In the 16th century, the Portuguese established an isolated presence on the island of Timor, while the surrounding islands came under Dutch control.

在16世纪，葡萄牙人在帝汶岛上的控制不是很强，同时周围的岛屿都被荷兰所控制。

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Timor Leste's two official languages are Portuguese and Tetum, a local Austronesian language.

东帝汶的两种官方语言是葡萄牙语和德顿语，德顿语是澳斯特罗尼西亚的一种地方语。

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How five Australia-based television journalists died 34 years ago, trying to film Indonesia's invasion of the then Portuguese colony of East Timor, remains officially unresolved.

ECONOMIST: Among so many dead in East Timor, a few now famous foreigners

Indonesians tried harder to develop Timor than the Portuguese ever did, but their guilt made them uneasy.

ECONOMIST: East Timor

East Timor, a former Portuguese colony that was annexed in 1976, can be dismissed as an aberration.

ECONOMIST: Indonesia