"Translation Professional Qualification (Level) Examination" is to meet the needs of socialist market economy and China's accession to the World Trade Organization, strengthen the construction of foreign language translation professionals in China, scientifically, objectively and fairly evaluate the level and ability of translation professionals, and better serve China's opening up and international exchanges and cooperation. According to the spirit of establishing the national professional qualification certificate system, the unified, social-oriented and most authoritative translation professional qualification (level) certification will be implemented nationwide. It is the recognition of the bilingual translation ability and level of interpreters or translators.

Translation is the act of converting information in one language into information in another language on the basis of accuracy, fluency and elegance. Translation is the process of transforming a relatively unfamiliar expression into a relatively familiar one. Its contents include language, characters, graphics, symbols and video translation.

Translation includes interpretation, translation, machine translation, simultaneous interpretation, film and television translation, website localization, book translation and so on. With the development and maturity of IT technology and communication technology, the "telephone translation" of real life service was finally born, so there are more and more forms and services are more and more convenient.

Translation Qualification Examination is a national translation qualification examination system, which aims to scientifically evaluate the practical English translation ability of practitioners, including college students, and provide authoritative certification. Including interpretation and translation.