Guangzhou, May 27 - Organisers of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games and Asian Para Games unveiled a comprehensive language service package for the two Games at a press conference on Wednesday (May 26).
Recipients of the language services will be all categories of registered personnel of the 16th Asian Games and Guangzhou 2010 Asian Para Games. During the two Games this November and December, a Language Service Centre will be set up while escort interpreting, conference interpreting, translating and telephone interpreting services will be available at competition venues and non-competition venues such as the Athletes Village, Main Press Centre and Headquarters Hotel.
The organisers have named six translating service providers and four interpreting service providers and signed an agreement with Guangdong University of Foreign Studies to establish a multi-language service centre for the two Games. During Games Time, 20 hotline operators will provide telephone interpreting services in nine languages:
Four operators for English
Three operators for Japanese, Korean, Russian and Arabic (respectively) and
One operator for Thai, Cambodian, Indonesian and Vietnamese (respectively)
The Games Language Service Team will comprise a large number of exceptional translators and interpreters, including experienced language professionals from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and the 15th Asian Games in Doha, specialists with international educational expertise, veteran interpreters from international and Chinese interpreting organisations, university teachers and students as well as winners of the Guangzhou Asian Games English Star Contest.
(Wang Lei and Jeff Ruffolo)
