《台北人》是白先勇的代表作，由十四个短篇小说组成。它浓浓的历史感、圆熟的小说技巧与典雅流丽的行文风格交相辉映，构成了永恒的魅力，在世界各地华人所到之处拥有广大的读者群。1982年，美国印第安纳大学出版了《台北人》英文版，由白先勇与叶佩霞翻译，著名翻译家乔志高编辑校对，三人克服翻译上的重重困难，终于使《台北人》中的故事渡过了两种文字播迁的风险，以“世界性的语言”呈现。他们运用英语及其固有的音调、色彩和辞藻，表出了汉语原文的艺术境界，并将这份工作做到了精湛的程度，使《台北人》成为汉英双绝的文学经典。

Apprenticeship as a model of work and training has a widerange ofbenefits for many different types of economies andsocieties and isnowadays re-discovered in many countries all overthe world. In May2011, the International Network on InnovativeApprenticeship (INAP)hosted its fourth international conference inBeijing, China, bringingtogether leading researchers from 18nations. The internationalexchange of ideas among INAP members haeen helpful to identifygood practice and to facilitate thetransfer of knowledge and innovation.This book is a summary ofpapers presented and discussed at theBeijing Conference payingspecial attention to the following four keytopics: - Developing curricula and qualification systems - Learning and development theories and models - Multiple roles of universities, schools and their teaching andtraining staff - Measuring petence development