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At Beijing Olympics, tourists overcame the language barrier by using high-tech apps and a smartphone-like device to avoid getting lost in translation. Visitors to the Olympics village can have a pleasant time even though they don't speak Mandarin. With the help of high-tech apps tourists can translate from Mandarin Chinese and keep the tills ringing. Thankfully, help is at hand in the form of devices like the iFLYTEK Jarvisen, an artificial intelligence (AI) smart translator developed in China. That aimed to achieve "barrier-free communication" so that all may enjoy the Winter games and do so in a safe environment. Though China's "zero COVID" policy has stopped the influx of sports fans who would normally be cheering on their favourites, there are still thousands of athletes, coaches, journalists and technicians in China, who want to be a part of Winter Games. With staff and volunteers often wearing masks and visors, communication can be difficult, and Manda