What does catti mean?

Catti refers to the national translation professional qualification examination.

The National Professional Qualification Examination for Translators is a national professional qualification examination entrusted by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and managed by China Foreign Languages Publishing Bureau, which has been incorporated into the national professional qualification certificate system.

It is a unified translation professional qualification certification for the whole society in China. It is an evaluation and confirmation of the bilingual translation ability and level of interpreters or translators.

Extended data:

In principle, the examination dates of the National Translation Professional Qualification Examination are set as Saturday and Sunday in the last week of May and 1 1 Saturday in the second week, including two examinations for English majors and 1 for other majors. The specific examination time can be found in the annual plan of professional and technical personnel qualification examination published on this website.

The exam is divided into seven languages, namely English, Japanese, French, Arabic, Russian, German and Spanish. Four levels, namely: advanced translation, first-level translation, second-level translation and third-level translation.

The first-level translation examination subjects are 1 translation practice subjects, and the first-level interpretation examination subjects are 1 interpretation practice subjects. The second and third translation exams set up two subjects: comprehensive translation ability and translation practice.

Interpretation test consists of two subjects: comprehensive interpretation ability and interpretation practice. Interpretation practice in Level 2 interpretation test is divided into consecutive interpretation and simultaneous interpretation. Advanced translation has not been tested yet.

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China Personnel Examination Network-National Translation Professional Qualification (Level) Examination