MML Computer-Assisted Exam Revision

ab initio German

Paper GeA2 (2004): Introduction to the German Language 2

Translation from and into German

Annemarie Künzl-Snodgrass

Section A

Translate into GERMAN:

The BBC World Service [1] began [2] more than 70 years ago with a short two-hour [3] radio programme. Today, it [4] broadcasts in 35 languages, and there is also a wide Internet service. English is broadcast [5] 24 hours a day in all parts of the world. Events in Britain but also in other parts of the world are reported [6] by editors, freelance staff and correspondents [7]. Supporting [8] freedom of speech, freedom of opinion and democracy is part of the work of the BBC World Service. It stands for the freedom of the press and journalistic quality and it is an important medium of Britain's cultural work abroad.

120 million listeners around the world [9] tune into BBC World Service: it is the world's biggest international station and is loved [10] by its listeners at home and abroad. News, sport, music and arts programmes [11] are very popular. The listeners take an active interest: BBC World Service receives thousands of letters and e-mails every month. This is impressive: some African listeners have to spend a day's wages [12] to send a letter to [13] the BBC in London.

The BBC World Service programmes are re-broadcast [14] by more than 250 stations in over 60 countries. In April 1991 the new BBC World Service television replaced [15] BBC TV Europe. World Service Television broadcasts news, a selection of BBC1 and 2 programmes and English language teaching programmes. Its [16] news programme, World Service Television News is sold [17], in English and different language versions, to television stations everywhere in the world.

adapted from: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/