Editing Profession (section)

==Etymology==
The term "profession" is a truncation of the term "liberal profession", which is, in turn, an [[Anglicization]] of the French term ''profession libérale''. Originally borrowed by English users in the 19th century, it has been re-borrowed by international users from the late 20th, though the (upper-middle) class overtones of the term do not seem to survive re-translation: "liberal professions" are, according to the [[European Union]]'s Directive on Recognition of Professional Qualifications (2005/36/EC), "those practised on the basis of relevant professional qualifications in a personal, responsible and professionally independent capacity by those providing intellectual and conceptual services in the interest of the client and the public". 
Under the [[European Commission]], liberal professions are professions that require specialized training and that are regulated by "national governments or professional bodies".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-05 |title=Liberal professions |url=https://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/promoting-entrepreneurship/we-work-for/liberal-professions_en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111075458/https://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/promoting-entrepreneurship/we-work-for/liberal-professions_en |archive-date=11 January 2017 |access-date=2018-05-03 |website=Growth |publisher=[[European Commission]] |language=en}}</ref>