Biography
Research Areas
Translation and Interpreting; Legal Interpreting
Education
09/2012-09/2013 University of Leicester, School of Law, Leicester, UK. LLM General Law (Graduate with Merit)
09/2002-07/2005 Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, School of English for International Business. M.A. in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
09/1993-07/1997 Sichuan Institute of International Studies, School of International Business, Chongqing, China. B.A. English Language and Culture
Professional Experiences
07/2005 till now Lecturer Legal English Department of International Business, School of English for International Business, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
07/2007-7/2011 Chief Interpreter of a USAID-sponsored legal education program (United Stated Agency of International Development)
09/2007-now Part-time Legal Interpreter for Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court and Guangdong High People’s Court
Teaching
Translation, Interpreting, Legal Translation, Business Translation, Legal Interpreting, Introduction to the Culture of English-speaking Countries
Publications
Externship-based Legal Translation Teaching [J]. Journal of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. 2014 (3). (Written in Chinese)
A Tentative Functional Text Typology for Legal Translation: the Scope of Translator’s Subjectivity[C], in 2011 International Conference on Law, Translation and Culture Proceedings. American Scholar’s Press, 2012. (Written in English)
Caught in Dilemma: A Linguistic Analysis of the Court Interpreter’s Role in Criminal Trial Sessions [J]. Guangzhou Translator’s Bulletin, 2010 (6). (Written in Chinese)
A Primary Study on the Field Work Model of Legal English Teaching [J]. Time Education, 2009 (6). (Written in Chinese)
Conference Presentations
The Fourth International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse, October 2014
The 2nd International Conference on Law, Translation and Culture, Hong Kong, June 2012
The First International Conference on Law, Translation and Culture, Beijing, December 2011
Current Research
Legal Interpreting Decision-making; Legal Interpreter’s Role; Quality Control of Legal Interpreting; Procedural Legislation for Legal Interpreting