Newcastle University

Background

Dr Wu joined Newcastle University in 1998 as a lecturer on the Postgraduate Programme in Translating and Interpreting and the Undergraduate Chinese Language Programme. Before that, Dr. Wu worked as a lecturer at the English Department of Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages in Taiwan. He was also Director of the Szu-yuan Translation Service, which is affiliated to Wenzao College; this post involved managing translation and interpreting projects, recruiting translators/interpreters, and overseeing the College's translation internship programme. Since he joined the T&I Postgraduate Programme, Dr. Wu has been developing and teaching the interpreting modules as well as developing assessment materials and procedures for interpreting exams.

Roles and Responsibilities

Director of Postgraduate Studies, School of Modern Languages

Qualifications

PhD, Newcastle University, UK
  Thesis title: Assessing Simultaneous Interpreting
                    - a study on test reliability and examiners' assessment behaviour

MA in Translation and Interpretation
  Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA

MA in East Asian Studies
  St. John's University, USA

BA in English
  Tamkang University, Taiwan

Previous Positions

External examiner of MA courses in translation and interpreting
(Chinese-English):
1. Westminster University (2006-2011)
2. Middlesex University (2007-09)

Lecturer, English Department, and
Director, Szu-yuan Translation Centre (1993-1998)
Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Languages

Mandarian Chinese, Taiwanese, English

Research Interests

Interpreter and translator education, testing and assessment issues of interpreting examinations.

Postgraduate Supervision

Research student advisor on T&I related studies

Funding

2008 UTLC Innovation Fund on developing training materials for public service interpreting

2006 UTLC Innovation Fund on developing a web-based digital multi-media delivery platform for interpreting and language teaching and learning.

Postgraduate Teaching

• Wu S. How Do We Assess Students in the Interpreting Examinations?. In: Tsagari, D., Deemter, R, ed. Assessment Issues in Language Translation and Interpreting. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang GmbH, 2013.
• Pellatt V, Griffiths K, Wu S. Teaching and Testing Interpreting and Translating. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2010.
• Wu SC. Assessment Issues of Simultaneous Interpreting. In: International Conference on Translation and Interpretation. 2005, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California, USA.
• Wu FS. Assessment Scales and Descriptors for Simultaneous Interpreting. In: The 8th International Conference on T&I Studies. 2003, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.