Since the end of 20th century, modern science and technology have been breathing new life into translation course.

It is recognized that translation course for English majors in vocational colleges follows the corresponding curriculum in regular colleges to a great extent and focuses on the translation theory.

This paper presents an analysis of the problems and their causes in translation course of English departments in higher education.

Being a well-combined reflection of such two competences,the interpretation course in Business English is organized and exercised to focus on the training of linguistic competence in real business situation;therefore,it plays a key role in the business English teaching program.

The construction of interpretation course in regional universities follows naturally after the further development of the society and the accelerated economic globalization.

What is actually evaluated in translation curriculum is the translation competence.

This paper discusses the necessity of adopting such an approach and explains the main contents and general frame of the study on translation curriculum.

There is marked differences between Chinese to English translation and oral interpretation in amplification,ommission,repetition,inversion etc.

This linguistic trend has also caused a shift of focus in translation studies from the description of translation results to the observation and explanation of translation/interpreting processes.

As interpretation and translation constitute two branches of the Translation Study, not surprisingly, the two skills can be employed in interpretation as well.