ERITS Signed an MOU with the Organizing Committee of the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024
- Date2023.12.14
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Signing an MOU for providing interpretation and translation services at the first Winter Youth Olympic Games in Asia offers GSTI students an opportunity to gain work experience.
The Ewha Research Institute for Translation Studies (ERITS) (Director: Moonsun Choi) of the Ewha Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation (GSTI) (Dean: Hye-rim Kim) signed an MOU with the Organising Committee of the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 (Organizing Committee) on November 24th (Fri), 2024, for mutual cooperation and providing interpretation and translation services for the successful hosting of the sports event.
The signing ceremony took place virtually. The signatories were Moonsun Choi and Kwan-pyo Lee, the director of the ERITS and the head of the Organizing Committee's planning division.
<Photo of the Memorandum of Understanding (excerpt)>
Under this MOU, the ERITS will provide a pool of translation and interpretation staff, mainly the students in Korean-English interpretation major at the GSTI, for the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024. It will be an opportunity for GSTI students to gain work experience at an international sports event like the Olympics.
Since August, students have provided interpretation services as short-term staff for meetings with the IOC members and stadium inspection. As of January 2024, students will provide interpretation and translation services during the Olympics, staying in Gangwon Province.
<Photo of students providing interpretation service>
Ewha GSTI students who provided interpretation and translation services will be issued certificates signed by the President of the International Olympic Committee (Thomas Bach) and the Organizing Committee under this MOU.
The Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024, the fourth Youth Olympics, will take place in PyeongChang, where the 2018 Winter Olympics was hosted, Gangneung, Jeongseon, and Hoengseong. About 1,900 young athletes from 80 countries will compete in the two-week-long event from January 19th to February 1st, 2024.