From November 29 to 30, the Grand Final of Interpreting and the Award Ceremony of the 7thRuyi CupInternational Translation Competition for Chinese Culturewas heldat Jilin International Studies University(JISU). Professor Qin He, Executive Vice President of the Translators Association of China, President of the Jilin Provincial Translators Association, and President of JISU, together with the competition’s judging experts, attended the award ceremony and presented awards to the winning contestants.
Professor Qin He, Executive Vice President of the Translators Association of China, President of the Jilin Provincial Translators Association, and President ofJISU, presented the award to the winner of the Interpreting Grand Prize
The Ruyi Cup International Translation Competition for Chinese Culture, guided by the National Steering Committee for Postgraduate Education in Translation and Interpreting, aims to promote Chinese culture, convey China’s voice, and achieve the goals of promoting learning through competition and enhancing training through practice. Since its inception in 2019, the competition has become a highly authoritative and professionally influential event in China’s translation field, playing a significant role in promoting outstanding Chinese culture and cultivating high-quality translation talent.
This year’s competition was co-hosted byJISUand the Jilin Provincial Translators Association, and jointly organized by the Organizing Committee of the Ruyi Cup International Translation Competition for Chinese Culture, the Graduate School of Translation and Interpreting ofJISU, and Shanghai Shiyu Translation Co., Ltd., with the co-sponsorship of over 230 enterprises and academic institutions worldwide. The competition featured two formats: interpreting and written translation. The written translation section included language pairs between Chinese and English, Japanese, German, Russian, French, and Korean, as well as translations from Chinese into Spanish, Italian, Arabic, and Polish—setting a record for the highest number of participating languages in the competition’s history. The interpreting section was limited to Chinese-English interpretation. A total of 2,845 entries were registered from 268 universities, enterprises, and institutions. The competition’s judging committee organized 102 experts to conduct three rounds of anonymous review, including online preliminary evaluation, re-evaluation, and final overall assessment for written translation. A total of 517 winners were selected in the written translation category, while 32 outstanding contestants qualified for the national grand final of interpreting.
At the National Grand Final of Interpreting
Judges and Contestants of the Interpreting Grand Final
The National Grand Final of Interpreting was held at the United Nations Village of the Global Village at JISU. The competition consisted of three rounds: compulsory Chinese-to-English interpretation, compulsory English-to-Chinese interpretation, and a Chinese-to-English snap-answer round, comprehensively assessing the contestants’overall abilities in language conversion, cultural understanding, breadth of knowledge, psychological resilience, and on-the-spot adaptability. The entire competition was tightly paced and content-rich, fully demonstrating the solid professional competence and profound cultural depth of young interpreters in the new era.
At the Award Ceremony
The award ceremony was held at the Lecture Hall of the Shihua Bridge Building atJISU. Miao Jing, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee ofJISU, Zhao Yanchun, founder of the Ruyi Cup International Translation Competition for Chinese Culture, and Yang Junfeng, head of the judging panel for the interpreting grand final, delivered speeches in succession. A representative from Yangtze University, the host institution for the 8thRuyi Cup International Translation Competition for Chinese Culture, also addressed the audience.
After fierce competition, Wang Chaoying fromJISUwon the Grand Prize in the interpreting category; Yin Hewei from Dalian University of Foreign Languages won the First Prize in the interpreting category; three contestants including Chen Jiawei from Chengdu University of Technology won the Second Prize; and ten contestants including Jiang Ai from South China Business College of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies won the Third Prize. In addition, awardees in the written translation category who attended the ceremony included: three First Prize winners including Shang Siyi from JISU; six Second Prize winners including Wang Menghua fromJISU; and eight Third Prize winners including Han Qiuge from Hebei Normal University. Guests at the ceremony presented awards to the winning contestants.
During the event, Chinese and international students fromJISUalso delivered wonderful song and dance performances, showcasing the youthful vitality of the university’s students.
Dance:Dear You
International students performing Tai Chi Fan
Song with Dance:Set Out Once Again
AChorusPerformance ofTry Everything
This year’s competition drew enthusiastic responses from participating students. The award winners expressed that through their participation, they had gained a deeper understanding of the core concepts of Chinese culture and how to articulate them, and had further clarified the responsibilities and commitments of young translators in the new era. They pledged to continue broadening their intellectual horizons, deepening their expertise in their respective fields, and enhancing their translation skills to higher standards, so as to contribute their youthful energy to serving the country’s international exchanges and cultural dissemination.
GroupPhoto ofGuests,Award-winningContestants, andStudentPerformers
Source: Graduate School of Translation and Interpreting,Publicity Department (News Center)
