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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing Visitors Go Hi-Tech to Avoid Getting Lost in Translation

A Chinese server holds a translation device, used to communicate with foreign guests, at the Green Dragon restaurant inside the Olympics closed loop in Zhangjiakou, China, February 14, 2022. (Reuters)

Businesses at the Beijing Olympics are getting around the language barrier by using high-tech apps and a smartphone-like device to translate from Mandarin Chinese and keep the tills ringing.

Though China's "zero COVID" policy has stopped the influx of sports fans who would normally be cheering on their favorites, there are still thousands of athletes, coaches, journalists and technicians in China with money to burn.

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