Contest Background

   FLTRP·ETIC Cup

The 2024 “FLTRP·ETIC Cup” “Understanding Contemporary China” National Foreign Language Proficiency Contest for College Students takes place from April to December 2024.

The contest, guided by the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, the Advisory Board for Undergraduate Foreign Language and Literature Teaching, and the Advisory Board for College Foreign Language Teaching, is hosted by Beijing Foreign Studies University and organized by the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, making it a highly authoritative and influential competition in China.

The competition, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implements the guiding principles of the 20^th CPC National Congress. The aim is to promote the implementation of “the three enters” (the important thoughts of “the three represents” must enter the textbooks, the classes and the students’ mind), innovate ideological and political education, deepen educational reforms, cultivate foreign language talents, tell good Chinese stories, and serve international communication.

This competition is open to full-time undergraduate students and postgraduate students from general colleges and universities across the country, and international students, with three major categories: English Group, Multi-language Group, and International Chinese Group.

The English Group features three competition categories: International Communication Comprehensive Ability (including Comprehensive Abilities and Public Speaking), Translation (including Translation and Interpretation), and Short Video. The competition adopts a three-tiered system: preliminary contests at the university level (campus contests), semi-final contests at the provincial level (provincial contests), and the national final contests (national contests).

It is particularly worth mentioning that this year’s Guangdong provincial contest of the competition will continue to be organized by UIC and will be held at UIC from November 2^nd to 10^th.

International Communication Comprehensive Ability Category

The International Communication Comprehensive Ability category includes a Comprehensive Abilities competition (accounting for 70%) and a Public Speaking competition (accounting for 30%). Contestants first participate in the online preliminary competition of the Comprehensive Abilities, which is held on September 21st in the T3-301 computer lab. Then, they submit a pre-assigned speech video for online evaluation at the designated time, and finally, they participate in the live impromptu speech competition held on September 25th in T29-106.

                           

                      (Scene from the online preliminary competition of the Comprehensive Abilities)

                           

                                         （Scene from the preliminary competition of the impromptu speech. Front row, fourth from the left, is Zhou Yuqing from ATS.）

Below are the results of the International Communication Comprehensive Ability category at the UIC Preliminaries.

Comprehensive Abilities Campus Contest

Public Speaking Campus Contest

Qualified for Provincial Semi-final: Zhou Yuqing (ATS), Xie Yuchen (CCGC), Huang Qiongyi (DGS), Wang Ziheng (ACCT), Wang Kemingyue (PRA)

Zhou Yuqing, a Y3 student majoring in Applied Translation Studies, excelled with her comprehensive skills and speech techniques, securing the first place in both competitions and advancing to the provincial competition of the International Communication Comprehensive Ability with the top overall score!

Thranslation Category                    

The Translation Campus Contest, conducted online as part of the unified national competition, was held on September 21st in the T3-301 computer lab. Contestants entered the lab orderly and, after the invigilator explained the competition rules and contestant guidelines, they began to fully immerse themselves in the competition.

                           

(Scene from the the Translation Campus Contest)

After rigorous evaluation by the organizing committee, the final winners list of the campus contest has been determined.

Winners list of the Translation Campus Contest

First Prize:

        Xia Weiyi (ATS), Lu Xinyu (CCGC), Zhang Xuyue (ATS);

Second Prize:

        Cai Yonglin (ATS), Wang Yuzhi (CST), Liu Yu (ATS), Zhou Yuqing (ATS), Qi Haiwei (JC24) ;

Third Prize:

        Shen Ziwen (ATS), Yang Yue (ATS), Lin Xinyu (FLL), Mei Yuetong (ATS), Sun Yuqiu (ELLS),

        Zhong Xinran (ATS), Yang Yanyi (SOC), Zhu Yunlin (ELLS)

Qualified for Provincial Semi-final:

Xia Weiyi (ATS), Lu Xinyu (CCGC)

Interpretation Category

The Interpretation Campus Contest was organized by the Applied Translation Studies programme, Department of Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. It was one of the events series for the 2024 ATS Translation Week, with professors from the Applied Translation Studies program serving as judges.

All contestants determined their order through a live draw before the competition. The contest was divided into two segments: the first was on-site sight translation, and the second was consecutive interpretation. Contestants took the stage in the order determined by the draw.

                           

(Zhou Yuqing at the Interpretation Campus Contest)

                           

(Group photo after the Interpretation Campus Contest)

After two rounds of fierce competition and rigorous evaluation by the professional judges, the following students excelled and stood out:

Winners list of the Interpretation Campus Contest

First Prize:

        Zhou Yuqing (ATS) ;

Second Prize:

        Li Xilai (ATS) ;

Third Prize:

        Feng Xinyao (ATS), Liu Yu (ATS), Liang Keyue (JC24)

Qualified for Provincial Semi-final:

        Zhou Yuqing (ATS), Li Xilai (ATS)

Short Video Category

Contestants in the short video category can choose to participate individually or as a team, creating original short videos of 3-5 minutes in length on the theme “Digital China” with both Chinese and English subtitles. After a strict selection process by the organizing committee, the winners list of short videos have been chosen.

Award-Winning Works and Contestants List of the campus contest for short video

Qualified for Provincial Semi-final: UICdsp008 Yu Peien (MCOM) & Zhou Yuyang (PRA); UICdsp006 Xu Bohan (MCOM) & Li Enqi (MCOM)

Congratuations to all award winners and best wishes to the ATS prize winners,  Zhou Yuqing (Y3), Xia Weiyi (Y3), Li Xilai (Y4),  who will represent UIC at the provincial contest in November 2^nd to 10^th, competing with contestants from more than 70 universities across the province. Wish you excellent performance at the provincial contest.

Our gratitude goes to all the contestants, judges, audience, and all the behind-the-scenes staff and teachers for their hard work! See you at the UIC Guangdong Provincial Contest!