Journal of Literature and Art Studies, May 2019, Vol. 9, No. 5, 527-531
doi: 10.17265/2159-5836/2019.05.013
Construction of Quality Evaluation System for Translation
Majors in Application-Oriented Colleges and Universities
QING Li-hua
South China Business College (SCBC), Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GUFS), Guangdong, China
Under the background of “One Belt and One Road Initiative”, China’s internationalization improves greatly, which
promotes all-round communication and cooperation between China and foreign countries; the demand
for
application-oriented translation talents is bound to increa substantially.Therefore, it is of great significance to
establish a scientific and reasonable quality evaluation system to train translation professionals. This paper aims to
discuss how to construct a quality evaluation system for translation majors in application-oriented colleges and
universities for the purpo of promoting the translation talents cultivation.
Keywords: translation major, talents cultivation, evaluation system
Introduction
The outline of the National Plan for Medium-and Long-Term Education Reform and Development All Rights Rerved.
(2010-2020) clearly states: We will continue to optimize the structure of higher education, optimize the structure
of disciplines, types, and levels, and promote interdisciplinary integration. It focus on expanding the scale of
application-oriented, interdisciplinary, and skilled personnel training. The mode of higher education in China has
transformed from “elite education” to “mass education”, and the development of application-oriented
undergraduate education has become an inevitable trend in China’s social development. As a
application-oriented college, it is necessary to establish a scientific quality evaluation system for
application-oriented talents by keeping with the times so as to enhance China’s comparative advantages in this
respect.
Existing Problems
Currently, the teaching quality evaluation standards for local applied undergraduate colleges and universities generally have the following problems.
Firstly, the local undergraduate colleges and universities evaluation should be application-oriented, but now their internal lf-asssment usually refers to the qualified index system and asssment index system of
Acknowledgment: This rearch is financially supported by the province-level rearch project “English Language and
Literature: A Key Program in Guangdong” (Project code: GDTX170109). It is also financially funded by the college-level
rearch project “An Empirical Study on Innovative Strategies of Computer-aided Translation Technology in the Cultivation of
Undergraduate Translation Talents”(Project code:2018SELC03).
QING Li-hua, MA., Associate Professor at South China Business College, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies,
Guangdong, China.
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CONSTRUCTION OF QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TRANSLATION MAJORS undergraduate cour teaching from Ministry of Education; the indicators are commonly ud in ordinary
colleges and universities. Traditional training programs of translation talents only focus on language skills and
translation practice ability without emphasizing its connection with the market and society, therefore, it is
difficult for graduates to meet the requirements of work quickly. A challenge for such training program is to make
sure that they prepare graduates for the needs of diver professions in the rapidly changing market. This means
that programs need to be developed with the market needs in mind and that they need to ensure a good match
between graduates’ competences and employer’s requirements (Schaffner, 2012, pp. 37-45).
Secondly, the teaching quality evaluation system lacks the requirement of college-enterpri cooperation, and enterpris ldom participate in the teaching quality monitoring.
Thirdly, the evaluation content of teaching quality is not comprehensive enough; it often attaches importance to classroom teaching quality evaluation, neglecting extracurricular teaching activities evaluation. It
emphasizes the evaluation of theoretical teaching, neglecting the evaluation of practical teaching. In addition, the
implementation standards of practical teaching including experimental teaching, internship, practical training,
graduation design are not strict and not flexible.
Fourthly, the evaluation subject and evaluation methods are relatively simple. The teaching quality evaluation subject is often colleges and universities which decide whether their teaching quality is good or bad,
while enterpris ldom participate in teaching quality evaluation. They don’t lay emphasis on the asssment of
practical ability.
Principles of Constructing Quality Evaluation Mechanism for Translation Majors in
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Application-Oriented Colleges and Universities
Pertinence Principle
Local application-oriented undergraduate colleges and universities aim to cultivate application-oriented talents who meet the needs of industries and enterpris. Therefore, enterpris should be invited to participate in
teaching quality management. The evaluation criteria should take into account the needs of enterpris for talents,
so as to improve the quality of application-oriented translation talents training (Wang, 2018, pp. 143-146).
Besides, bad on the characteristics of application-oriented translation talents, the evaluation index should pay
more attention to the practice part, highlighting the requirements for application-oriented scientific rearch, and
improve the ratio of “double-qualified” teachers in the evaluation of teachers. Only in this way can
application-oriented translation talents meet the demand of the market.
Dynamic Principle
The development of enterpris and industries is dynamic, so is the demand of enterpris and industries for talent specifications. Talent cultivation needs to be carried out in a dynamic environment. Therefore, the
construction of teaching quality evaluation index system should reflect the openness and dynamics, which is
conducive to promoting the diversification and specialization of college-enterpri cooperation.
Operability Principle
In the process of constructing talents cultivation quality evaluation index system for translation majors, it is necessary to fully consider that the object of the quality evaluation system of talent cultivation is applied to
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undergraduate colleges rather than rearch-oriented universities or vocational colleges, and the characteristics of
locality, applicability and professionalism of applied undergraduate colleges should be concerned. Its design of
evaluation index system should be operable.
Construction of Quality Evaluation System for Translation Majors Evaluation Subject
The evaluation subjects of training quality for translation majors should be diversified, including colleges, enterpris, governments, graduates, and parents. College evaluation is the internal education system appraisal,
which is applied to judge whether the talents have correct outlook on life and values, their foreign language
proficiency, computer skills, physical and mental health, humanities knowledge, professional knowledge, and
professional skills and so on. In terms of ideology and moral character, professional accomplishment and
professional ability quality are considered. The enterpri mainly inspects the applied talents’ professional
morality quality, basic working ability, post development, and innovation ability from professional quality and
professional ability. Graduates and their parents measure the education quality of application-oriented
undergraduate colleges and universities mainly from the aspects of employment and entrepreneurship ability,
students’ satisfaction with colleges and universities and post-graduation salary (He & Zhai, 2017, pp. 138-140).
Only by taking the evaluation objects as the core and participating in the diversified evaluation subjects can the
quality of talent cultivation be guaranteed.
Evaluation Content
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The applied undergraduate education and talent cultivation cannot simply adopt the academic talents cultivation
mode adopted by comprehensive university and the single vocational skills training in vocational colleges. It
should build talents quality cultivation system for the purpo of training application-oriented talents with
knowledge, ability, quality, and objectives on the basis of the demand of the market. The evaluation contents of
translation major in application-oriented undergraduate colleges should include teaching staff, teaching
conditions and utilization, major and curriculum construction, quality management, practical teaching, study
atmosphere construction and student guidance, and teaching quality.
Evaluation Method
The lection of evaluation methods should meet the requirements of content in the evaluation index
system for talent cultivation quality, fully consider rving the evaluation objectives, and make the evaluation
results objectively reflect the actual quality level of application-oriented talent training.
Comprehensive evaluation of college-enterpri cooperation. Outline of National Medium-and Long-Term Program for Education Reform and Development (2010-2020) points out that through collaborative
innovation system the realization of cooperative education is a problem that needs to be solved from the concept,
system, and mechanism of education at prent and in the future. College-enterpri cooperation is the most
mature collaborative cultivation mode, who characteristic lies in the conjunction between the knowledge and
talent resources in colleges and universities and the advantages of the business acumen to the market and capital
operation in the enterpris. This mode can make full u of the resources of college sand enterpris and cloly
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CONSTRUCTION OF QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TRANSLATION MAJORS integrate the process of talents cultivation with the enterpri, which is beneficial to realize “amless docking”
between the talents training and social needs (Wu, Liang, Li, & Wang, 2016, pp. 52-58).
Translation major is a highly practical one, and the quality evaluation of its talent cultivation should not only be evaluated by colleges and universities, but also by enterpris. The participation process consists of
three levels: input, process, and output.
Evaluation of curriculum construction for translation majors. The level of major and curriculum construction is the fundamental embodiment of the might of application-oriented colleges and universities. First
of all, the arrangement of major and curriculum of application-oriented undergraduate colleges and universities
should adapt to the needs of regional economy and the development of enterpris and industries, and highlight
the characteristics of application. Secondly, it is necessary to establish a team of professional teachers with
dual-qualified teachers. Through college-enterpri cooperation, professional teachers can take the position in
enterpris to train their practical ability. At the same time, enterpri translation experts are invited to help
young teachers in colleges and universities understand the situation and needs of enterpris. Thirdly, it is
important to highlight the practicality and characteristics of translation major construction, strengthen the
practical teaching link, increa the proportion of practical teaching, and highlight the practicality in talent
training program design and curriculum system construction.
Combination of process evaluation and result evaluation. Process-bad evaluation, which pays attention to both process and result, is a trinity evaluation of learning motivation, process, and effect in the
n of curriculum implementation. This evaluation method can timely reflect students’ learning situation and
prompt students to actively reflect and summarize the learning process. Translation majors attach importance to All Rights Rerved.
the accumulation of translation practice, and process evaluation is an effective way of evaluation.
Construction of the Quality Evaluation Index System for Application-Oriented Translation
Talents
The quality of talents cultivation is the key to the quality of higher education and the vitality of higher education. Currently, there are only two evaluation index systems in China, namely, undergraduate teaching
evaluation index system and vocational college evaluation index system.
There is a lack of talent cultivation quality evaluation system for local application-oriented universities.
Therefore, it is necessary to develop a talent cultivation quality evaluation index system for
application-oriented universities, which can be constructed from four aspects: teacher team, major and
curriculum construction, quality management, and teaching quality. Teachers team is evaluated by the
government, school, and students from the aspects of student-teacher ratio, team structure, teachers’ ethics level,
teaching level and training. Major and curriculum development is evaluated by enterpris, schools, and
governments from the aspects of major development, curriculum and teaching and practical teaching, with
special emphasis on the integration between production and teaching to cultivate application-oriented
translation talents. Quality management is evaluated by the government and schools in terms of teaching
management teams and quality control. Teaching quality is comprehensively evaluated by the government,
enterpris, colleges, and parents of graduates from the aspects of moral education, professional knowledge and
ability, aesthetic education and physical education, in-school and out-school evaluation and employment.
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Table 1
Quality Evaluation Index System for Application-Oriented Translation Talents
One class index Evaluation subject Two class index Evaluation elements
Teachers team Government Number & structure
Student-teacher ratio
Team structure Student Teaching
level
Teachers’ ethics level
Teaching level College & university Training Training
Major and cour construction Enterpri Major
construction
Major tup and structure adjustment
Cultivation program
College & university Cour and teaching
Cour content and cour teaching resources
Classroom teaching and learning asssment Government and
enterpri
Teaching practice
Experimental teaching, teaching practice and internship
Social practice
Graduation thesis (design), comprehensive training
Quality management Government Teaching
management team Structure and quality College & university Quality control Rules and regulations
Teaching quality Government Moral
education
Ideological and political education
Moral
Enterpri/graduate Experti and ability
Basic theories and skills in major
Professional ability
Government
Physical education and
aesthetic education
Physical education and aesthetic education College/enterpri
On-campus and off-campus
evaluation
Teacher-student evaluation
Society evaluation
Parent/graduate Employment
Employment rate
Employment quality
Conclusion
The construction of the quality evaluation system for translation talents is of great significance to imp
rove the quality of translation talent cultivation. On the one hand, in the rearch of quality evaluation of
application-oriented translation talent training, it is necessary to formulate quality evaluation standards for
application-oriented translation talent training which are conducive to the sustainable development of the
society toward “high quality”. On the other hand, the quality evaluation system of translation talent cultivation
needs the comprehensive evaluation of college-enterpri cooperation to objectively reflect the satisfaction of
talent cultivation. Besides, construction of the quality evaluation index system for application-oriented
translation talents will play an important role in promoting the cultivation o f translation talents.
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