In order to meet the demand of the socialist market economy for applied senior professionals, the State Council Academic Degrees Committee approved the establishment of a master's degree in translation.

MTI (MTI = Master of Translation and Interpretation) was held in June 2007 and is one of the 20 professional degrees in China. In 2007, the first batch of MTI pilot teaching units approved by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee were 15, including Peking University? Beijing Foreign Studies University? Fudan University? Guangdong University of Foreign Studies? PLA Foreign Languages Institute, Hunan Normal University, Nanjing University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Nankai University, Shanghai International Studies University, Tongji University, Xiamen University, Southwest University, Central South University, Sun Yat-sen University.

Historically, MTI was divided into full-time and on-the-job classes, and some schools were called autumn classes and spring classes. On-the-job MTI needs to take the GCT exam for the first time, and the second exam is generally a test of translation practice ability. The situation in each school is different. However, from 20 10, MTI gradually canceled the on-the-job master's degree in English and changed it to a unified full-time one. Certification has also been changed to diploma and degree certificate, which is no different from the traditional academic master's translation certificate.

The first full-time MTI test is to take the postgraduate exam on June 5438+ 10 every year, and most schools do not take the second foreign language test (with a few exceptions, such as Beijing Foreign Studies University). Politics is a must, and the whole country is unified. The other three subjects are specialized courses, namely, unit 2 of foreign language examination "Master of Translation X Language" (including English, French, Japanese, Russian, Korean and German), unit 3 of basic course examination "X Language Translation Basis" (including English-Chinese, French-Chinese, Japanese-Chinese, Russian-Chinese and Korean medium language pairs) and the first.