From watching Shin-chan, Doraemon and K-dramas to translating shuttlers' words for the world: How young interpreters found their way to badminton's biggest stage

From watching Shin-chan, Doraemon and K-dramas to translating shuttlers' words for the world: How young interpreters found their way to badminton's biggest stage

Behind the BWF World Championship interviews were interpreters carrying the weight of accuracy. At the recently concluded tournament in New Delhi, young language experts in Mandarin, Japanese and Korean navigated high-pressure media interactions, preparing with archival footage and AI tools to ensure players' words crossed cultural and linguistic barriers without losing their meaning.