Timor is an island at the far south-eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago, sitting between the South China Sea to the north-west and the Indian Ocean to the south, and quite close to the north coast of Australia. It is politically split in two, which is the main thing to know about it.

Timor帝汶 is an island at the far south-eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago是印尼群島最東南端的一座島嶼 sitting between the South China Sea to the north-west and the Indian Ocean to the south西北邊是南海，南邊是印度洋 and也 quite close to the north coast of Australia離澳洲北岸很近。 It它 is politically split in two在政治上分成兩半 which is the main thing to know about it這是關於它最重要的一點。

The eastern half is East Timor, an independent country — its own government, its own flag — which became fully independent in 2002 after a long and violent struggle, first against Portugal's colonial rule and then against Indonesia. The country's own name for itself is Timor-Leste ('leste' is Portuguese for 'east'), and you will see that form in newspapers and at the United Nations; East Timor is the everyday English name for the same place.

The eastern half東半部 is East Timor是東帝汶 an independent country一個獨立國家 its own government, its own flag有自己的政府、自己的國旗 which became fully independent in 2002在2002年完全獨立 after a long and violent struggle在經歷了漫長而暴力的抗爭之後 first against Portugal's colonial rule先是對抗葡萄牙的殖民統治 and then against Indonesia接著對抗印尼。 The country's own name for itself這個國家自己使用的名字 is Timor-Leste是Timor-Leste ('leste' is Portuguese for 'east')（「leste」在葡萄牙語裡是「東邊」的意思） and你 will see that form in newspapers and at the United Nations會在報紙和聯合國看到這個寫法 East TimorEast Timor is the everyday English name for the same place則是英文日常對同一個地方的稱呼。

The western half is part of Indonesia. The name also shows up in 'the Timor Sea', the stretch of water between the island and Australia, which comes up in news stories about oil and gas.

The western half西半部 is part of Indonesia屬於印尼。 The name這個名字 also shows up in 'the Timor Sea'也出現在「帝汶海」裡 the stretch of water between the island and Australia也就是這座島和澳洲之間的那片海域 which comes up in news stories about oil and gas常出現在有關石油和天然氣的新聞裡。

It is a proper noun, so always a capital T, and it takes no 'the' — you go to Timor, not to the Timor.

It它 is a proper noun是專有名詞 so所以 always a capital TT永遠要大寫 and而且 it takes no 'the'前面不加「the」 you go to Timor, not to the Timor你會說go to Timor，不會說go to the Timor。