Translation training to help overseas delegations, minister says

Wisma Putra is engaging the Malaysian Translators Association (MTA) to train a group of civil servants who speak third languages, said Foreign Affairs Minister Saifuddin Abdullah.

The move is to prepare a team with the ability to serve as translators for the prime minister and Malaysian delegations when going for meetings in foreign countries.

This follows a recent decision by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob who wanted...