常见释译:three (direct) links (across the Taiwan Straits, namely, link of trade, travel and post); link of trade, travel and post (between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits)
曾有人把"三通"译作"three exchanges, the exchange of trade, travel and post"。这样译似不妥,一是严格说来,英语中trade这个词所表示的语义本身就是双向的,本身就含有exchange之义。二是"exchange"的词义是"交换"或"交流",与"三通"中的"通"的含义有较大的距离。换言之,用"three exchanges"来译"三通","通"的含义不明显,改译成"three links"或"three direct links","通"字所表示的意义就译出来了。