汉译英常见错误 | 这个特务搜集了大量情报

[译] 这个特务搜集了大量情报。
[误] The spy collected a large amount of information.

[正] The spy collected a large amount of intelligence.
[注] information 指一般的“消息、信息”,现在也称“情报”。特务、间谍等搜集的情报或情报机构,通常用 intelligence(information gathered, especially about an enemy country, or the group of people who gather it)。美国的“中央情报局”是the Central Intelligence Agency of the US;“情报部”是intelligence department。