Interpretation gaps in South Korea's police leave foreigners lost in translation韩国警方翻译中的理解漏洞导致外国人在翻译过程中感到困惑。
Growing demand for police interpretation services in South Korea is exposing gaps in multilingual support, from emergency calls to arrests and questioning.
Foreign-language calls to the 112 emergency hotline reached 21,252 in 2025, more than double the 10,348 recorded in 2024. -- PHOTO: THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN): Growing demand for police interpretation services in South Korea is exposing gaps in multilingual support, from emergency calls to arrests and questioning.
Foreign-language calls to the 112 emergency hotline reached 21,252 in 2025, more than double the 10,348 recorded in 2024, according to police data provided to Representative Park Ju-min of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea.
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2025年，拨打112紧急求助热线的外国语电话数量达到21252个，是2024年记录的10348个的两倍多。——图片：韩国先驱报/亚洲新闻网
首尔（韩国先驱报/亚洲新闻网）：韩国对警方翻译服务的需求不断增长，暴露出多语言支持方面的不足，从紧急呼叫到逮捕和讯问，都存在语言支持缺口。
根据警方提供给韩国执政党共同民主党议员朴柱民的数据，2025 年拨打 112 紧急热线的外国语电话数量达到 21252 个，是 2024 年记录的 10348 个电话的两倍多。
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