1. Introduction. AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that seeks to promote free trade and economic cooperation throughout the AsiaPacific region. It was established in 1989 in response to the growing interdependence of AsiaPacific economies. The APEC China 2014 was the 26th annual gathering of APEC leaders. It was held in Beijing on 10–12 November 2014. The APEC CEO Summit 2014 is going to be held from November 8 to 10, 2014, in Beijing, China. As an important business event during the APEC Leaders Week, the Summit is the premier platform for the APEC Economic Leaders and business executives to discuss AsiaPacific economic issues and promote regional trade, investment and cooperation. It is the most influential and highlevel business event in the region. The APEC Summit 2014 will gather 1500 APEC Economic Leaders, CEOs and leading thinkers in Beijing to deliberate the key issues facing the development of the AsiaPacific economic by sharing views on Advancing Regional Economic Integration, Promoting Innovative development, Economic Reform and Growth and Strengthening Comprehensive Connectivity and Infrastructure Development, to name a few. On behalf of the Host Committee, I cordially invite you to participate in the APEC Summit 2014 and together with fellow delegates, contribute to the realization of regional common prosperity by shaping a better trade and investment environment for the Asia Pacific region. 1.1. Reasons to choose the topic. Initiated in 1996, the APEC CEO Summit is the AsiaPacific’s premier business event, drawing economic leaders and senior business figures from the region and beyond. The APEC CEO Summit 2014 is to be held in Beijing just prior to the annual APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, and is the most important business event in the APEC Leaders’ Week. The theme of the APEC CEO Summit 2014 is “New Vision for Asia Pacific: Creativity, Connectivity, Integration, Prosperity”. Under this theme, the Summit will bring together APEC Economic Leaders and over 1500 regional and global business executives for a wide ranging discussion on the global economic outlook, regional integration, innovation, infrastructure, and finance. The APEC Summit 2014 will provide unparalleled opportunities for the CEOs to: • Find insights, inspiration and business opportunities through the Summit; • Participate in international policyshaping discussions on trade and investment; • Network with international highlevel business executives and thought leaders; and • Dialogue with APEC senior officials.
ENGLISH IN ARTICLES ABOUT Apec Summit on BBC, 2014 (An assignment on translation practice) English articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC, 2014 CONTENTS Introduction 1.1.Reasons to choose the topic 1.2.Limitation of the study 1.3.Aim of the study 1.4.Method of the study 2 Common structure of an article on BBC.CO.UK .3 2.1 Headline of the articles on BBC.CO.UK 2.2 Leads 2.3 Bodies 2.4 Endings Linguistic feature of articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC 3.1 Headlines in articles about Apec Summit 2014 on bbc.co.uk .8 3.1.1 Structure of headlines 3.1.1.1 Headlines in form of simple sentence .8 3.1.1.2 Headlines in the form of Noun phrase 3.1.1.3 Headlines in the form of quotation 3.1.1.4 Headlines in the form of Complex sentences 3.1.2 Omission 3.1.2.1 Article omission .9 3.1.2.2 Verb omission 3.1.3 Headlines interpreting 3.2 Lead in articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC 11 3.2.1 The Summary lead 11 3.2.2 The direct lead 11 3.3 Endings 12 3.3.1 The summary ending is used to reconfirm information in the lead 12 English articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC, 2014 3.3.2 The quotation ending .12 3.4 Compound Words 12 3.4.1 Compound adjectives 13 3.4.2 Compound nouns 14 Relations between parts of articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC 15 4.1 The relationship between the headline and article’s part 15 English terms and expressions about Apec Summit 2014 16 Translation 18 News combination .59 Conclusion 62 References 62 10 Illustrations .62 English articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC, 2014 Introduction Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that seeks to promote free trade and economic cooperation throughout the Asia-Pacific region It was established in 1989 in response to the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacific economies The APEC China 2014 was the 26th annual gathering of APEC leaders It was held in Beijing on 10–12 November 2014 The APEC CEO Summit 2014 is going to be held from November to 10, 2014, in Beijing, China As an important business event during the APEC Leader's Week, the Summit is the premier platform for the APEC Economic Leaders and business executives to discuss Asia-Pacific economic issues and promote regional trade, investment and cooperation It is the most influential and high-level business event in the region The APEC Summit 2014 will gather 1500 APEC Economic Leaders, CEOs and leading thinkers in Beijing to deliberate the key issues facing the development of the Asia-Pacific economic by sharing views on "Advancing Regional Economic Integration", "Promoting Innovative development, Economic Reform and Growth" and "Strengthening Comprehensive Connectivity and Infrastructure Development", to name a few On behalf of the Host Committee, I cordially invite you to participate in the APEC Summit 2014 and together with fellow delegates, contribute to the realization of regional common prosperity by shaping a better trade and investment environment for the Asia Pacific region 1.1 Reasons to choose the topic Initiated in 1996, the APEC CEO Summit is the Asia-Pacific’s premier business event, drawing economic leaders and senior business figures from the region and beyond The APEC CEO Summit 2014 is to be held in Beijing just prior to the annual APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, and is the most important business event in the APEC Leaders’ Week The theme of the APEC CEO Summit 2014 is “New Vision for Bui Thi Men - ETE 31 English articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC, 2014 Asia Pacific: Creativity, Connectivity, Integration, Prosperity” Under this theme, the Summit will bring together APEC Economic Leaders and over 1500 regional and global business executives for a wide ranging discussion on the global economic outlook, regional integration, innovation, infrastructure, and finance The APEC Summit 2014 will provide unparalleled opportunities for the CEOs to: Find insights, inspiration and business opportunities through the Summit; Participate in international policy-shaping discussions on trade and investment; Network with international high-level business executives and thought leaders; and Dialogue with APEC senior officials 1.2 Limitation of the study As you can see, with the main reason above, in this assignment the author will forcus on structure of an article, linguistic features, special terms and expresson which support for translating process 1.3 Aim of the study As you know, language is always in form of diversity There are many especial phenomenol learns find difficult to understand The main aims are: - To understand the linguistic features of articles about Apec Summit 2014 - To catch someone terms of Apec Summit 2014 and realize similarities and differences between ways to express the same concepts from source language to target language - To practice strategies through translating the articles on Apec Summit 2014 - To know more about Apec Summit 2014 1.4 Method of the study The study is made through statistics on electric newpaper: BBC.co.uk that help you have a general look at typical features in those newpapers to translate terms and expressions in Apec Summit 2014 Bui Thi Men - ETE 31 English articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC, 2014 Common structure of an article on BBC.CO.UK As you can see, most of the article on BBC including parts: Headline, Lead, Body, Ending Beside, it has some other parts such as: Subtitles, photos with or without caption, highlight…It depends on the purpose of the writer 2.1 Headline of the articles on BBC.CO.UK Headlines are a vital part of a newspaper because they are one of the first thing readers see when they pick up a newspaper, and decide to read or don’t Therefore, headlines play an important role in make a good news It is not easy to write a headline because to write them well takes almost as much work as writing the stories themselves The headline of a newspaper is the text at the top of a newspaper article indicating the nature of the article below it A headline's purpose is to quickly and briefly draw attention to the story It is also the most important part of an article Headlines are always in bold and bigger font than other part Headline like the name of article If they are attractive and memorable, certainly readers will pay attention to them We can see that headlines are often written in bold with largest size There are two purposes of a headline: to grab the reader’s attention tell the reader what is the story is about Headline on BBC is written in many ways: + Headline in the form of simple sentence +Headline in the form of question + Headline in the form of noun phrase + Headline in the form of quotation 2.2 Leads After headlines, leads are also necessary The lead sets the tone for the feature story It has quite sources of information that help busy people can get information Bui Thi Men - ETE 31 English articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC, 2014 Therefore, it is very important to attract readers There are so many ways to begin a feature story -The descriptive lead -The literary or historical lead -The narrative lead -The direct address lead -Summary lead -The quote lead -The contrast or comparison lead -The question lead -Shocking statement lead -The direct and delayed leads -The suspense or teaser lead 2.3 Bodies Bodies of an Articles are all the main ideas which are summerized in the leads They provide detail of information that readers want to know fully Bodies of articles often contain: details, comment of people who involved in the story, and background information An example in Article 1: Asia-Pacific leaders meeting in China have agreed to move towards a new free trade zone strongly backed by Beijing The Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) is seen by some as a rival to a US trade pact, which excludes China The Apec summit near Beijing agreed to launch a study into the FTAAP Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who earlier urged Asia-Pacific nations to accelerate economic ties, described the endorsement of the pact as a "historic" decision The US is currently negotiating a separate Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which is considered part of Washington's "pivot" towards Asia - ensuring continued US influence in the region in response to growing Chinese power The TPP involves 12 countries, but not China or Russia Mr Obama has rejected suggestions by Chinese commentators that the TPP is a way of countering Chinese influence… < Body> Bui Thi Men - ETE 31 English articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC, 2014 2.4 Endings Endings are the message of the writers that make the readers remember deeply It is the same headline which can be opened by many ways Endings are also form of several ways - The replay lead or summary - The word play ending ending - The quote ending - The proximity ending - The surprise ending - The restatement ending Bui Thi Men - ETE 31 English articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC, 2014 Headline Time 11 November 2014 Last updated at 12:52 Apec summit: Chinese trade pact plan backed by leaders Lead Asia-Pacific leaders meeting in China have agreed to move towards a new free trade zone strongly backed by Beijing Boby The Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) is seen by some as a rival to a US trade pact, which excludes China The Apec summit near Beijing agreed to launch a study into the FTAAP Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who earlier urged Asia-Pacific nations to accelerate economic ties, described the endorsement of the pact as a "historic" decision The US is currently negotiating a separate Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which is considered part of Washington's "pivot" towards Asia - ensuring continued US influence in the region in response to growing Chinese power The TPP involves 12 countries, but not China or Russia Mr Obama has rejected suggestions by Chinese commentators that the TPP is a way of countering Chinese influence In an interview with China's Xinhua state news agency, he said the US was in no way trying to contain China Picture Caption President Obama (left) later had talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Zhong Nan Hai leaders' compound In its final communique, Apec - the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum - said the study into the establishment of the FTAAP would last two years Bui Thi Men - ETE 31 English articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC, 2014 "Currently, the global economic recovery still faces many unstable and uncertain factors," the Chinese leader said earlier "Facing the new situation, we should further promote regional economic integration and create a pattern of opening up that is conducive to long-term development." Mr Obama and Mr Xi later began talks at a garden compound near Beijing's Forbidden City "When the US and China are able to work together effectively, the whole world benefits," Mr Obama said Separately, the US and China said they had made a "breakthrough" on eliminating tariffs on their technology products US Trade Representative Michael Froman told reporters in Beijing that the deal could lead to the "swift conclusion" of wider talks on global cuts in technology tariffs This could lead to a drop in the price of products such as GPS devices, semiconductors and medical equipment Mr Froman said the agreement in Beijing "shows how the US and China work together to both advance our bilateral economic agenda but also to support the multilateral trading system" On the sidelines of the summit, Australian PM Tony Abbott met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine in July Australians were among the 298 people who died on Flight MH17 Western nations say it was caused by a missile fired by pro-Russian rebels Moscow says Ukrainian government forces were responsible Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov said the two leaders had agreed on the need for a genuine investigation into what happened Bui Thi Men - ETE 31 Ending ... expressions in Apec Summit 2014 Bui Thi Men - ETE 31 English articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC, 2014 Common structure of an article on BBC.CO.UK As you can see, most of the article on BBC... agreed on the need for a genuine investigation into what happened Bui Thi Men - ETE 31 Ending English articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC, 2014 Linguistic feature of articles about Apec Summit 2014. .. The theme of the APEC CEO Summit 2014 is “New Vision for Bui Thi Men - ETE 31 English articles about Apec Summit 2014 on BBC, 2014 Asia Pacific: Creativity, Connectivity, Integration, Prosperity”