Summer program for translators, interpreters planned

The education and training center of China International Publishing Group will run a summer school in July for translators and interpreters to improve their professional skills.

The center, set up in 1965, aims to provide high-quality training courses covering different languages.

The summer school will cover languages like English, French, Russian and Spanish and work with with foreign translation institutions like the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.

Speaking about the program and how it can help the students, Zhao Lijun, the director of the center says:"As some of the participants are translators who work as civil servants. the others can interact and learn from them."

According to the vice-director of the center, Han Weiqiang, the two-week full-day courses will help students prepare for the CATTI (the China Accreditation Test for Translators and Interpreters), NATTI (The National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters) and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) examinations.

The closing date for applications to join the summer school is June 25.