2003年12月20日至21日,广州外事翻译学会成立大会暨全国翻译理论与实践高层论坛在广州举行。来自全国的学者、高校教师、各个行业的一线翻译工作者共约180人参加了会议。中国翻译工作者协会翻译理论与翻译教学委员会秘书长杨平代表中国翻译者协会对广州外事翻译学会的成立表示了祝贺。在论坛中,外交部资深翻译家过家鼎大使、上海外国语大学谢天振 December 20, 2003 to December 21, Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Affairs Translation Assembly and the National Forum on Translation Theory and Practice held in Guangzhou. A total of about 180 participants from scholars, college teachers and frontline translators from various fields attended the conference. Yang Ping, secretary general of the Committee of Translation Theory and Translation Teaching of the China Association of Translators, congratulated the establishment of Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Affairs Translation on behalf of the Association of Chinese Translators. In the forum, a senior translator of the Foreign Ministry visited Ding Ambassador and Shanghai International Studies University Xie Tianzhen