The Shenzhen Universiade has recruited 478 voluntary interpreters, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported Monday.

The 478 students from Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and South China Normal University arrived in Shenzhen on Sunday, settling in a dormitory building of a local school.

They are going to provide voluntary service in seven foreign languages, French, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic. 118 of these 478 students are skilled in French.