截電子訊號 — radio, phone calls, internet traffic像是無線電、電話通話、網路流量 — from around the world來自世界各地, and by breaking codes還有破解密碼。

It is one of Britain’s main intelligence services, beside MI5 (security at home) and MI6 (secret work abroad). GCHQ is the listening and cyber one.

It is one of Britain’s main intelligence services它是英國主要情報機構之一, beside MI5 (security at home) and MI6 (secret work abroad)跟MI5(國內安全)和MI6(海外秘密工作)並列。 GCHQ is the listening and cyber oneGCHQ就是負責監聽和網路的那一個。

People who work there are often not allowed to say much; the public knows the doughnut-shaped office and the letters better than the daily work. British news just says GCHQ, letter by letter.

People who work there are often not allowed to say much在那裡工作的人通常不能透露太多; the public knows the doughnut-shaped office and the letters better than the daily work大眾對那棟甜甜圈形狀的辦公大樓和這幾個字母,反而比對實際工作內容更熟悉。 British news just says GCHQ英國新聞就直接說GCHQ, letter by letter一個字母一個字母唸。

It is not a company and not a school exam, even though the letters can look like one more British abbreviation in a textbook.

It is not a company and not a school exam它不是公司,也不是學校考試, even though the letters can look like one more British abbreviation in a textbook儘管這幾個字母看起來很像課本裡又一個英國縮寫。