STORY: Kazakh student hopes to be professional translator linking China and Kazakhstan
SHOOTING TIME: June 30, 2024
DATELINE: July 2, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:32
LOCATION: TIANJIN, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Khvan Yekaterina studying
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): KHVAN YEKATERINA, Kazakh student at Tianjin Foreign Studies University
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): KHVAN YEKATERINA, Kazakh student at Tianjin Foreign Studies University
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): KHVAN YEKATERINA, Kazakh student at Tianjin Foreign Studies University
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): KHVAN YEKATERINA, Kazakh student at Tianjin Foreign Studies University

STORYLINE:

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): KHVAN YEKATERINA, Kazakh student at Tianjin Foreign Studies University
"My name is Khvan Yekaterina and I come from Kazakhstan. Now I am an international student at Tianjin Foreign Studies University."

In 2019, Khvan came to China to learn Chinese. She will continue to study for a doctorate in translation in China. It has always been her dream to become a high-level Chinese-Kazakh bilingual translator.
   
SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): KHVAN YEKATERINA, Kazakh student at Tianjin Foreign Studies University
"When I started learning Chinese, it was not the most popular (foreign) language in Kazakhstan. But now, more and more people are learning Chinese, especially in Kazakhstan, because the two countries have a close relationship. Everyone wants to know some expressions related to Chinese."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): KHVAN YEKATERINA, Kazakh student at Tianjin Foreign Studies University
"I think more translators are needed, especially for the development of cooperation between Kazakhstan and China."

In this June, Khvan received a master's degree in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages at Tianjin Foreign Studies University. In September, Khvan will begin studying for a doctorate in translation.
   
SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): KHVAN YEKATERINA, Kazakh student at Tianjin Foreign Studies University
"In the future, my work will be related to translation for a further communication of two countries. Because I think this will help everyone promote cooperation between China and Kazakhstan.
I hope that the relations between Kazakhstan and China will get better and better in the future, so that Kazakhs and Chinese people may have more opportunities to communicate and cooperate together."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tianjin, China.
(XHTV)