寻的信标（homing beacon）

南方战士

homing beacon 寻的信标

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After the Millennium Falcon escaped from the Death Star, the Empire was able to track it to the Rebel Base via a small homing beacon attached the ship. Such devices transmit a tracking signal that is able to broadcast over incredible distances, so that even an escape into hyperspace won't prevent a craft from being found.
“千年隼号”逃出死星后，帝国通过粘在这艘飞船上的小型寻的信标找到了义军基地。这种设备发出的跟踪信号能跨越难以置信的距离，甚至逃入超空间都无法避免一艘飞船被追踪到。

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Imperial homing beacons exploit the government's control of the HoloNet, the vast hyperspace-based communication network connecting the entire galaxy. Ships in hyperspace travel through "simu-tunnels," a limited dimensional domain that appears as a whirling tunnel of Doppler-distorted light out a viewport. These tunnels, or S-threads, are also where HoloNet non-mass transceivers are deposited. When a homing beacon intersects an S-thread with a HoloNet transceiver, the incident is dutifully logged. By gathering these incident reports, skilled trackers can determine the heading of a vessel as it traverses hyperspace.
帝国寻的信标利用了政府控制的全息网——这种基于超空间的巨型通讯网络把整个银河系连为一体。超空间内的飞船会穿越“模拟通道”——透过观察窗，这种有限的高维空间看上去就像旋转的通道，其通道壁就是被多普勒效应扭曲的光线。这些通道，即S线，也是全息网零质量收发器的安置地。寻的信标横穿包含全息网收发器的S线时，这一事件会被忠实地记录。通过收集这些事件报告，熟练的跟踪者就能确定一艘飞船穿越超空间时的航向。

clightning

南大，homing不是home going的意思，翻译成“归”航不妥，
homing本身就是引导、制导的意思。翻译成跟踪、引导什么的比较好。

南方战士

回复 2# clightning

很好的建议！

经全国科学技术名词审定委员会确认，在军事领域，“homing”通常被翻译成“寻的”。因此，我决定把“homing beacon”翻译成“寻的信标”。