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Interest in learning Chinese on rise in Myanmar for enhanced career prospects

STORY: Interest in learning Chinese on rise in Myanmar for enhanced career prospects SHOOTING TIME: April 20, 2024 DATELINE: April 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese classes in Yangon 2. various of students in Chinese classes STORYLINE: Amid Myanmar's deepening ties with China, a growing number of students are embracing the challenge of mastering Chinese language, driven by the promise of enhanced career prospects. From garment factory workers to aspiring interpreters, young professionals in Myanmar are dedicating themselves to mastering Chinese, recognizing its pivotal role in securing lucrative job opportunities. Chit Chit Po, a 32-year-old garment factory worker, told Xinhua in a recent interview that it is advantageous to learn Chinese, noting that it has potentials to unlock job opportunities and increase pay. "I admire Chinese clothing, Chinese living styles and their preservation of traditional Chinese culture," she said. "Current

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Sign language interpreter provides words of hope in SW China

STORY: Sign language interpreter provides words of hope in SW China SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 23, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:00 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Liang Yuyin 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIANG YUYIN, Teacher, Chongqing Normal University STORYLINE: 30-year-old Liang Yuyin is a teacher working at Chongqing Normal University. She is also a sign language interpreter. Since beginning to learn sign language at the age of 18, she has been helping serve the hearing-impaired with sign language for 12 years. Liang joined a sign language interpreter association at the university. Founded in 2009, it's a volunteer team of 200 sign language interpreters. They have offered sign language service activities for more than 5,000 times and helped more than 80,000 hearing-impaired people. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIANG YUYIN, Teacher, Chongqing Normal University "Our hearing-impaired friends have been more and more involved in social activities, and they want to express

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Medical interpreters seen as key to equal access to treatment

TOKYO, Japan - An expert makes a presentation about medical interpreting in Hong Kong at a symposium held in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2014.

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Medical interpreters seen as key to equal access to treatment

TOKYO, Japan - An expert talks about how foreign patients feel about Japan's medical system at a symposium held in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2014.

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Filipino stresses necessity of medical interpreters

TOKYO, Japan - Paladero Mon Angelo, a Filipino, who won a Japanese speech contest in August 2014 for foreign residents engaged in health care and nursing care in Japan, is seen in this undated photo. He stressed the necessity of special interpreters who understand Japan's medical system at the contest.

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Noda, Obama meet

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L front) and U.S. President Barack Obama (R front) chat via interpreters ahead of the East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 20, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Interpreters reunited with India disaster response team

NEW DELHI, India - Kenichiro Hiramoto (2nd from R, front) and three other Japanese are pictured with Alok Avasthy (3rd from R, front), the Pune commandant of the National Disaster Response Force, and force members at the NDRF headquarters outside New Delhi, on March 12, 2012. The Japanese group, who served as volunteer interpreters for members of India's disaster response team sent to Japan in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster to search for the missing, were reunited with the Indian relief workers.

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(3)Bush delivers speech in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush addresses lawmakers of both houses of the Japanese Diet (parliament) in the House of Councillors on Feb. 19. Seated behind him are House of Councillors President Juro Saito (L) and House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki (R), with interpreters sitting between them.

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Daley hold talks with Zhu

Visiting U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley (L) holds talks with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji in Beijing on March 29, with interpreters sitting behind them.

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Ethiopia aspires to attract more Chinese tourists with help of digital technology

STORY: Ethiopia aspires to attract more Chinese tourists with help of digital technology DATELINE: Aug. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: various of cultural promotion activitiesSOUNDBITE 1 (English): LELISE DHUGAA, Oromia Tourism CommissionerSOUNDBITE 2 (English): LELISE DHUGAA, Oromia Tourism CommissionerSOUNDBITE 3 (English): SILESHI GIRMA, State minister of Tourism in charge of developing tourism destinations in Ethiopia STORYLINE: In Oromia, Ethiopia's largest regional state, local and Chinese tourism experts are collaborating to promote hidden gem attractions to make the region worth visiting. Oromia Tourism Commissioner Lelise Dhugaa told Xinhua that a cross-cultural collaboration between the Oromia region and China is gaining momentum as more Chinese tour operators and interpreters continue to engage in the region's tourism sector. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LELISE DHUGAA, Oromia Tourism Commissioner "We are collaborating with Chinese companies to reach

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Chinese language interpreters facilitate Zimbabwe-China mutual understanding

STORY: Chinese language interpreters facilitate Zimbabwe-China mutual understanding DATELINE: June 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:07 LOCATION: HWANGE, Zimbabwe CATEGORY: CULTURE/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a local Chinese language interpreter talking on his radio, giving instructions to his workmate 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PANASHE SHAYAWABAYA, Chinese language interpreter 3. various of Chinese working with the locals 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PANASHE SHAYAWABAYA, Chinese language interpreter 5. various of local workers at the mining site 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): GEORGE CHIREMBA, Chinese language interpreter 7. various of a local Chinese interpreter monitoring electricity flows with his Chinese supervisor at an electricity-generating workstation 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): SHINGIRAI ALUFASI, Chinese language interpreter 9. various of a Chinese worker talking to the local interpreter STORYLINE: Speaking through a walkie-talkie, Panashe Shayawabaya - a Chinese language interpreter - delivered instructions to a l

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ZIMBABWE-HWANGE-CHINESE LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS

(220627) -- HWANGE, June 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese supervisor (L) communicates with an employee (R) through Shingirirai Alufasi's interpretation at the Zimbabwe Zhong Xing Electric Energy company in Hwange, Matebeleland North Province, Zimbabwe, on June 15, 2022. TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese language interpreters facilitate Zimbabwe-China mutual understanding (Photo by Tafara Mugwara/Xinhua)

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ZIMBABWE-HWANGE-CHINESE LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS

(220627) -- HWANGE, June 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shingirirai Alufasi (R, Front), a Chinese language interpreter, talks with his Chinese colleague at the Zimbabwe Zhong Xing Electric Energy company in Hwange, Matebeleland North Province, Zimbabwe, on June 15, 2022. TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese language interpreters facilitate Zimbabwe-China mutual understanding (Photo by Tafara Mugwara/Xinhua)

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ZIMBABWE-HWANGE-CHINESE LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS

(220627) -- HWANGE, June 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Panashe Shayawabaya, a Chinese language interpreter, speaks through a walkie-talkie at a mining site in Hwange, Matebeleland North Province, Zimbabwe, on June 13, 2022. TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese language interpreters facilitate Zimbabwe-China mutual understanding (Photo by Tafara Mugwara/Xinhua)

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ZIMBABWE-HWANGE-CHINESE LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS

(220627) -- HWANGE, June 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Panashe Shayawabaya, a Chinese language interpreter, speaks through a walkie-talkie at a mining site in Hwange, Matebeleland North Province, Zimbabwe, on June 13, 2022. TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese language interpreters facilitate Zimbabwe-China mutual understanding (Photo by Tafara Mugwara/Xinhua)

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(TWO SESSIONS) CHINA-BEIJING-NPC-ANNUAL SESSION-OPENING (CN)

(220305) -- BEIJING, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Interpreters work during the opening meeting of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

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Forward to establish a union to accept overseas technical trainees.

According to President Horiuchi, the hiring of foreign personnel generally involves "a mismatch between the hiring party and the hired party, and in many cases a lack of dialogue leads to employment failure. In order to prevent a lack of communication, the company has decided to increase the number of Vietnamese interpreters it currently employs and to hire one additional person. The company handles a wide variety of small-lot, difficult-to-cut products, including prototypes. Vietnamese engineers, who are highly skilled, are entrusted with everything from design to machining according to their abilities. The company also provides Vietnamese interpreters with practical training in machining and programming, and says, "We want them to absorb as much technology as possible and acquire work abilities equivalent to or better than Japanese people. (March 12, 2020, Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Afghanistan Interpreters Rally - Ottawa

People participate in a rally calling on the Canadian government to evacuate the families of interpreters and locally employed civilians who supported the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan as they are being targeted by the Taliban, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Photo by Justin Tang/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghanistan Interpreters Rally - Ottawa

People participate in a rally calling on the Canadian government to evacuate the families of interpreters and locally employed civilians who supported the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan as they are being targeted by the Taliban, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Photo by Justin Tang/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghanistan Interpreters Rally - Ottawa

People participate in a rally calling on the Canadian government to evacuate the families of interpreters and locally employed civilians who supported the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan as they are being targeted by the Taliban, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Photo by Justin Tang/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghanistan Interpreters Rally - Ottawa

People participate in a rally calling on the Canadian government to evacuate the families of interpreters and locally employed civilians who supported the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan as they are being targeted by the Taliban, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Photo by Justin Tang/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghanistan Interpreters Rally - Ottawa

Dave Morrow, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran who served in Afghanistan, speaks during a rally calling on the Canadian government to evacuate the families of interpreters and locally employed civilians who supported the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan as they are being targeted by the Taliban, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Photo by Justin Tang/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghanistan Interpreters Rally - Ottawa

People participate in a rally calling on the Canadian government to evacuate the families of interpreters and locally employed civilians who supported the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan as they are being targeted by the Taliban, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Photo by Justin Tang/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghanistan Interpreters Rally - Ottawa

People participate in a rally calling on the Canadian government to evacuate the families of interpreters and locally employed civilians who supported the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan as they are being targeted by the Taliban, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Photo by Justin Tang/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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White House Press Briefing - Washington

Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 8, 2021. President Biden plans to announce that some Afghan interpreters and others who assisted U.S. forces there will be evacuated from the country beginning in August and relocated to other countries. Photo by Tom Brenner/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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White House Press Briefing - Washington

Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 8, 2021. President Biden plans to announce that some Afghan interpreters and others who assisted U.S. forces there will be evacuated from the country beginning in August and relocated to other countries. Photo by Tom Brenner/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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White House Press Briefing - Washington

Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 8, 2021. President Biden plans to announce that some Afghan interpreters and others who assisted U.S. forces there will be evacuated from the country beginning in August and relocated to other countries. Photo by Tom Brenner/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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White House Press Briefing - Washington

Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 8, 2021. President Biden plans to announce that some Afghan interpreters and others who assisted U.S. forces there will be evacuated from the country beginning in August and relocated to other countries. Photo by Tom Brenner/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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White House Press Briefing - Washington

Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 8, 2021. President Biden plans to announce that some Afghan interpreters and others who assisted U.S. forces there will be evacuated from the country beginning in August and relocated to other countries. Photo by Tom Brenner/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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White House Press Briefing - Washington

Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 8, 2021. President Biden plans to announce that some Afghan interpreters and others who assisted U.S. forces there will be evacuated from the country beginning in August and relocated to other countries. Photo by Tom Brenner/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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6 foreign languages available at Tokyo Station

Photo taken on Nov. 25, 2015, shows an information desk at East Japan Railway Co.'s Tokyo Station. It began an information service to overseas visitors in six foreign languages via interpreters on the phone on Dec. 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Students participate in seminar for interpreters for Olympics

Students take part in a seminar at Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Aug. 24, 2015, aimed at nurturing volunteer interpreters for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The seminar was organized by Kanda and six other universities of foreign studies in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Mad chatter" Furutachi overwhelms crowd with nonstop talk

Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke (L) and TV personality Ichiro Furutachi pose in front of Kabukiza Theatre, where they performed in an event in collaboration with the Tokyo International Film Festival, on Oct. 27, 2016. Furutachi, known as "the mad chatter," overwhelmed the crowd -- and interpreters -- there with his nonstop talk. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(3)Bush delivers speech in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush addresses lawmakers of both houses of the Japanese Diet (parliament) in the House of Councillors on Feb. 19. Seated behind him are House of Councillors President Juro Saito (L) and House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki (R), with interpreters sitting between them.

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Interpreters reunited with India disaster response team

NEW DELHI, India - Kenichiro Hiramoto (2nd from R, front) and three other Japanese are pictured with Alok Avasthy (3rd from R, front), the Pune commandant of the National Disaster Response Force, and force members at the NDRF headquarters outside New Delhi, on March 12, 2012. The Japanese group, who served as volunteer interpreters for members of India's disaster response team sent to Japan in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster to search for the missing, were reunited with the Indian relief workers. (Kyodo)

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Medical interpreters seen as key to equal access to treatment

TOKYO, Japan - An expert talks about how foreign patients feel about Japan's medical system at a symposium held in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Filipino stresses necessity of medical interpreters

TOKYO, Japan - Paladero Mon Angelo, a Filipino, who won a Japanese speech contest in August 2014 for foreign residents engaged in health care and nursing care in Japan, is seen in this undated photo. He stressed the necessity of special interpreters who understand Japan's medical system at the contest. (Kyodo)

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Student interpreters at G-20 summit

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks in Osaka on June 22, 2019, in front of students who will act as interpreters at the Group of 20 summit in the western Japan city on June 28 to 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Student interpreters at G-20 summit

Students acting as interpreters at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka gather in the western Japan city on June 22, 2019, ahead of the June 28 to 29 event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Student interpreters at G-20 summit

Students acting as interpreters at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka gather in the western Japan city on June 22, 2019, ahead of the June 28 to 29 event. Seen in the center is Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Medical interpreters at ski resort in Japan

Foreign tourists are pictured in Hokkaido's Niseko district in February 2018. Medical interpreters from the Kutchan-Kosei General Hospital in the town of Kutchan are helping a popular ski resort in the area deal with injuries to the growing number of foreign tourists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Medical interpreters at ski resort in Japan

Izumi Miyama (R), a medical interpreter at the Kutchan-Kosei General Hospital in the town of Kutchan near the Niseko ski resort in Hokkaido, supports a foreign patient in February 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Medical interpreters at ski resort in Japan

Izumi Miyama (L), a medical interpreter at the Kutchan-Kosei General Hospital in the town of Kutchan near the Niseko ski resort in Hokkaido, supports foreign patients in February 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Medical interpreters at ski resort in Japan

Photo taken in February 2018 shows Hokkaido's popular Niseko district. Medical interpreters from the Kutchan-Kosei General Hospital in the town of Kutchan are helping the ski resort deal with injuries to the growing number of foreign tourists using the area's slopes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo event at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo

People in wheelchairs watch a sumo event at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2016, to which the Japan Sumo Association invited around 2,300, including foreign citizens and physically handicapped people, to present sumo-related performances. Sign language interpreters and simultaneous translators supported the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo event at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo

Sumo wrestlers welcome visitors to an event at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2016, to which the Japan Sumo Association invited around 2,300 people, including foreign citizens and physically handicapped people, to present sumo-related performances. Sign language interpreters and simultaneous translators supported the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo event at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo

Sumo wrestlers welcome visitors to an event at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2016, to which the Japan Sumo Association invited around 2,300 people, including foreign citizens and physically handicapped people, to present sumo-related performances. Sign language interpreters and simultaneous translators supported the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daley hold talks with Zhu

Visiting U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley (L) holds talks with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji in Beijing on March 29, with interpreters sitting behind them. ==Kyodo