Linyi County, Dezhou City, Shandong Province, is building a foreign language talent pool.
According to the announcement issued by the Linyi County Committee of the Communist Youth League and the County Foreign Affairs Development Promotion Center on October 17, in order to promote foreign exchanges and cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, culture and education in Linyi County, and provide practical opportunities and display platforms for young foreign language talents in Linyi County, the Linyi County Party Committee of the Communist Youth League and the County Foreign Affairs Development Promotion Center decided to carry out information statistics for all young foreign language talents in Linyi County and establish a youth foreign language talent pool in Linyi County.
The statistical objects include: 1. All undergraduates, graduate students or above who are studying abroad in Linyi, and have good foreign language skills; 2. Young people under the age of 40 who work and live in Linyi County and have good foreign language skills (including but not limited to English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Russian and other languages).
According to the announcement, all eligible young friends are requested to scan the relevant QR code, carefully fill in the "Linyi County Youth Foreign Language Talent Information Statistical Form", and submit relevant information before October 31, 2024, so as to sort out and enter the database in a timely manner. The Paper noted that this statistical form needs to fill in information such as foreign language ability, speaking and translation ability (self-evaluation), awards, translation experience, personal willingness to participate and time.
The Linyi County Committee of the Communist Youth League also said that it will organize online or offline exchange activities in a timely manner, build a talent exchange platform, and promote resource cooperation and sharing. For young foreign language talents who are enthusiastic and have excellent level of participation, priority will be given to participating in Linyi County's foreign exchange and cooperation activities.
Translation plays an extremely important role in promoting international political, economic, trade and cultural exchanges. In recent years, many places across the country have successively established foreign language translation talent pools.
For example, the WeChat public account of the United Front Work Department of the Jinchang Municipal Party Committee of Gansu Province issued an article on October 16 to introduce that in order to strengthen the overall planning and coordination ability of the city's foreign affairs work, tap the translation talents among the returnees from studying abroad in Jinchang City, carry forward and inherit the spirit of Jiageng in the new era, comprehensively improve the overall level of the translation talent team, improve the quality of the city's foreign exchange and cooperation activities, and better serve the opening up and economic and social construction, the Office of the Talent Work Leading Group of the Jinchang Municipal Party Committee, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipal Government, and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the Municipal Government have coordinated and established English, Japanese, Korean, 5 foreign languages including Spain and Russian, a total of 23 people have returned from studying abroad and a translation talent pool.
The foreign language talent pool in some regions has entered a new round of expansion and recruitment.
For example, the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Dezhou City, Shandong Province announced in February this year that in order to deeply tap local foreign language talents, strengthen the strength of foreign language volunteer service, integrate foreign language resources, improve the quality of foreign exchanges and cooperation, and help Dezhou's opening up and high-quality economic and social development, it plans to conduct a thorough survey of the city's foreign language talents and update the foreign language talent pool in Dezhou.
The Foreign Affairs Office of the Binzhou Municipal Party Committee of Shandong Province announced in September this year that in order to further tap outstanding translation talents, integrate the city's translation resources, improve the management and service level of the translation talent pool, and improve the service quality of Binzhou, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Binzhou Municipal Party Committee plans to update and improve the translation talent pool. The Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipal Party Committee will establish a talent pool according to the qualifications and expertise of the applicants. Translators will be given priority to participate in local foreign affairs activities and the translation of important foreign-related documents, and participate in translation ability training activities organized by the office or the Foreign Affairs Office of the Provincial Party Committee.
According to a notice from the Foreign Affairs Office of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government in May this year, in order to integrate the province's translation resources and serve the province's opening up and economic development, the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office established a translation talent pool in Yunnan Province in 2018. In order to further improve the management and service level of the translation talent pool, the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office plans to update and improve the translation talent pool. The Provincial Foreign Affairs Office will establish a talent pool according to the qualifications and expertise of the applicants. Priority will be given to participating in the translation of foreign affairs activities and important foreign-related documents in Yunnan Province, and participating in the foreign affairs business training organized by the office and CIPG.
The Paper noted that in March this year, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Shaoguan Municipal Party Committee of Guangdong Province held a certificate awarding ceremony for the Shaoguan Foreign Language Translator Talent Pool and pre-job training for foreign affairs translators. Xiong Gore, a first-level English interpreter from the Foreign Affairs Office of the Provincial Party Committee, conducted a pre-job training for foreign affairs translators for all foreign language translators, focusing on the characteristics of foreign affairs translation, foreign affairs translation etiquette and foreign affairs translation training.
"In recent years, Shaoguan's economy has become more and more outward-looking, the city has become more and more open, there are more and more foreign exchange activities, and the demand for foreign language talents has become more and more urgent." Zhou Xinxiu, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Shaoguan Municipal Party Committee, said at the ceremony that in order to better serve the high-quality development and high-level opening up of Shaoguan, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipal Party Committee fully coordinated and integrated the city's foreign language talent resources, established a foreign language translation talent pool, and strived to build a high-quality translation talent team. It is hoped that foreign language translation talents will strengthen the study and practice of professional knowledge, practice their "internal skills" in a solid manner, give full play to their professional expertise, and contribute their own strength to the economic and social development of Shaoguan.
According to public information, many places have clearly implemented dynamic management of the foreign language translation talent pool.
For example, the Notice of the Office of the People's Government of Ankang City, Shaanxi Province on Improving the City's Foreign Language Translation Talent Pool clearly states that the translation talent pool is dynamically managed, and the Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipal Government and the Friendship Cooperation Office will conduct an evaluation every two years according to the structure and use of the talents in the database, so as to continuously optimize the composition of the talent pool.
Guangdong Zhuhai Translators Association also mentioned that after the establishment of the Zhuhai foreign language talent pool, it will implement dynamic management, adjust it according to the needs of Zhuhai's translation tasks and talent training goals, maintain and update the talent pool in a timely manner, and maintain a strong foreign language business level talent team.
What role has the foreign language translation talent pool played since its establishment? According to an article published by the Yulin Investment Promotion Service Center in Shaanxi Province in July this year, in May 2023, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipal Party Committee will solicit translation talents from the whole city in combination with the cadre style ability improvement year activities, organize more than 100 qualified translators in the city to participate in the interpretation and translation tests, and finally select 38 people as the first batch of foreign language translation talent pool members in Yulin City, so as to reserve translation strength for Yulin City to carry out important foreign affairs activities in the future.
According to sources, since the establishment of the city's translation talent pool, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipal Party Committee has adhered to the working method of "pushing information every week, holding capacity improvement activities every quarter, and combining simulation drills with actual combat" to continuously improve the comprehensive quality and professional and technical level of foreign language translation talents. Since July last year, about 20 people from the city's foreign language translation talent pool have participated in the translation service guarantee work of six important foreign affairs activities, including the 2023 China-Arab Youth Friendship Ambassador Program Yulin Tour, the government and enterprise delegation of Russia's Kurgan Region to visit Yulin, the clean energy delegation of the United States Embassy in China to visit Yulin, the delegation of Antwerp Province of Belgium to visit Yulin, the foreign media to see Shaanxi Yulin, and the China (Yulin)-Malaysia Cooperation and Exchange Conference, fully demonstrating the excellent foreign affairs translation skills of the foreign language translation talent pool. It has further improved the overall level of Yulin's foreign affairs work, and played a major role in promoting the vivid story of Yulin's high-quality development and high-level opening up in the new era.