Director
Zhang Zheng, Professor, PhD
Background
Zhang Zheng holds a PhD in English Literature from Peking University. He is the author of the monograph A Study of Computer Translation and has published over 30 textbooks and 50 journal articles. He is currently the director of the Centre for Comparative Cultural and Translation Studies at the School of Foreign Languages and Literature.
Courses
Computer-aided Translation
Translation Theory and Practice
Media Translation
Chinese Classical Translation
Seminars in Translatology
Research Interests
Translatology
Machine Translation
Comparative Cultural Studies
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Professor
Wang Liya, Professor, PhD
Background
Wang Liya received her PhD in English Literature from Peking University in 2000. She has published over 30 articles in academic journals and is the author of Gender Ideology and Narrative Strategies in Henry James (2004) and co-author of A Study on Anglo-American Narrative Theories (2005) and Western Narratology: Classical and Postclassical (2010). She has translated eight books on literary theory, short tales and novels. Her recent translation of A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen was published in 2011.
Research Interests
Literary Theory
English and American Novels
Narratology
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Wang Guangzhou, Associate Professor, PhD
Background
Wang Guangzhou received a BA from the Department of English Language and Literature at Hebei Normal University (formerly known as the Hebei Teachers College) in 1993, an MA from the School of Foreign Languages and Literature at Hunan Normal University in 1996 and a PhD from the School of Foreign Languages and Literature at Beijing Normal University in 2003. He has been teaching translation and other courses at the School since 1996.
Courses
Translation Practice
Translation of Basic Texts
Western Civilization and Culture
Contemporary American Poetry
Selected Ancient Chinese Literature
Research Interests
Translation Practice
Literature Criticism
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Jiang Li, Lecturer, PhD
Background
Jiang Li holds a PhD in English Language and Literature (Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies) from Peking University. She has published a number of textbooks and articles on translation in leading Chinese journals. She also has extensive practical experience as a translator and an interpreter.
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Courses
Literary Translation
Translation Theory and Practice
Translation Criticism
Research Interests
Translation Studies
Comparative Cultural Studies
Jiang Yuanqun, Instructor, MA
Background
Jiang Yuanqun has a Master in Conference Interpretation and Translation from the Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation at the Beijing Foreign Studies University. She joined the Centre after her graduation and has since been teaching a range of interpretation classes. She also works as a simultaneous and consecutive interpreter at international conferences.
Courses
Basic Consecutive Interpretation
Mock Conference Interpretation
Liu Shui, Postgraduate candidate
Li Yingjun, PhD candidate
Li Hongxia, PhD candidate
Yu Hong, PhD candidate
Wang Huashu, PhD candidate
Li Tenglong, PhD candidate