Translators to help mayor, deputy mayor talk

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HYDERABAD: In a move that has raised several eyebrows in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), the new Mayor who doe..

HYDERABAD: In a move that has raised several eyebrows in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), the new Mayor who does not follow Telugu language has put forward a proposal to purchase multilingual interpretation equipment to listen and understand the proceedings during the standing committee meetings.
This is on the lines of Parliament and Legislative Assembly and the GHMC is expected to acquire the simultaneous multilingual interpretation equipment soon.According to sources, this has become necessary as a majority of the corporators, including Mayor Majid Hussain and deputy mayor G Raj Kumar, are not able to understand 'other languages'. "The Mayor does not understand Telugu, while the deputy mayor does not know Hindi or Urdu," sources said.

The interpreting equipment helps put a speech in another languages simultaneously and at the same rate of speech as the speaker.

"The GHMC has decided to purchase the equipment and is working out the modalities on implementing the new system. It will cost several lakhs of rupees," sources said, adding it would help all those who face language problem.

A separate translator booth or monitoring unit will be created where expert translators in four languages would be allowed to seat. The interpreterstranslators will listen to speakers on their headsets.