Behind the scenes,interpreters and translators are acenterpiece of Chinese projects in Africa EVRARD Ndayikeje is a Burundian agricultural technician.Since November 2015,he works shoulder to shoulder with Chinese experts based in his country on various projects aimed at improving Burundi’s agricultural sector,including rice cultivation.In theory,everything should have worked smoothly.But in practice,Chinese experts only speak very little English and Burundi is a French-speaking country.Fortunately,Shi Li and Du Lanlan,two Chinese Behind the scenes, interpreters and translators are acenterpiece of Chinese projects in Africa EVRARD Ndayikeje is a Burundian agricultural technician.Since November 2015, he works shoulder to shoulder with Chinese experts based in his country on various projects aimed at improving Burundi’s agricultural sector, including rice cultivation.In theory, everything should have worked smoothly.But in practice, Chinese experts only speak very little English and Burundi is a French-speaking country. Fortunately, Shi Li and Du Lanlan, two Chinese