[CFP] 1st UK-China Symposium on Translation Studies

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1st UK-China Symposium on Translation Studies

Organised by:
Centre for Translation Studies, University of Leeds
School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Conference date: 16-17 Aug 2021

Host: Centre for Translation Studies, University of Leeds
(Note: The conference venue will be confirmed in May 2021 depending on whether the conference is face-to-face or virtual.)

Aims and scope:
Translation and interpreting have played and will continue to play important roles in various aspects of UK-China relations and people-to-people exchanges. In addition to the translation and interpreting activities in various forms linking bilateral relations and bridging peoples’ hearts and minds, the English/Chinese stream has been established and developed in dozens of translation and interpreting programmes in the UK and in over two hundred T&I programmes in China.

Against this background the UK-China Symposium on Translation Studies is designed to be a biannual event co-organised by a UK university and a China university in order to promote exchanges among T&I scholars from both countries and to explore various aspects of Translation Studies with a focus on English/Chinese translation & interpreting and their education.

The 1st UK-China Symposium on Translation Studies will be held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Centre for Translation Studies in the University of Leeds. We welcome submission of abstracts on the following themes. Quality submissions might be considered for special issues to
be proposed for international journals.

Themes:

  • Translation and interpreting studies in China and UK: Unity and diversity
  • Chinese discourse on translation and interpreting
  • Studies on T&I master and doctoral education in China and UK
  • Studies on language-pair specificity in English/Chinese translation and interpreting
  • Digital humanities in translation and interpreting studies
  • Corpus studies in translation and interpreting studies
  • Cross-frontier translation and interpreting studies

Abstract submission date: by 15 Jun 2021
Pls submit to: UKCHSymTS@gmail.com

Co-Chairs:
Binhua Wang, University of Leeds
Wei Zhang, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Academic Committee:
Mona Baker, Manchester University
Chonglong Gu, University of Liverpool
Kaibao Hu, Shanghai International Studies University
Libo Huang, Xi’an International Studies University
Dechao Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Defeng Li, University of Macau
Saihong Li, Stirling University
Rachel Lung, Lingnan University
Xuanmin Luo, Guangxi University
Lei Mu, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Jeremy Munday, University of Leeds
Hongwu Qin, Qufu Normal University
Robert Neather, Hong Kong Baptist University
Wen Ren, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Yifeng Sun, University of Macau
Zaixi Tan, Shenzhen University
Binhua Wang, University of Leeds
Kefei Wang, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Jackie Xiu Yan, City University of Hong Kong
Yan Ying, University of Leicester
Wei Zhang, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Binghan Zheng, Durham University
Chunshen Zhu, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)

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