An inaugural ceremony for the publication of
China Translation
Yearbook 2005-2006 was held on Sunday afternoon, September 23,
inside the Beijing Wangfujing Bookstore. The ceremony also raised
the curtain for a series of lectures on translation that will be
presented to the public by famous translators.
President of Translators Association of China (TAC) Liu Xiliang,
Chief Editor of the yearbook Zhao Changqian, Foreign Languages
Press (FLP) Director Hu Baomin, Professor Fan Shouyi with the China
Foreign Affairs University, and senior translator Tang Wensheng all
spoke at the ceremony.?
The ceremony was followed by a lecture on translation by China's
famous translator Tu An.
The China Translation Yearbook 2005-2006 was compiled
by the TAC and published by the FLP in September. Boasting itself
as an encyclopedia of China's translation industry, it is the
country's first massive reference book covering the industry's
current developing situation and latest achievements. Publication
of the yearbook is also regarded as a gift for the upcoming
International Translation Day on September 30 and the 18th World
Congress of the International Federation of Translators (FIT) that
will be held in Shanghai next year.
The one million-character yearbook is composed of various
categories and sub-sections covering major events in China's
translation industry in 2005-2006: international exchanges, theory
researches, course construction, translation service, talent
training and others. The published yearbook offers the public for
the first time statistics concerning Chinese translation talents
from 1980 to 2006, all recorded by state authorized
departments.
In addition, all valuable historical documents collected by the
TAC from 1982 when it was established through 2006 are included in
the yearbook.
The inaugural ceremony for
the publication of China Translation Yearbook
2005-2006
Liu Xiliang, president of
Translators Association of China, delivers his opening
speech.
Mr. Tu An, China's famous
translator, gives a lecture on translation after the inaugural
ceremony.
(China.org.cn by Zhang Tingting September 25, 2007)
