International Journal of Education

Against the backdrop of the deepening national strategy of “Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation,” the education for Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) in local universities urgently needs to break through traditional training approaches and explore a new talent cultivation paradigm empowered by innovation and entrepreneurship. Taking an MTI program at a local university as a case study, this paper employs a mixed-methods research approach, integrating questionnaire surveys, in-depth interviews, and textual analysis of training programs, to systematically examine how innovation and entrepreneurship education is embedded throughout the entire MTI training process and drives its systemic reconstruction in aspects such as curriculum design, practical platforms, competency structure, and evaluation mechanisms. The research finds that the training model incorporating elements of innovation and entrepreneurship significantly enhances graduate students’ cross-domain integration capabilities, technological application skills, project management abilities, and career adaptability. This not only expands the competency boundaries of translation professionals but also provides a replicable practical path for the differentiated and distinctive development of MTI education in local universities.

Innovation and entrepreneurship empowerment; Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI); Local universities; Training paradigm; Integration of industry and education