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ON THE GROUND ... PART ONE
ground : terrain

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the initial oubreak of hostilities between the United States of America and so-called ...Free States... It is also the third day of a tentative ceasefire, and despite all predictions, it appears to be holding.
marks : marques fifth : cinquième outbreak : déclenchement, épidémie between : entre so-called : soi-disant, prétendu it is also : c'est aussi, c'est également the third : troisième ceasefire : cessez-le-feu despite : malgré predictions : prédictions it appears : il semble to be holding : tenté d'esquiver,pour être tenus, tenir

But for how long, exactly, remains to be seen. Free Army soldiers have a well-deserved reputation for being indiscriminate and uncivilised when it comes to warfare in civilian areas. The White House has branded Free Army soldiers as ...thugs and murderers.
for how long : pour combien de temps remains to be seen : ça reste à voir well deserved : bien mérité for being: pour etre indiscriminate : avaugle, sans discrimination uncivilized : sauvage the white house : la maison blanche branded : étiqueté, marqué thugs : voyous murderers: meurtriers

Military commanders have expressed faith in this most recent ceasefire ...It has all characteristics of a lasting deal... General Mueller said ...But only on paper. The free state forces need to prove to the world they're finally serious this time.
expressed faith : accorder sa confiance, exrpimer sa foi in this most recent: dans ce dernier all of the characteristics : l'ensemble des caractéristiques deal : accord

For the few remaining residents of the beleaguered island of Manhattan, a formal ceasefire is of littre consolation when faced with the realities of the war zone they live in... looters, roving gangs of neighborhood militia, insurgents, car bombers, contract killers... this is daily life in the city.
for the few remaining : pour les quelques restants beleaguered : assiégé formal : officiel, solannel looters : pillards roving gang : gang itinérants / bandes de vagabonds insurgents : insurgés

Liberty News spokeswoman Marybeth Spaulding had this to say... This is history in the making. Never befor has any news organization had such access to manhattan. Civilian life over there remains largely a mystery, a mystery that Viktor Ferguson intends to unravel for you, the viewers at home, in a five-part news special.
in the making : en fabrication, en devenir beleaguered : assiégé never before : jamais auparavant life over there : la vie là-bas remains : reste intends to unravel : a l'intention de démêler, vise à élucider

In regard to safety concerns, that remains to be seen. If the caesefire holds, as all parties pledge it will, they should be perfectly safe with the military bodyguards attached. Mister Ferguson will broacast, live, twice daily on this station, starting tomorrow evening... Tune in then for what will be, we're sure, unforgettable television.
in regard to safety concerns : en ce qui concerne les problèmes de sécurité holds : tient, détient pledge : promesse, engagement they should be : ils devraient être safe : sûr broadcast : diffusion twice daily : deux fois par jour tune : accorder, mélodie, regler tune in then : restez à l'écoute unforgettable : inoubliable

This is the Liberty News service, broadcasting from United States of America, Long Island, New York.
broadcasting : diffuser

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Attention... In the event of missile, mortar attack, or airstrike, please proceed directly to the designated security area and await further instructions.
mortar attack : attaque au mortier airstrike : frappe aérienne await further instructions : attendre d'autres instructions

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tech internship : stage technique rush : se ruer, se précipiter