Definition

Noun: - Special envoy: A person officially appointed and sent to perform a specific, often diplomatic, mission or task on behalf of a government or organization. - Special correspondent: A journalist or reporter assigned to cover a specific event, region, or topic in depth, often sent from a central news office.

Usage Examples

• Special envoy:

  • Ông ấy là đặc phái viên của chính phủ sang nước đó để thương lượng. (He is the government's special envoy to that country for negotiations.)
  • Liên Hợp Quốc đã cử một đặc phái viên đến khu vực xung đột. (The United Nations sent a special envoy to the conflict zone.)

• Special correspondent:

  • Tờ báo cử đặc phái viên đến tường thuật trực tiếp từ hiện trường. (The newspaper dispatched a special correspondent to report live from the scene.)
  • Cô ấy là đặc phái viên chuyên về các vấn đề kinh tế khu vực Đông Nam Á. (She is a special correspondent specializing in Southeast Asian economic issues.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is formal and is typically used in official, diplomatic, or professional journalistic contexts.
• It implies a specific, often temporary, mandate or assignment given to the individual.

Variants and Related Words

• Phái viên (noun): Envoy, representative. A more general term for a person sent as a representative.
• Đại sứ (noun): Ambassador. A permanent diplomatic representative of a higher rank.
• Phóng viên (noun): Reporter, correspondent. A general term for a journalist.

Synonyms

• Sứ giả đặc biệt: Special messenger/emissary (less common, more literary).
• Nhà báo đặc biệt: Special journalist (for the "correspondent" meaning).

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Được cử làm đặc phái viên: To be appointed as a special envoy/correspondent.
  • Ông được cử làm đặc phái viên cho chuyến công tác quan trọng này. (He was appointed as the special envoy for this important mission.)

noun

1. special envoy ; special correspondent