If you just want to improve your academic qualifications, it is recommended to take the last batch of exams, and the requirements and thresholds will be relatively low; If you want to engage in professional translation and hope to have a better career development, it is recommended to apply for the first batch or the second batch of MTI, preferably in first-tier cities, so there are more opportunities for study, communication, exercise and employment! Of course, the postgraduate entrance examination should be based on personal circumstances, and what suits you is the best choice;
You may wish to take a warm-up exam of CATTI 3 and practice your hands first. Of course, it is better to pass CATTI 2 before taking MTI, which will give the interviewer a better impression in the second interview. You can add some group exchanges between CATTI and MTI, get information and share review experience.
MTI of each school has certain characteristics, which are generally related to the discipline characteristics and strength of the school; MTI colleges with national key disciplines of law are generally strong in legal translation (such as MTI of East China Political Science and Law); Medical translation in the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine is relatively strong; The translation strength and employment opportunities of financial universities in the fields of economy and finance are relatively good; At present, translation fields such as law, economy, commerce, science and technology, medicine and patents are all relatively good, and the treatment is relatively high.
As of February 218, there were 399 translation master's and translation undergraduate colleges in China, and the top three provinces were Hubei (29), Henan (27) and Jiangsu/Beijing (26). Among them, there are 246 translation master's colleges, and the top three provinces are: Beijing (25), Shandong (16) and Shanghai/Shaanxi/Jiangsu (15); There are ***252 translation undergraduate colleges, with the top three provinces of Henan/Hubei (21) and Guangdong (18); Jiangsu (17 institutes); At the same time, there are 99 institutions offering master's degree and undergraduate degree in translation;
in terms of employment, the employment and treatment of translation masters in most MTI colleges are not ideal. The starting salary of MTI in Nanjing University is about 5.5K, and that in Shanghai is about 7k (in 218), which is related to the overall treatment of translators and the training caliber of graduates. MTI tends to be a teacher rather than a translator, which is also contrary to the original intention of MTI. The employment treatment in the translation market varies greatly, and high positions are always reserved for senior translators with high level and rich project experience;
At present, MTI training, except for individual colleges such as Beijing Foreign Studies University, Shanghai Foreign Studies University and Guangzhou Foreign Studies University, which pay great attention to the cultivation of practical ability, it is difficult for other colleges to greatly improve students' translation ability in two years. Therefore, many students need to improve their translation ability, project management, terminology management, CAT and translation QA tools (Trados, Memo-Q, WordFast, TransMate, X-Bench, Yima. com, Snowman Translation, etc.), cloud translation platform, computer retrieval and skills. Some students have not passed the CATTI Level 2 exam when they graduate, and some students have their graduation thesis written by gunmen. I hope these phenomena can be improved in the future, and I hope that the overall level of MTI can be greatly improved, so that MTI people can better serve the translation industry and make greater contributions to social development and cultural, economic and political exchanges.
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November 3, 218-Ji 'an, Jiangxi-Cha Hongyu