Humanities & Social Sciences 3 (2016 9) 612-619 ~ ~ ~ УДК 378.046:81`25(510) New Development of T&I Education in China Lidi Wang* Beijing Foreign Studies University Xisanhuan Beilu, Beijing, China Postal Code, 100089 Received 18.10.2015, received in revised form 24.12.2015, accepted 07.02.2016 Translator and interpreter (T&I) studies fl ourished in the past decade in China’s higher education, both at the postgraduate level and at the undergraduate level. <...> The fast development was mainly driven by the following external and internal factors. <...> There are a lot to be done in terms of promoting best practices of teaching, combining classroom training with more real-world professional practices, teacher training, application of new technologies and research input. <...> Traditional foreign language teaching programs have fallen short of the societal demand for professional language service and new ways of teaching and learning foreign languages to make such efforts more effective and applicable must be encouraged. <...> Introducing T&I studies at the undergraduate level represents such a move in the right direction. <...> Moreover, T&I training opens up the possibility of making the teaching and learning activities more content-rich and more relevant to what people are most concerned about in contemporary society. <...> To make the teaching effective and yielding the expected learning outcomes, a well-balanced curriculum needs to be put in place, combining liberal education, English language enhancement and core courses for translation and interpreting studies including the knowledge and skills for carrying out translation and interpreting assignments. <...> Like any other scientifi c discipline, constant research input is needed for the healthy development of T&I studies. <...> Research area: philology. translator and interpreter in China’s higher The past decade has witnessed a boom of training programs both education, at the postgraduate level and at the undergraduate level. <...> As of the end of 2015 there are all together 206 postgraduate programs (MTI) in translator and interpreter (T&I) studies and 150 undergraduate programs in China’s universities. <...> The fast development was mainly driven by the following external and internal © Siberian Federal University. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author <...>