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Beijing to standardize food names for Olympics

(local.jongo.com)
Updated: 2006-12-26 13:42



"Five Sliced Things" and "Pee Soup" will be off the menu under a plan to
try to standardize the English names of dishes and drinks sold in Beijing
restaurants before the 2008 Olympics, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

Although the quality of English on restaurant menus has improved greatly
in recent years, spelling errors and simple descriptions of food instead
of names are still common.

The Beijing Daily said the dishes and drinks served in the capital's
restaurants will be given "standardized" English names by the Beijing
Speaks Foreign Languages Program, a government-sponsored organization
that promotes English among Beijing residents.

Xinhua News Agency said the organization had finished translating more
than 1,000 dishes and drinks so far.

"We welcome public participation and suggestions," the Beijing Daily
quoted the organization as saying.

The level of English of Beijing residents and officials has been a
concern of the Summer Games organizers. As a result taxi drivers, service
workers and police have been taking English and other language courses in
preparation for the Olympics, which start in August 2008.










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