Universiade interpreters ready to help in 7 languages

Updated: 2011-08-01 16:35

(chinadaily.com.cn)

The Shenzhen Universiade has recruited 478 voluntary interpreters, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported Monday.

The 478 students from Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and South China Normal University arrived in Shenzhen on Sunday, settling in a dormitory building of a local school.

They are going to provide voluntary service in seven foreign languages, French, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic. 118 of these 478 students are skilled in French.

About Shenzhen

Shenzhen is located at the southern tip of the Chinese mainland on the eastern bank of the mouth of the Pearl River and neighbors Hong Kong.

The brainchild of Deng Xiaoping, the country's first special economic zone was established here by the Chinese Government in 1980. It has been a touchstone for China's reform and opening-up policy since then.