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Born in 1977, Zhang Lu is a Jinan girl who was born and raised in Jinan. She is a 1996 student of the Department of International Law at the China Foreign Affairs University. She studied diplomacy at a university in London and obtained a master's degree. In 2000, 23-year-old Zhang Lu graduated from the Department of International Law of China Foreign Affairs University and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Later, he served as Deputy Director of the English Division of the Translation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director of the Spanish-Portuguese Division of the Translation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On March 14, 2010, 33-year-old Zhang Lu made her debut at the Prime Minister's press conference and formally entered people's field of vision. In 2011, Zhang Lu became popular online and received rave reviews for fluently translating ancient poems quoted by Premier Wen Jiabao at the press conferences of the two sessions. Zhang Lu has acted as an interpreter at the Prime Minister's press conference many times, and is also one of the chief interpreters on important foreign occasions

A staff member of the Translation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs introduced to the media that to enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a senior translator, one must go through the triple test of "strict selection, crazy practice, and careful preparation". The Ministry of Foreign Affairs selects translators to go through a rigorous initial and re-examination: the initial examination usually passes the civil service examination ranking, or goes to a professional college for a written examination. Among them, the top 10 to 15 in their scores will be able to enter the translation department to participate in the next stage of "observation training". "Observation training" is essentially "elimination training". In the end, less than 4% of people were hired. According to a report published by the China Broadcasting Corporation in 2015, to be an excellent translator requires "devil-style training". Zhang Lu said when he gave lectures to students that she often worked overtime until two in the morning, and she still listened to BBC and CNN, taking notes, also read "Reference News" and "Global Times" and so on

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