The Seminar of English Interpreting Teaching Jazzed Up the Academic Lecture Hall

On January 9th 2016, the Seminar of National Universities English Interpreting Teaching was held in the Academic Lecture Hall of the University Library, which was attended by prominent teachers from over 50 universities and also students of GDUFS.

At the very start, JIAO Fangtai, Vice President of GDUFS, gave a warm welcome to peers of other universities. He also briefly produced the background of GDUFS to narrow the distance between both sides.

JIAO giving opening remarks

Then, JIA Wei, Deputy Manager of Foreign Language and International Chinese Publishing Department of Higher Education Press, got to the floor. Speaking highly of the works of ZHONG Weihe, President of GDUFS, JIA praised GDUFS’s contribution to English Interpreting Education. According to him, the interpreting teaching in national universities has made tremendous advances, for example, the testing system of Business English has come to the trial stage, so that the interpreting teaching could be expected to have a bright future.

JIA Wei phrasing GDUFS's contribution to English Interpreting Education

Thereafter, ZHAO Junfeng, Dean of the School of Interpreting and Translation Studies of GDUFS, made a brief remark, taking a look back at GDUFS’s evolvement in interpreting and translation within recent ten years.

Next came to the speaking time of GDUFS Interpretation Group.

President ZHONG, Director of GDUFS Interpretation Group, delivered a speech on the consideration and suggestion of interpretation teaching in China, with the aim of displaying the group’s achievement as well as stressing academic cooperation. He summarily presented the current situation of domestic interpreting teaching: despite OBOR( One Belt One Road) calling on discipline construction and talent cultivation, which drives international culture exchange, foreign publicity and trade, the shortage of interpreting professionals was severe, becoming the bottleneck of development. As a interpreter who made earnest efforts to the translation discipline, not only did President ZHONG share the principle, content and methods that he approved in interpreting teaching, but also proposed his own consideration and suggestions.

President ZHONG delivering a speech 

Afterwards, the members of GDUFS Interpretation Group gave lectures in different fields such as theories, skills, languages and capability analysis. They analyzed the classic cases that they faced in teaching in order for the attendees to easily catch the point and further the discussion.

group photo

The seminar ended with prolonged applause.

Chinese Report:  全国高校英语口译教学研讨会分享“广外模式”