35% of Beijing residents have foreign language skills

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


People's Daily Online



35% of Beijing residents have foreign language skills



Beijing has a foreign language population of 5.5 million, accounting
for 35 percent of the total resident population. Generally speaking,
people who can understand some simple articles; can engage in simple
conversation; and whose foreign language capabilities reach the low to
intermediate level, make up the foreign language population, according
to Beijing Evening.
As was learned from the 2008 Beijing foreign language activity and
regulation of English logos in public places meeting, the city has
replaced more than 390,000 English logos in public places. The city's
project to translate Chinese menus into English is complete; and the
translation of job titles and organization names into English is in
full swing.



Full story:

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6393036.html

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