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Thursday, September 6, 1973

CONTROLLER OF TRANSLATION SERVICES APPOINTED

Recruitment Of More Interpreters And Translators At Advanced Stage

Two prominent Chinese scholars have been appointed to help

further improve the quality of translation work in the government.

Mr. Jao Yu-vei is appointed Controller of Translation Services,

and Dr. Francis K. Pan designated Adviser to the Chinese Language

Authority and Controller of Translation Development.

Mr. Jao assumed his post last Saturday (September 1) while Dr.

Pan is expected to take up his new duties in early November.

The postings represent another step towards implementing the

government's policy on wider use of the Chinese language in its dealings

with the public.

Recruitment to the basic rank of interpreter/translator class is

also at an advanced stage, and it is expected that some 50 successful

candidates will be appointed within the next few weeks.

It will be recalled that the Chinese Language Committee, in its

fourth and final report, made a number of recommendations "to advise on

practical ways and means by which the use of Chinese might be further extended

in the interest of good administration and for the convenience of the public."

One of the recommendations was that there should be a rapid expansion

of Chinese translation services throughout the government in terms of both

quality and quantity.

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