multilingual announcements

last SG · 2008-09-05T17:17:27+00:00

announce in singlish best, everyone will understand."door closing liao hor, siam!" sio ah! siam ah!

QX179R SG

i find all the announcements in 4 languages v v irritating.. esp SBS's NEL (mind the gap, what station etc) some more the station's distances are so short, theres hardly much time where there is no announcements on-going.
SMRT not so bad.. except the Going to JB advertisement, but otherwise their announcements freq is OK.. last time got one time after every station they will say "This train will terminate at Pasir Ris/ Boon Lay/ J East/ Marina Bay Station".. imagine someone from pasir ris sit till boon lay.. hear same announcements 20+ times

the announcements in the 4 languages are most likely meant for the tourists..

there might be some who find it irritating whereas there might be others who aren't..

Junyang700 SG

Actually I think there is only a need for these 2 announcements.

Before reaching the station. "Toa Payoh"
Before closing the doors. "Doors Closing.... Beep beep beep beep"

Only need for one language, which is the working language, English.
For Mandarin, I don't think the elder folks actually listen to the Mandarin Version. Imagine Toa Payoh.... Da Ba Yao.... where is da ba yao.... they only know dua payo... Bukit Batok.... wu ji ba du.... where is wu ji ba du.... they only know bukit buttock...

In Singapore, people use English for names of places.... so its only necessary for it to be in English.

And....
Imagine during the morning when you are going for work, and these announcements keep repeating and repeating? Its so annoying!!!!

Please mind the gap

Dear passengers, eating and drinking are not allowed in the stations and trains, thank you for your co-operation.

If you see any suspicious looking person, please contact our staff or call 999.

Sometimes in 4 languages, can you imagine how annoying it is!

Junyang700 SG

the announcements in the 4 languages are most likely meant for the tourists..

there might be some who find it irritating whereas there might be others who aren't..

If meant for tourists, even more annoying.

I think you will get to hear announcements in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean.... NO!!!!

skythewood SG

Nathpoop SG

I think its perfectly fine, in hongkong, ALL annoucements, and i really mean all, are played in cantonese, english, and mandrin, and i think it helps, quite alot.

lexovatormhjpn SG

I think that the announcements should be simple, and more emphasis on other languages through the under-utilised LCD televisions.

The new English annoucements are very long winded as well, plus we don't need the annoying chime for every single announcement.

For instance, we could have:

Next station, City Hall interchange. Change here for the East West Line
xia yi zhan, zheng fu da sha, cheng ke keyi huan cheng dong xi xian.
(Malay and Tamil equivalent)

Then, when we arrive at the station, the announcements can warn 'please mind the gap' in four languages.

But seriously, the VFDs should be used for other languages. It's best that way.

Scania SG

I think that the announcements should be simple, and more emphasis on other languages through the under-utilised LCD televisions.

The new English annoucements are very long winded as well, plus we don't need the annoying chime for every single announcement.

For instance, we could have:

Next station, City Hall interchange. Change here for the East West Line
xia yi zhan, zheng fu da sha, cheng ke keyi huan cheng dong xi xian.
(Malay and Tamil equivalent)

Then, when we arrive at the station, the announcements can warn 'please mind the gap' in four languages.

But seriously, the VFDs should be used for other languages. It's best that way.

Die nächste Station ist das Rathaus (Deutsche)
下一站係政府大廈 (廣東話)

SBS7322B SG

If this were to be implemented, it will be like TokyoMetro. Keep talking thoughout the whole journey...... I feel that Hong Kong's MTR is also good at doing multilanguage.....

NickL_C151 SG

It's easy. Just cut the redundant announcements.

*ding dong* Doors are closing. 车门正在闭合. Pintu akan tutup. (Indian variation) *13 beeps* Takes less than 10 seconds.

*ding dong* Next station, ABCDEFG. 下一站, ABCDEFG. Stesen berikutnya, ABCDEFG. (Indian variation) Takes less than 20 seconds.

Interchange arrival announcements may take 30 seconds but the announcements can be made earlier.

adkranz SG

In the Philippines, though, train announcements are like this:

***ding*dong**

"Next Station, Pureza. Ang susunod na istasyon ay Pureza."

Then, when arriving...

***ding*dong**

"Arriving at Pureza station.

Paparating na sa Pureza station."

That's it! No more announcements!

nganmatthias SG

Next Station, Braddell. 下一站,布莱德. (MALAY) (TAMIL)

*Dear Passengers, please do not leave your belongings unattended. If you see any suspicious article or belonging, please inform our staff or call 999. 各位搭客请注意.请看管好您的财物.如果发现有任何可疑的人物或物品,请通知我们的直亭人员,或拨打999. (MALAY) (TAMIL)*

Braddell 布莱德 (MALAY) (TAMIL)

Please mind he platform gap. 请小心空隙. (MALAY) (TAMIL)

*For the convinience of all passengers, please move towards the center of the car, thank you. 为了方便所有的搭客,请往车的中心移去.谢谢. (MALAY) (TAMIL)*

Doors Are Closing. 门正在关闭. (MALAY) (TAMIL)

Next Station ... ...

(Translation may not be accurate. Too lazy to type tamil and malay.)

If we read the announcements in all 4 languages, the whole journey would be full of announcements. And so many people are complaining about too many announcements.

And other than the malays and some other people, how many people know Malay?

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