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You have to hand it to CCTV. They sure know how to put on a good show.
你不得不佩服中国中央电视台(CCTV)，它们确实懂得如何导演一出好戏。
Not that the latest display of political theater the selection of China's next group of leaders wasn't exciting in and of itself. The change of Communist Party leadership comes along once every 10 years about as often as a total solar eclipse being visible in northern Australia.
这倒不是说中国选出下一届领导班子这出政治大戏本身不够精彩。中共最高领导核心每十年变化一次，这一时间间隔和在澳大利亚北部见到日全食的几率差不多。
With considerable fanfare, state TV gave its version of gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Communist Party's 18th Party Congress, more commonly known as '18 Da' or the Big 18. This was effectively the party convention and an election rolled into one. While the congress is held every five years, many of the leaders serve two five-year terms, removing some of the excitement at times even if it allows the leaders to make a somewhat bigger mark on the political landscape.
除了大张旗鼓的宣传，中央电视台也以它自己的方式对中国共产党第十八次全国代表大会进行了全程报道。此次大会更通俗的叫法是“十八大。这实际上既是召开党代会，又是遴选中共新一届领导人。虽然中共党代会每五年召开一次，但很多领导人的任期会长达两届（每届五年）。这不免令人有些扫兴，即便是这样的安排可以让领导人在政治舞台上留下更大足迹。
Even though the Big 18 drew to a close on Wednesday, China kept most of its citizens 伟 and the rest of the world 伟 on pins and needles for another day as party heavyweights needed to meet once again to approve the composition of the key Standing Committee of the almost all-powerful Politburo.
虽然中共十八大在周三闭幕，但中国多数民众以及世界其它国家不得不在焦虑好奇之中多度过了一天，因为中共高层领导必须再次碰头以通过权力很大的政治局常委会人眩
On Thursday, the big media event wasn't quite a press conference it was the press meets the new Standing Committee. Made up of nine worthies last time around, their ranks were thinned to seven this time and no questions were taken. Save that for another time, perhaps.
周四举行的大型见面会不能算是一场严格意义上的资讯发布会。这只是新一届中共中央政治局常委同中外记者见面。政治局常委人数从之前的九人缩减至七人，七位常委在现场不接受媒体提问。提问的机会或许要等到下次吧。
Reporters were told that security checks would begin at 8.30 am and two hours later they would be escorted into the press area of the Great Hall of the People. By then CCTV's coverage was well under way, with a split screen showing the noisy assembly of reporters awaiting the big event on one side while reporters offered commentary on how the rest of the world was swept up in the excitement on the other.
记者被告知安检将于周四上午8点30分开始，两小时后他们将被护送到人民大会堂媒体区。中央电视台的报道也早已展开，电视屏幕被分成了两个部分，其中一个部分显示正在等待见面会开始的喧闹的中外记者，另一部分则播放央视记者报道世界其它国家“沉浸在中共十八大召开的兴奋情绪中的资讯。
CCTV wasn't able to serve up a running tally of the vote or provide exit polls from the party delegates, so it lacked predictions on the eventual leadership lineup. Also missing from the broadcast were any holograms or interactive screens. But the station did have some tricks up its sleeve.
中央电视台无法对票数进行实时统计，也无法对党代表进行出口调查，所以它不能对政治局常委的最终构成进行预测。类似全息图或互动屏这样的技术也没有出现在报道中。但央视却有自己的锦囊妙计。
One of its more riveting devices also a handy way to fill up air time 伟 was to read out the roster of the Communist Party's Central Committee (all 205 full members followed by 171 alternates) undaunted by the fact that the names had been announced in the same exciting fashion on the main evening news on Wednesday. (The drama of that nearly 12-minute segment was enhanced as the names were displayed in bold white characters on a brilliant red background.) As they were the night before, full members were announced in order of the number of strokes in the Chinese characters in their names. They were spared the potential embarrassment of the alternates, who had their names read out in order of the number of votes received. Meanwhile, the steady march to the end of the list was occasionally punctuated by a parenthetical pause to denote females and ethnic minorities.
更引人注意的手段之一、也是填补空白时间的巧妙办法，便是读出中国共产党中央委员会全体成员（205名委员外加171名候补委员）的名字，尽管周三的资讯联播已经以同样让人激动的方式宣读了委员名单。委员名字以粗白字体显示在亮红色背景上，进一步增强了近12分钟名单播报片断的戏剧效果。和头天晚上一样，这次也是按姓氏笔划的顺序宣读了委员的名字。委员们避免了候补委员可能遇到的尴尬，因为候补委员的名字是按票数为序宣读的。而在以稳定节奏宣读全部名单的过程中，有时候为了注明女性和少数民族，也会出现一些停顿。
With still no sign of the new leadership team, CCTV turned to its correspondents to help fill in the gaps with observations on the view of events from abroad. From Tokyo, its correspondent noted the interest in the meeting while a helpful caption read 'Japan's media pays attention to China's new leadership.' That was quickly followed by an analysis of the view from Australia enhanced with the characters reading: 'Australia pays attention to the successful conclusion of the 18th Party Congress.'
在新一届常委迟迟未出现的情况下，央视转而求助于各路记者，让他们通过传递海外声音来填补空白时段。东京一位记者提到当地对十八大的兴趣，同时电视画面上打出字幕：日媒关注中国新一届领导人。接着又是对澳大利亚各界看法的分析，字幕是：澳大利亚关注十八大胜利闭幕。
With excitement still building, CCTV then offered a glimpse of foreign media reports on the meeting and a selection of comrade-in-the-street interviews from around China. And finally, it called on its own studio analysts.
然后在大家的期待越来越强烈之际，央视又简单介绍外媒关于十八大的报道，并播出中国各地街头的一些采访。最后它又叫出了自己演播室的分析人士。
Asked about how it designed its coverage plans, CCTV declined to comment, though an official helpfully suggested that the Wall Street Journal talk to the Media Center, which had already sprung into action for just such an occasion at the Party Congress. Asked about planning for television coverage, an employee there said: 'I have no idea, we just handle signals and connections.'
在被问到是怎样设计报道方案的问题时，央视不予置评。但一位官员体贴地建议《华尔街日报》去问梅地亚中心。梅地亚中心早已为十八大期间这类情况的出现做好了准备。在被问到电视报道的规划问题时，该中心一位员工说：我不知道，我们只负责信号和传输。
But a few minutes before noon, the agonizing wait for CCTV and the rest of the press corps 伟 was over. The seven anointed ones walked out onto a stage and turned to the assembled reporters. While six stood by awkwardly, Xi Jinping, the party's new general secretary, began his remarks with a brief nod to the long wait for them to appear, perhaps an apology for forcing the state broadcaster forced to ad lib.
但就在快到中午12点的时候，央视、还有其他资讯媒体的痛苦等待终于结束了。七名新常委走上台，转身面对聚集在台下的记者。在其他六位常委不自然地站在台上时，新任总书记习近平开始发言，一开始就简短地提到让大家久等了，或许是在向不得不临场发挥的官方电视台表示道歉。
Soon it was all over, prompting at least one Chinese reporter to note that 伟 like an airline grappling with unhappy passengers on a delayed flight any further delay might have required lunch boxes for the journalists.
不久之后，见面会就结束了。至少有一位中国记者提到，就像航班起飞延迟乘客不满一样，要是再拖下去的话，可能就得给记者订盒饭了。
And then it was back to regular programming, with CCTV gaining five more years to map out its coverage plans for the next leadership change.
之后，央视又回到常规节目的播报。至此央视又有五年的时间，来慢慢制定下次领导人调整的报道方案。
You have to hand it to CCTV. They sure know how to put on a good show.
你不得不佩服中国中央电视台(CCTV)，它们确实懂得如何导演一出好戏。
Not that the latest display of political theater the selection of China's next group of leaders wasn't exciting in and of itself. The change of Communist Party leadership comes along once every 10 years about as often as a total solar eclipse being visible in northern Australia.
这倒不是说中国选出下一届领导班子这出政治大戏本身不够精彩。中共最高领导核心每十年变化一次，这一时间间隔和在澳大利亚北部见到日全食的几率差不多。
With considerable fanfare, state TV gave its version of gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Communist Party's 18th Party Congress, more commonly known as '18 Da' or the Big 18. This was effectively the party convention and an election rolled into one. While the congress is held every five years, many of the leaders serve two five-year terms, removing some of the excitement at times even if it allows the leaders to make a somewhat bigger mark on the political landscape.
除了大张旗鼓的宣传，中央电视台也以它自己的方式对中国共产党第十八次全国代表大会进行了全程报道。此次大会更通俗的叫法是“十八大。这实际上既是召开党代会，又是遴选中共新一届领导人。虽然中共党代会每五年召开一次，但很多领导人的任期会长达两届（每届五年）。这不免令人有些扫兴，即便是这样的安排可以让领导人在政治舞台上留下更大足迹。
Even though the Big 18 drew to a close on Wednesday, China kept most of its citizens 伟 and the rest of the world 伟 on pins and needles for another day as party heavyweights needed to meet once again to approve the composition of the key Standing Committee of the almost all-powerful Politburo.
虽然中共十八大在周三闭幕，但中国多数民众以及世界其它国家不得不在焦虑好奇之中多度过了一天，因为中共高层领导必须再次碰头以通过权力很大的政治局常委会人眩
On Thursday, the big media event wasn't quite a press conference it was the press meets the new Standing Committee. Made up of nine worthies last time around, their ranks were thinned to seven this time and no questions were taken. Save that for another time, perhaps.
周四举行的大型见面会不能算是一场严格意义上的资讯发布会。这只是新一届中共中央政治局常委同中外记者见面。政治局常委人数从之前的九人缩减至七人，七位常委在现场不接受媒体提问。提问的机会或许要等到下次吧。
Reporters were told that security checks would begin at 8.30 am and two hours later they would be escorted into the press area of the Great Hall of the People. By then CCTV's coverage was well under way, with a split screen showing the noisy assembly of reporters awaiting the big event on one side while reporters offered commentary on how the rest of the world was swept up in the excitement on the other.
记者被告知安检将于周四上午8点30分开始，两小时后他们将被护送到人民大会堂媒体区。中央电视台的报道也早已展开，电视屏幕被分成了两个部分，其中一个部分显示正在等待见面会开始的喧闹的中外记者，另一部分则播放央视记者报道世界其它国家“沉浸在中共十八大召开的兴奋情绪中的资讯。
CCTV wasn't able to serve up a running tally of the vote or provide exit polls from the party delegates, so it lacked predictions on the eventual leadership lineup. Also missing from the broadcast were any holograms or interactive screens. But the station did have some tricks up its sleeve.
中央电视台无法对票数进行实时统计，也无法对党代表进行出口调查，所以它不能对政治局常委的最终构成进行预测。类似全息图或互动屏这样的技术也没有出现在报道中。但央视却有自己的锦囊妙计。
One of its more riveting devices also a handy way to fill up air time 伟 was to read out the roster of the Communist Party's Central Committee (all 205 full members followed by 171 alternates) undaunted by the fact that the names had been announced in the same exciting fashion on the main evening news on Wednesday. (The drama of that nearly 12-minute segment was enhanced as the names were displayed in bold white characters on a brilliant red background.) As they were the night before, full members were announced in order of the number of strokes in the Chinese characters in their names. They were spared the potential embarrassment of the alternates, who had their names read out in order of the number of votes received. Meanwhile, the steady march to the end of the list was occasionally punctuated by a parenthetical pause to denote females and ethnic minorities.
更引人注意的手段之一、也是填补空白时间的巧妙办法，便是读出中国共产党中央委员会全体成员（205名委员外加171名候补委员）的名字，尽管周三的资讯联播已经以同样让人激动的方式宣读了委员名单。委员名字以粗白字体显示在亮红色背景上，进一步增强了近12分钟名单播报片断的戏剧效果。和头天晚上一样，这次也是按姓氏笔划的顺序宣读了委员的名字。委员们避免了候补委员可能遇到的尴尬，因为候补委员的名字是按票数为序宣读的。而在以稳定节奏宣读全部名单的过程中，有时候为了注明女性和少数民族，也会出现一些停顿。
With still no sign of the new leadership team, CCTV turned to its correspondents to help fill in the gaps with observations on the view of events from abroad. From Tokyo, its correspondent noted the interest in the meeting while a helpful caption read 'Japan's media pays attention to China's new leadership.' That was quickly followed by an analysis of the view from Australia enhanced with the characters reading: 'Australia pays attention to the successful conclusion of the 18th Party Congress.'
在新一届常委迟迟未出现的情况下，央视转而求助于各路记者，让他们通过传递海外声音来填补空白时段。东京一位记者提到当地对十八大的兴趣，同时电视画面上打出字幕：日媒关注中国新一届领导人。接着又是对澳大利亚各界看法的分析，字幕是：澳大利亚关注十八大胜利闭幕。
With excitement still building, CCTV then offered a glimpse of foreign media reports on the meeting and a selection of comrade-in-the-street interviews from around China. And finally, it called on its own studio analysts.
然后在大家的期待越来越强烈之际，央视又简单介绍外媒关于十八大的报道，并播出中国各地街头的一些采访。最后它又叫出了自己演播室的分析人士。
Asked about how it designed its coverage plans, CCTV declined to comment, though an official helpfully suggested that the Wall Street Journal talk to the Media Center, which had already sprung into action for just such an occasion at the Party Congress. Asked about planning for television coverage, an employee there said: 'I have no idea, we just handle signals and connections.'
在被问到是怎样设计报道方案的问题时，央视不予置评。但一位官员体贴地建议《华尔街日报》去问梅地亚中心。梅地亚中心早已为十八大期间这类情况的出现做好了准备。在被问到电视报道的规划问题时，该中心一位员工说：我不知道，我们只负责信号和传输。
But a few minutes before noon, the agonizing wait for CCTV and the rest of the press corps 伟 was over. The seven anointed ones walked out onto a stage and turned to the assembled reporters. While six stood by awkwardly, Xi Jinping, the party's new general secretary, began his remarks with a brief nod to the long wait for them to appear, perhaps an apology for forcing the state broadcaster forced to ad lib.
但就在快到中午12点的时候，央视、还有其他资讯媒体的痛苦等待终于结束了。七名新常委走上台，转身面对聚集在台下的记者。在其他六位常委不自然地站在台上时，新任总书记习近平开始发言，一开始就简短地提到让大家久等了，或许是在向不得不临场发挥的官方电视台表示道歉。
Soon it was all over, prompting at least one Chinese reporter to note that 伟 like an airline grappling with unhappy passengers on a delayed flight any further delay might have required lunch boxes for the journalists.
不久之后，见面会就结束了。至少有一位中国记者提到，就像航班起飞延迟乘客不满一样，要是再拖下去的话，可能就得给记者订盒饭了。
And then it was back to regular programming, with CCTV gaining five more years to map out its coverage plans for the next leadership change.
之后，央视又回到常规节目的播报。至此央视又有五年的时间，来慢慢制定下次领导人调整的报道方案。
