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上篇 Chapter 1 Introduction to Interpretation 英语口译教程 I. The development of interpretation Interpreting is a type of translation, an act of rendering spoken words from one language into another. Interpreting has a recorded history of several thousand years. In China, as early as in the Zhou Dynasty, there were interpreters who worked for the government. However, interpreting, as an internationally- recognized profession, is rather young. Before the 20th century, almost all important int