English Certification System For Translators Or Interpreters In China
English Certification system in China is at the formulating stage now
. They were introduced to satisfy demands brought about by the fast-paced commercial and economic boom in the country. I am writing to describe the current state of these programs.
I.CATTI & NAETI
There are two nationally recognized certification examinations. One is China Aptitude Test for Translators and Interpreters, and the other is National Accreditation Examinations for Translators and Interpreters.
The CATTI is short for China Aptitude Test for Translators and Interpreters. It is organized and sponsored by the Ministry of Personnel and the China International Publishing Group (CIPG, for short). The National Accreditation Examinations for Translators and Interpreters is organized by the National Education Examinations Authority and Beijing Foreign Studies University.
The two examination programs are both open to the general public without limitations on applicants' education, background or experience. CATTI sets four proficiency levels: Senior Translator and Interpreter, Translator and Interpreter Level One, Translator and Interpreter Level Two and
translator and Interpreter Level Three. Currently only Level Two and Level Three examinations are available. NAETI offers three proficiency level exams with Level One as the highest and Level Three the lowest.
A Level Two certification is considered essential for a professional translator in each program. Both exams test the candidates' ability to do two-way translations (foreign language(s) and Chinese). In other words, once you have passed the exam, you are certified as having the ability to translate both into and from Chinese.
CATTI allows use of dictionaries in the translation test, but NAETI does not. The languages included in CATTI's exams are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. The only
languages available in NAETI are Chinese and English.
II.CET Band 4 and 6
Those two exams are for non-English major- college students, and they are also open to the general public.
CET stands for College English Test, the purpose of which is to test for Chinese college students' general English ability--listening, reading and writing. CET-6 is a higher level test of a similar nature. But it is optional and is an exam of the students' English achievement at college level. CET tests are not a professional-level certification.
III.TEM-4 and 8
TEM stands for Test for English Majors. However, they are not open to the general public or non-English majors. Again, these are only academic tests aimed at testing for a student's general college-level English proficiency according to a syllabus and are not professional certification programs.
For English majors, TEM-8 enjoys a similar status as CET-6.
CATTI and NAETI Level Three (lowest level) examinations are recommended for students whose English level is equivalent to or above CET-6 with some years of translation practice.
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