‘Then go to the competition,’ he called. ‘Go to the security people. They’re the experts, they’ll do you a job.’[21][22]
Graded Persil - 訳語は「漂白済み」。徹底調査の結果、情報上の重要性なしと格付けされること。「Persil」は合成洗剤のブランド名。 The six-monthly top-ups produced nothing at all, and after three years he was graded Persil.[23][24]
Honey-trap - 訳語は「色仕掛け（ハニー・トラップ）」。女性スパイが性的関係を利用して行う色仕掛け。主に脅迫を目的とする。 'You see, long ago when I was a little boy I made a mistake and walked into a honey-trap.' 'He made an ass of himself with a Polish girl,' said Guillam. 'He sensed her generosity too.' 'I knew Irina was no honey-trap but how could I expect Mr Guillam to believe me? No way.'[25]
Housekeepers - 訳語は「運営課」（旧訳）、「運営部」（新訳）。 ‘Get it from housekeepers. Get it from Control.’[26]
Joe - 英米情報部が使う現地エージェントを指す。 'We buy Polyakov, okay? Polyakov’s a Moscow hood but he’s our joe. But he’s got to pretend to his own people that he’s spying on us.'[27]
Juju man - 諜報機関における作戦担当官を指す。 'In your day the Circus ran itself by regions. Africa, satellites, Russia, China, South-East Asia, you name it; each region was commanded by its own juju man.'[28][29]
Lamplighters - 訳語は「点灯屋（ランプライター）」。監視や盗聴、輸送、隠れがの手配などを行う支援部隊。 The lamplighters were Toby Esterhase’s pack, based not in Brixton but in Acton. Their job was to provide the support services for mainline operations: watching, listening, transport and safe houses.[30]
Mole - 訳語は「もぐら」。信頼を得た立場から機密情報を長期にわたって盗み出す二重スパイ。 Ivlov’s task was to service a mole. A mole is a deep penetration agent so called because he burrows deep into the fabric of Western imperialism, in this case an Englishman. [31]
Mothers - 訳語は「マザー」。サーカスの上級職員に仕える秘書やタイピスト。 Beyond his door lay the low-ceilinged anteroom where Control’s grey-haired ladies, the mothers, softly typed and answered telephones.[32][33]
Moscow Centre - 訳語は「モスクワ・センター」。KGBの本部。 On the fourth evening he drove her into the hills overlooking North Shore and Irina told Tarr that she had fallen in love with him and that she was employed by Moscow Centre, she and her husband both, and that she knew Tarr was in the trade, too; she could tell by his alertness and the way he listened with his eyes.[34]
Pavement artists - 尾行監視員を意味する。 'They tell me even his pavement artists ride around in Cadillacs. Steal the scalphunters’ bread out of their mouths too, if they get the chance, right, Mr Guillam?'[30][35]
Scalphunters - 訳語は「首斬人（スカルプハンター）」（旧訳）、「首狩り人（スカルプハンター）」（新訳）。殺人や誘拐など危険な任務にあたる部隊。 The scalphunters’ official name was Travel. They had been formed by Control on Bill Haydon’s suggestion in the pioneer days of the Cold War, when murder and kidnapping and crash blackmail were common currency, and their first commandant was Haydon’s nominee.[36][37] テレビドラマ
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