To further expand enhance Macao’s role as a platform between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries and strengthen its role as a “base for exchange and cooperation where Chinese culture is the mainstream and diverse cultures coexist” the7th World Chinese-Portuguese Translation Competition was successfully held. The event was jointly supported by the Office of the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao SAR Government, the Asia-Pacific Headquarter of China Central Television, the Language Big Data Alliance (LBDA), and the Portuguese Polytechnics Coordinating Council (Conselho Coordenador dos Institutos Superiores Politécnicos, CCISP). It was co-organized by the Government Education and Youth Development Bureau and the Macao Polytechnic University.
Students Pan Haozhe and Xue Yijia from the Bachelor of Portuguese program of the City University of Macau, under the guidance of their instructor Branco Caeiro Pedro Miguel, were awarded the “special prize for higher education institutions in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.” This achievement not only demonstrated the outstanding abilities of the students but also reflected the success of Portuguese language teaching at CityU.
The World Chinese-Portuguese Translation Competition has been successfully held for seven editions since 2017. It aims to promote cultural exchange and mutual learning between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, showcasing the spiritual ethos and cultural essence of Chinese civilization on a global scale. The competition facilitates dialogue, friendship, and cooperation among different civilizations, serving as a solid bridge for cultural exchange. This edition of the competition attracted over 100 teams from more than 40 higher education institutions in mainland China, Macao, and Portuguese-speaking countries.
Source: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
