Hiroshima Summit 2023: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum to add translations of its website in three other official G7 languages
Sep. 2, 2022
by Junichi Akechi and Taiki Yomura, Staff Writers
Ahead of the summit meeting of the G7 (Group of Seven industrialized nations), to be held in Hiroshima in May 2023, the Hiroshima City government has finalized its policy of using multiple languages on the website of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, in the city’s centrally located Naka Ward. At present, only Japanese and English versions are available for the website. Three other languages of the summit participants — French, German, and Italian — will be added to the website prior to the summit’s start. In that way, the museum will bolster its capacity to communicate to the world about the devastation wrought by the atomic bombing.
The website introduces the contents of the museum’s permanent and special exhibits, its history, and information for visitors such as hours the museum is open. According to multiple officials, the current bilingual website (in Japanese and English) can only be used to inform guests from Japan and the English-speaking G7 nations of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The website will now also be translated into the three other official G7 languages. Preparations are underway to initially release the French version of the website.
The museum has already translated its leaflets into multiple languages. By the end of fiscal 2019, such printed materials were available in 12 languages. In anticipation of increased interest among people inspired by the summit being held in Hiroshima, the museum will translate the website into multiple languages to convey more broadly the reality of the atomic bombing. The city government is expected to cover the expenses related to translation of the website in its fiscal 2022 supplemental general budget proposal, which is to be submitted to the regular assembly meeting of the Hiroshima City Council, scheduled to begin on September 15.
The budget proposal is expected to amount to 8.698 billion yen. Of that total, 2.114 billion yen is to be set aside for hosting the G7 summit and will be used for such costs as maintenance and repair of roads and lighting for the routes on which the G7 leaders are expected to travel; renovations to provide western-style toilets at the International Conference Center Hiroshima (in the city’s Naka Ward), which is a candidate site for a media center for domestic and overseas journalists; and refurbishment of the pavement in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (also in the city’s Naka Ward).
(Originally published on September 2, 2022)
Ahead of the summit meeting of the G7 (Group of Seven industrialized nations), to be held in Hiroshima in May 2023, the Hiroshima City government has finalized its policy of using multiple languages on the website of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, in the city’s centrally located Naka Ward. At present, only Japanese and English versions are available for the website. Three other languages of the summit participants — French, German, and Italian — will be added to the website prior to the summit’s start. In that way, the museum will bolster its capacity to communicate to the world about the devastation wrought by the atomic bombing.
The website introduces the contents of the museum’s permanent and special exhibits, its history, and information for visitors such as hours the museum is open. According to multiple officials, the current bilingual website (in Japanese and English) can only be used to inform guests from Japan and the English-speaking G7 nations of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The website will now also be translated into the three other official G7 languages. Preparations are underway to initially release the French version of the website.
The museum has already translated its leaflets into multiple languages. By the end of fiscal 2019, such printed materials were available in 12 languages. In anticipation of increased interest among people inspired by the summit being held in Hiroshima, the museum will translate the website into multiple languages to convey more broadly the reality of the atomic bombing. The city government is expected to cover the expenses related to translation of the website in its fiscal 2022 supplemental general budget proposal, which is to be submitted to the regular assembly meeting of the Hiroshima City Council, scheduled to begin on September 15.
The budget proposal is expected to amount to 8.698 billion yen. Of that total, 2.114 billion yen is to be set aside for hosting the G7 summit and will be used for such costs as maintenance and repair of roads and lighting for the routes on which the G7 leaders are expected to travel; renovations to provide western-style toilets at the International Conference Center Hiroshima (in the city’s Naka Ward), which is a candidate site for a media center for domestic and overseas journalists; and refurbishment of the pavement in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (also in the city’s Naka Ward).
(Originally published on September 2, 2022)
