Conference Programme

August 16, 2021

1. Opening Ceremony

Venue: Zoom online via registration for the plenary sessions

Time

Opening and welcome

Chair

 

 

 

Beijing time:

Speakers: Binhua Wang

Binhua Wang

15:0015:20

Jeremy Munday

 

UK time:

 

 

08:0008:20

 

 

 

 

 

2. Plenary Session of Keynote Speeches

Venue: Zoom online via registration for the plenary sessions

Time

Session

Chair

 

 

 

Beijing time:

Keynote Speech 1

 

15:2015:55

Speaker: Dr Jonathan Evans, University of Glasgow

 

 

 

UK time:

Topic: Teen romance, wuxia dramas and a food show: translated

 

 

 

08:2008:55

Sinophone programming on Netflix in contrast to Chinese art

 

cinema

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beijing time:

Keynote Speech 2

 

15:5516:30

Speaker: Prof Kaibao Hu, Shanghai International Studies

 

University

 

UK time:

 

Topic: Creativity and Constraints of an AI Literary Translator

 

08:5509:30

 

– a Corpus-based Study of AI English-Chinese Translation of

Prof Binhua

 

 

Wang,

 

Shakespeare’s Plays

 

University of

 

 

 

 

Leeds

Beijing time:

Keynote Speech 3

 

16:3017:05

Speaker: Dr Dechao Li, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

 

UK time:

Topic: Reconceptualising Translation from Asian Perspectives

 

09:3010:05

 

 

 

 

 

Beijing time:

Keynote Speech 4

 

17:0517:40

Speaker: Prof Wen Ren, Beijing Foreign Studies University

 

 

 

UK time:

Topic: Defining National Translation Capacity: Towards a

 

 

 

10:0510:40

Comprehensive National Translation Capacity Framework

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Parallel Sessions

Beijing time: 18:00-19:40

UK time: 11:00-12:40

Sessions

Chair

Session 1: Conceptual, theoretical and methodological issues (1)

Chonglong GU

(20 mins for each speaker)

 

Venue: https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/82284825335

 

(Meeting ID: 822 8482 5335)

 

 

 

Session 2: Corpus-based translation studies

Dingjia LIU

(20 mins for each speaker)

 

Venue: https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/86981785884

 

(Meeting ID: 869 8178 5884)

 

 

 

Session 3: Interpreting studies (1)

Jiqing DONG

(20 mins for each speaker)

 

Venue: https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/85029881737

 

(Meeting ID: 850 2988 1737)

 

 

 

Beijing time: 20:00-21:40

 

UK time: 13:00-14:40

 

 

 

Sessions

Chair

Session 4: Conceptual, theoretical and methodological issues (2)

Yan WANG

(20 mins for each speaker)

 

Venue: https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/82284825335

 

(Meeting ID: 822 8482 5335)

 

 

 

Session 5: Empirical and data-based analyses of translations

John Qiong

(20 mins for each speaker)

WANG

 

Venue: https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/86981785884

 

(Meeting ID: 869 8178 5884)

 

 

 

Session 6: Interpreting studies (2)

Nan ZHAO

 

(20 mins for each speaker)

 

Venue: https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/85029881737

 

(Meeting ID: 850 2988 1737)

 

 

 

August 17, 2021

4. Plenary Session of Keynote Speeches

Venue: Zoom online via registration for the plenary sessions

Time

Session

 

Chair

Beijing time:

Keynote Speech 5

 

 

15:2015:55

Speaker: Prof Yifeng Sun, University of Macau

 

 

UK time:

Topic: Lin Shu’s Translations Revisited: Why and How Did They

 

08:2008:55

Work?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beijing time:

Keynote Speech 6

 

 

15:5516:30

Speaker: Prof Binhua Wang, University of Leeds

 

 

 

 

 

UK time:

Topic: Universality and language-pair specificity in

interpreting

 

 

 

 

08:5509:30

studies

 

 

Beijing time:

Keynote Speech 7

 

Dr Yan Ying,

16:3017:05

Speaker: Prof Kefei Wang & Dr Rongbo Fu, Beijing Foreign

University of

Leicester

 

Studies University

 

UK time:

 

 

 

 

 

09:3010:05

Topic: Hedging in interpreted and spontaneous speeches:

 

 

 

 

 

The case of Chinese and American political press briefings

 

 

 

 

 

Beijing time:

Keynote Speech 8

 

 

17:0517:40

Speaker: Dr Jackie Xiu Yan & Mr Kangte Luo, City University

 

of Hong Kong

 

 

UK time:

 

 

 

 

 

10:0510:40

Topic: Audio description and interpreting training: A comparison

 

 

 

 

 

of assessment criteria from the perspective of learners

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Parallel Sessions

Beijing time: 18:00-19:40

UK time: 11:00-12:40

Sessions

Chair

Session 7: Studies on literary translation

Saihong LI

(20 mins for each speaker)

 

Venue: https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/82284825335

 

(Meeting ID: 822 8482 5335)

 

 

 

Session 8: Studies on translation of classics

Su CHAI

(20 mins for each speaker)

 

Venue: https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/86981785884

 

(Meeting ID: 869 8178 5884)

 

 

 

Session 9: Studies on non-literary translation

Jingping LI

(20 mins for each speaker)

 

Venue: https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/85029881737

 

(Meeting ID: 850 2988 1737)

 

 

 

Beijing time: 20:00-21:40

 

UK time: 13:00-14:40

 

 

 

Sessions

Chair

Session 10: Studies on translations in history

Xiaorui WANG

(20 mins for each speaker)

 

Venue: https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/82284825335

 

(Meeting ID: 822 8482 5335)

 

 

 

Session 11: Translation and interpreting education

Yukun CHEN

 

(20 mins for each speaker)

 

Venue: https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/86981785884

 

(Meeting ID: 869 8178 5884)

 

 

 

Session 12: Studies on cultural translation

Zuqiong MA

 

(20 mins for each speaker)

 

Venue: https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/85029881737

 

(Meeting ID: 850 2988 1737)

 

 

 

6. Plenary Closing Ceremony

Venue: Zoom online via registration for the plenary sessions

Time

Opening and welcome

Chair

Beijing time:

Speaker: Wei ZHANG, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Binhua Wang

21:40-22:00

 

 

UK time:

 

 

14:40-15:00