Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Covering health beat
Russian translation:
освещая тему здравохранения
Added to glossary by
Ara Mkrtchyan (X)
Apr 7, 2006 19:54
18 yrs ago
English term
Covering health beat
English to Russian
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Journalism
Seminar
This is a seminar title/name for journalists. Я так понял имеется ввиду что-то типа 'Освещая (сенсационную)тему здравоохранения'. Так?
Proposed translations
(Russian)
5 +5 | освещая тему здравохранения | Kevin Kelly |
3 | держа руку на пульсе здравоохранения | Maksym Nevzorov |
Proposed translations
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освещая тему здравохранения
Your first version is correct, except for the "sensational" part.
The word "beat" in this context means "territory" in a figurative sense. I believe this comes from police jargon, where "beat" is the area of a city covered by a police officer. In the newspaper business, "beat" is a topical area covered by a reporter.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-07 20:59:39 GMT)
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Health Beat :: spokesmanreview.com
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The word "beat" in this context means "territory" in a figurative sense. I believe this comes from police jargon, where "beat" is the area of a city covered by a police officer. In the newspaper business, "beat" is a topical area covered by a reporter.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-07 20:59:39 GMT)
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Health Beat :: spokesmanreview.com
Health Beat by Heather Lalley is the place to find the latest medical news and those health and fitness stories that might otherwise fall through the cracks ...
www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/healthbeat/ - 47k - Cached - Similar pages
News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | Health Beat
Seven days a week Health Beat brings you reports on health care, treatments and medical news from our community facilities and from around the nation.
www.news8austin.com/content/living/health_beat/ - 74k - Cached - Similar pages
Health Beat TV Reporters Visit NIH - The NIH Record - March 10, 2006
Health Beat TV Reporters Visit NIH By Rich McManus. Three veteran network television reporters whose coverage emphasizes health and medicine visited NIH on ...
www.nih.gov/nihrecord/03_10_2006/story04.htm - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
Bay Area Sports Beat
Bay Area Sports Beat is a website devoted to the news, action, scores and other sports related stuff happening in the San Francisco Bay Area.
www.angelfire.com/ca2/basports41/ - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
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Olga Cartlidge
: That s the way I understood it, Kevin !
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Thank you, Olga. This is a very common expression in the US, and there really is no other way to understand it.
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bububu
: beat-a person's regular work or environment, sphere of knowledge, etc
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Thank you, bububu.
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Ann Nosova
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Thank you, Ann.
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Kurt Porter
: Perfect....
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Thank you, Kurt.
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Sveta Parshina
18 hrs
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Thank you, Sveta.
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2 mins
держа руку на пульсе здравоохранения
по-моему, это аллюзия на "heartbeat"
Discussion
Introduction:
News story ideas can be found everywhere; a posting on a board at the laundry mat, a flyer on your car’s windshield ... you get the idea. The scope of resources is endless, especially for a beat such