关键词: 职业化翻译教育; 教育模式; 政产学研体系; 对外传播; 人机协同

Abstract:

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to develop rapidly, the Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) program in China is experiencing multiple challenges, including responding to the national strategy of cultivating high-level translators and interpreters of Chinese into foreign languages, further improving students’ translation and interpreting competence to meet the requirements of the language service industry, and exploring the human-machine collaborative model in both translation practice and education with the assistance of translation technology. With years of practical exploration, Fudan University has developed an innovative training model for professional translators. Under the guidance of “the unity of knowing and doing, of translation practice and thinking” philosophy, a “government-industry-teaching-research” system based on the four dimensions of “work ethics, critical thinking, expertise, literature and culture” with the multidimensional integration of government policy and translation teaching, the translation industry and teaching, as well as translation practice and theory, has been designed. Grounded in rationales, a comprehensive analysis of typical cases, which is further supported by relevant employment data, is presented in this paper. The outcomes prove that, by directly addressing the challenges in the age of AI, the training model can cultivate translators and interpreters who are aligned with both the national strategy and with professional market demands, thus promoting the prosperity and development of professional translators’ education.

Keywords: professional translators’ education; training model; government-industry-teaching-research system; international communication; human-machine collaborative model