Students offer foreign language help for airport users

Travelers passing through Beijing Capital International Airport who cannot speak Chinese need no longer worry about communication breakdowns, thanks to volunteers from Beijing Foreign Studies University.

Starting this month the students, based in a call center on campus, are offering translation services for passengers who speak French, German, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese and Korean, from 8 am to 6 pm.

Passengers who are not at the airport can still make an inquiry about its services by calling the multilingual hotline on 96158.