Translation courses mainly include:
English-Chinese translation skills, Chinese-English translation skills, literary translation, business translation, scientific translation, legal translation, tourism translation, news translation, computer-aided translation.
Interpretation courses mainly include:
Introduction to audio-visual translation, accompanying interpretation, government interpretation, business interpretation, simultaneous interpretation and other professional elective courses closely related to translation ability.
The exam that translation majors can take is the national translation professional qualification (level) exam.
The National Translation Professional Qualification (Level) Examination is a national professional qualification examination entrusted by the National Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and managed by China Foreign Languages Publishing and Distribution Bureau. It has been incorporated into the national vocational qualification certificate system, and it is a unified professional qualification (level) certification for translation implemented nationwide and facing the whole society. It is an evaluation and recognition of the bilingual translation ability and level of interpreters or translators.
Employment prospect of translation major
With the development of international trade and the rise of exhibition economy, the market demand for professional translators is rising. There are 500,000 relevant employees in China, including more than 40,000 professional translators, and even fewer translators who have received professional training. At present, there are five types of translation in the domestic market, namely, conference interpretation, court interpretation, business interpretation, contact escort interpretation and document translation. In terms of language, the domestic market lacks talents in Spanish, Korean, Japanese, French, German and other small languages.
First of all, there are few professional foreign language talents in China, and they are concentrated in a few cities and government departments with relatively developed economies; Secondly, because translation is relatively easy, the talent gap is not big, but there is a serious shortage of high-quality talents who are qualified for translation, and the estimated gap is as high as 90%. Therefore, the employment prospects of translation majors are very good, especially those returned overseas students who study translation majors, and their prospects for returning to China in the future are very bright.