Gyeonggi Province Completes Multilingual Translation Project for 41,839 Bus Stops

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hoon Reporter] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 1st that it has completed a 'multilingual translation project' for bus stop names to enhance convenience for foreign residents using buses within the province.

As the number of foreign residents in Gyeonggi Province has exceeded 600,000, this project aimed to establish accurate foreign language names so that foreigners visiting or residing in the province can more easily find and use bus stops. The translation project targeted a total of 41,839 bus stops across regular bus routes and was conducted in four languages: English, Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese.

Based on the results of this project, the province plans to develop a 'Foreign Visitors Bus Route Guide' application by next year, which will allow foreigners to search and check information about bus stop names and other details in four languages.

In particular, each city and county and bus operators plan to utilize the translation results to improve foreign language signage at bus stops or apply them to bus information displays at stops or multilingual announcements on buses.

To this end, the province has entered the results of this project into the 'Gyeonggi Province Bus Transportation Management System (BMS),' which is jointly used by Gyeonggi Province, city and county traffic officials, and bus operators within the province, and plans to continue updating it.

A provincial official said, "Bus usage will become much more convenient for foreign residents in the province who have experienced difficulties due to Korean-only or inaccurate foreign language names," and added, "We will continue to cooperate with cities, counties, and bus operators to ensure that the translation results are widely utilized."