西方语言文化系 （原外语系）是广东外语外贸大学南国商学院办学历史最悠久、规模最大的系别。

我系师资力量雄厚，治学严谨，拥有一支热爱教育事业、教学经验丰富、科研力量较强、学科梯队齐整、中青结合、蓬勃向上的师资队伍。其中专业教师74人，具有副高以上职称和硕士学位的教师共59名，外籍教师8名。

现有英语、西班牙语、德语、阿拉伯语和法语等专业，其中英语专业开设商务英语、国际贸易实务、翻译等专业方向。目前我系在校生近2300人，09届毕业生500余名。

西方语言文化系致力于培养通基础、精专业、强外语、重实践的复合型、应用型、外向型外语专业人才。在教学内容上更加突出实用性，在教学过程中注重实践教学，增强学生的外语运用能力。

Department of European Languages and Cultures (DELC)

As the oldest and largest department in Nanguo Business College, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, DELC (originally named Department of Foreign Languages) boasts a highly-motivated and experienced teaching faculty with ardent love of education and strong research capacity. The Department also has a well-organized disciplinary echelon and a combination of both old and young teachers with rigorous scholarship. Among the 74 professional teachers, 59 are associate professors or MA Degree holders, while 8 are foreign teachers. At present, the Department offers two programs: English and French. With regard to the former, DELC offers five major orientations: Business English, International Trade, International Tourism Management, Hospitality Management and Translation and Interpretation. At present, DELC has nearly 2,300 students, 500of whom will graduate in 2009. It is dedicated to producing inter-disciplinary, application-based and foreign-studies-oriented graduates with solid academic background, strong professional competency, wonderful foreign languages ability and rewarding pragmatism. Therefore, the Department also gives prominence to application and practice in teaching and is keen on improving students’ command of foreign languages.