市场翻译需求和翻译质量调查——以中国义乌国际小商品市场为例

An Investigation into Need for and Quality of Translation and Interpretation in Market:A Case Study of China Yiwu International Commodities Market

义乌小商品市场业已成为地道的国际市场,翻译行业在其外向型的经济下扮演着非常重要的角色,义乌翻译市场以前所未有的速度迅猛发展。调查表明,义乌小商品市场上的从译人员学历普遍为本科或专科两类,专业外贸翻译人才缺乏,小语种翻译紧俏及高端翻译人才稀缺,整个翻译市场呈现"大而不强"的现象;同时随着市场国际化程度的日益加深,对从译人员的要求也在不断提高,从译人员除了应具有扎实的专业基础外,还需要扩大知识面,提高自己的综合素质,如人际沟通能力、随机应变能力、待人接物能力等。

With China Yiwu International Commodities Market having established its unique status as an international market and the industry of translating and interpreting playing significant roles therein,the translation market in Yiwu has been unprecedentedly booming in recent years.Our investigation shows that most of the in-service translators and interpreters only have a bachelor s degree at best,that professional foreign-trade translators and interpreters are scanty,that there is a higher demand for translating between Chinese and languages other than English, and that, owing to the shortage of excellent translators and interpreters, the whole trade looks big but scarcely competitive. In addition, the increasingly internationalized market is imposing higher and higher requirements for translation practitioners. This indicates that translators need not only considerable proficiency in their work but also a wider scope of knowledge so as to improve their skills in interpersonal communication, adaptation to various conditions and accidents, and getting along with other people.