took interpreting as a profession and the staff as respectable interpreters and since then, interpreting became a remarkable profession throughout the world
In China, interpretation has been a profession for more than 2000 years
People those who originally took up interpreting as their career have been called “译”, “寄”, “象”, “狄鞮”, “通事” or “通译”, etc
But the development didn’t get anywhere until 1920s, when the increasing expansion in international communication aroused the experts’ attention, but anyway, it could not catch up with the western world in interpreting research with a history of more than 50years
2The Significance of Business Interpretation and its Future DevelopmentWith the implementation of China’s reform and opening-up policy, more and more people of various circles come