Asian Games: Guangzhou Asian Games launches multilingual service

Gu Shiyang (Front), deputy Secretary-General of Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (GAGOC), announces the launching of the multilingual service center in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, on Oct. 24, 2010. Multilingual service centre for the 16th Asian Games was officially opened here, providing interpreting services for accredited Games participants. Interpreting service offered include English, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Thai, Indonesian, Cambodian, and Vietnamese to Chinese interpreting and vice-versa. The hotline will operate 12 hours each day from October 25 to November 4, and provide 24-hour service from November 5 to 30. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

GUANGZHOU, South China, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The multilingual service centre for the 16th Asian Games opened officially in the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies on Saturday.
The multilingual service centre will provide interpreting services for accredited Games participants. Interpreting service offered English, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Thai, Indonesian, Cambodian, and Vietnamese to Chinese interpreting and vice-versa.
"The multilingual service centre is the final perimeter of language service in Asian Games," said Gu Shiyang, deputy secretary-general of the centre. Gu explains all the communication problems that can't be solved in the venues will be solved in the multilingual service centre

Feng Minjie, representative of the volunteer interpreters, speaks during the lauching ceremony of the multilingual service center in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, on Oct. 24, 2010. Multilingual service centre for the 16th Asian Games was officially opened here, providing interpreting services for accredited Games participants. Interpreting service offered include English, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Thai, Indonesian, Cambodian, and Vietnamese to Chinese interpreting and vice-versa. The hotline will operate 12 hours each day from October 25 to November 4, and provide 24-hours service from November 5 to 30. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

Volunteer interpreters pose for a group photo during the launching ceremony of the multilingual service center in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, on Oct. 24, 2010. Multilingual service centre for the 16th Asian Games was officially opened here, providing interpreting services for accredited Games
participants. Interpreting service offered include English, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Thai, Indonesian, Cambodian, and Vietnamese to Chinese interpreting and vice-versa. The hotline will operate 12 hours each day from October 25 to November 4, and provice 24-hour service from November 5 to 30. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

Chen Hao, a volunteer interpreter of Korean, works in the multilingual service center in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, on Oct. 24, 2010. Multilingual service centre for the 16th Asian Games was officially opened here, providing interpreting services for accredited Games participants. Interpreting service offered include English, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Thai, Indonesian, Cambodian, and Vietnamese to Chinese interpreting and vice-versa. The hotline will operate 12 hours each day from October 25 to November 4, and provide 24-hour service from November 5 to 30. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)