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Ten things you should know in

News Translation

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1. Free Translation/Adaptation

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2. GMT Calculation

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HK -> GMT = 13:00 8 hours = 0700 GMT

GMT -> HK time = 16:00 + 8 hours = 24:00

London summer time = GMT +1 hour

The earthquake occurred at 9:52 a.m. localtime (0852 GMT) off the northern coast of

Sicily island () region.

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3. Currency Signs and Exchange

Rates

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US $6.25 million

HK $0.37 million

21 billion

530 million

NT$ 0.5 billion

1.7 trillion

120 thousand

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4. Titles

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Chinese president

USState Department chief

Prime Minister Vs Vs

the Premier of the Republic of China

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5. Stance

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Ties between China and Japan have

been repeatedly strained by a territorialrow over a group of islands, known asthe Senkaku islands in Japan and theDiaoyu islands in China. ~BBC News

The rebels took over the capital and setup a new government.

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Exercises

1. Takeshima islands

2. Senkaku islands

3. Scarborugh Shoal

4. The Kuril Islands

5. Sakhalin Island

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6. Names referring to

institutions or authorities

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The Pentagon announced Tuesday thatit has stopped training Afghan troops

because of anti-American protestsacross the Muslim world.

Six-nation talks in Beijing on NorthKorea's nuclear programme fail to

bridge gap between Washington andPyongyang.

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The White House has threatened toveto a controversial act due to go beforethe House of Representatives this week.

British Prime Minister David Cameron'semergency talks in Downing Street over

possible military action against Syriahave finished.

An armed raider waved a gun at a two-year-old child as he and another man

tried to rob a post office in south London,Scotland Yard said.

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7. New words

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ped-text (verb)

couplie (noun)

FTW (abbreviation)

applepick (verb)

twit-rape (verb)

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8. How to translate People sNames

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Adolf HitlerVs

Joseph StalinVs

George Bush Vs Vs

Barack Obama Vs

Leon Panetta: Vs

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BarackObama SilvioBerlusconi

DavidBeckham

BarackObama SilvioBerlusconi

DavidBeckham

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Hilary Clinton/Michelle Obama

*CoryAquino

Yingluck Shinawatra()

Susilo BambangYudhoyono

()

Najib Razak ()

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Gordon BrownVs

Tony BlairVs

Chris Patten

Kevin Rudd

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GaryLocke

LucyLiu

ConnieChung

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9. How to translate placenames

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Los Angeles Vs

San Francisco Vs

Massachusetts Vs British Columbia Vs

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10. Special Terms and Proper

Nouns

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IBM Vs

Google Vs

Intel Vs

Facebook Vs /

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The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

Vs

The Bank of Bangkok Vs

Chung Chi College & New Asia College

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Questions?