In the past, only those from academic institutions who have undergone professional assessment can become senior translators. Most of them worked in the foreign affairs department or publishing companies with forty or fifty thousand belonging to professional organizations. With the increasing demand for translation jobs, the number of translators have reached millions and a suitable personnel training system is being developed. Statistics show that there are nearly 300 registered Chinese translation companies in Taiwan with at least 500,000 translators. However, there are only 60,000 professional Chinese-English and Chinese-Japanese translators concentrated in developed cities such as Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung or are working in government departments. In terms of size, Taiwan has become a major "translation hub." Its translation market is expected to reach $10 billion.
Translation quality forms the basis of a Chinese translation company’s existence. It guarantees the long-term cooperation between a company and its customers. It is also the pillar of stability and fast development. Quality is the core of business operation. With the development of society, the domestic translation market has been growing very fast with the emergence of more and more translation companies. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the translation industry has gained $10 billion share of the market. University-based translation services have already been replaced by professional translation companies, while foreign companies that have set-up business in Taiwan showed higher demand for translation quality and services.