Work of Translation Office Described The 1940 annual report of the Director of Chinese studies of the Shanghai Municipal Council was released yesterday for publication and deals in detail with Chinese studies and the work of the Translation Office. Regarding the former the report stated "The half-yearly Examinations con ducted in June and December 1940, again showed very creditable results. The Chinese Studies section, as now constituted, operates from a centre in the Administration Building; it has two offices. a large class-room. where examinations are held. and four study-rooms for employes located: in the Central district. The dialects taught are the Shanghai spoken language and Pekieg mandan though examinations are sometimes conducted in other dialects. as in the case of new employes possess knowledge ci Canto: ese or other provincial Chinese.
The Regulations require that such new employes shall be immediately examined upon engagement for purposes of classification and record: they then take up the study of the local language. The teaching stof functions at some fourteen different stations dispersed over the various districts of the city: that is to say at each of the district Police Stations sub-offices of the Public Works and Public Health Departme ts. the Fire stations, the Revenue Offices. and Gaol: teachers also visit certain hospitals to teach Nurses. At each Station the study-room is open throughout the entire day during regular business hours. There are however, occasions when it is desir able that stude.ts should have n change of teachers, or vice-versa; when this happens the best possible arrangement is made to meet the case, There has never been any need in the past ten years for a resume in the allocation of teache! as a general rule. the periodical depart mental shiftings of employes frown one district to another have sufficient to effect changes.
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