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訓練されている

eeky

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Hi,

この犬は麻薬を嗅ぎ出すよう訓練されている。

The translation given is "This dog is trained to smell out drugs" (i.e. the dog has already been trained), whereas I interpreted it as "This dog is being trained to smell out drugs" (i.e. training is currently in progress). Which is correct, or are both possible?
 
Both are possible.
 
Thanks, if you had to express each of those two meanings separately and unambiguously in Japanese, what would be the usual way to do it?
 
present progressive
訓練されているところだ / 最中[さいちゅう]だ

The dog has already been trained.
訓練を終えている
訓練し終わっている
この犬は / これは麻薬を嗅ぎ出すよう訓練された犬だ。
 
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