Russia's national college entrance exam will include Mandarin¹ as an elective foreign language, according to Sergey Kravtsov, Russia's deputy minister of education and science.

俄罗斯教科部副部长谢尔盖·克拉夫佐夫近日表示，汉语将作为一门可选科目纳入俄罗斯全国大学入学统一考试。

The three-year preparation work was completed in 2017, including technologies for written and oral tests, reference materials and talent reserves, he said.

他表示，为期三年的准备工作已在2017年完成，笔试和口试所需的技术支持、参考材料和人才储备等均已到位。

Mandarin will soon become the fifth elective test item for the Russian college entrance exam, in addition to English, German, French and Spanish.

汉语即将作为继英语、德语、法语和西班牙语后的第五门可选择外语纳入俄罗斯高考。

Russia's Education Supervision² Bureau was aiming to include Mandarin in the final exam for ninth-graders by 2018, and for 11th-graders in their college entrance exam by 2020.

俄罗斯教育督导局的目标是在2018年之前将汉语纳入到九年级的期末考试当中，并在2020年之前纳入十一年级的大学入学统一考试当中。

The study of Mandarin has grown in tandem³ with increasing cooperation in trade and economics between China and Russia.

近年来，随着中俄经贸往来日益频繁，俄罗斯兴起汉语学习的潮流。

The number of Mandarin learners in Russia has grown two-fold in the past 10 years, from 17,000 in 2007 to 56,000 in 2017, according to a survey of a regional research center of linguistics⁴ in Russia.

根据俄罗斯语言研究中心的一项调查显示，在过去的十年里，俄罗斯的汉语学习者的数量增长了两倍，从2007年的17000人增加到了2017年的56000人。

Insiders from the Russian education industry confirmed students with both relevant professional backgrounds and Mandarin proficiency⁵ are more competitive in job applications.

俄罗斯教育产业内部人员证实，既有专业知识背景又精通中文的学生在求职时会拥有更高的竞争力。