All station announcements in the Nanjing subway system will be changed into authentic New York accent for the convenience of foreign travelers after the conclusion of Asian Youth Games (AYG), according to Nanjing subway officials on Aug 20.
Currently, only Xinjiekou Station, the busiest transfer station with the largest passenger traffic within Nanjing subway system calls out station names in American accent. Announcements of other stations, though fluent, are easily recognized as with Chinese accent.
The voice selected this time was from Leslie ann Cardone, a New Yorker who has been in Nanjing for three years and now worked as a language teacher in Nanjing University.
The announcement’s already been recorded before the AYG. Nanjing subway stations are all expected to be changed with these New York accent announcements upon the conclusion of the Games, according to some subway workers.