Suntrans Provides Professional Language Services for IAGS 2026

Recently, Beijing Suntrans provided professional language services for the 31st International Association of GeoChemistry Symposium (IAGS 2026) in Beijing — Chinese-English simultaneous interpretation, Chinese-Turkish consecutive interpretation and interpretation-equipment support — helping experts from 40+ countries bridge language barriers.

A 33-year wait: IAGS, organised by the Association of Applied Geochemists (AAG), is held biennially. This edition took place Sept 12–16 at the China University of Geosciences (Beijing) International Conference Center, chaired by CAS academician Cheng Qiuming, themed “Data-Driven Geochemical Data Mining”, drawing experts from 40+ countries. The last time it was held in China was the 16th symposium in 1993 — a 33-year gap.

Highlight: Dr. Wang Xueqiu of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences received the AAG Gold Medal and delivered a keynote. With 37 years in exploration geochemistry, he guided discovery of 16 large gold deposits and 4 REE deposits; his 2016 “Geochemical Earth” program has trained 856 trainees from 52 developing countries and helped 13 countries compile national geochemical atlases — content rendered live into English by Suntrans interpreters.

Multilingual interpreting plus equipment: academic simultaneous interpretation is among the hardest interpreting scenarios. Interpreters pre-read papers, built a geochemistry termbase per session; on-site, Chinese-English SI ran in plenary and breakout rooms, Chinese-Turkish CI bridged Turkish experts, and the equipment team ensured stable infrared reception.

Beyond SI: founded by geology PhD Dr. Lü Guo, Suntrans’ core interpreters are mostly geoscience-trained; its termbase covers JORC, NI 43-101, SAMREC, GB/T 17766-2020, with 68 senior reviewers and 1,024 freelancers across 72 languages and 40 fields — spanning full-chain mining translation, multilingual conference interpreting and mining advisory.

From a conference booth to a language-service ecosystem for an industry, Suntrans’ mission stays constant: no language barriers in geoscience and mining exchange.