世纪商务英语阅读教程第四版基础篇2Unit6PPT课件.pptVIP

Since the Renaissance until the late 19th century, men involved in the daily correspondence and the activities of the mighty had assumed the title of secretary (or in other cases,“clerk”). With time, like many titles, the term was applied to more and varied functions, leading to compound titles to specify various secretarial work, like general secretary, financial secretary or Secretary of State. Just “secretary” remained in use, either as an abbreviation when clear in the context or for relatively modest positions, such as administrative assistant of the officer(s) in charge,