Staff Profile

I was an Engineering student in Electronic Information Engineering and had worked as an engineer before I joined Newcastle University in 2016. I really enjoyed my time here during my postgraduate study and obtained my MA degree in Translation Studies in 2018. Having been a freelance translator and interpreter for many years, I started my PhD in 2020 to investigate the emotions of interpreters.

Research interest

Role of interpreter, performance, social and cognitive psychology

Thesis title (PhD)

“INFLUENCE OF CHANGES IN INTERPRETERS’ EMOTIONAL STATES ON THEIR PERFORMANCE IN SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETING”

Abstract

As a product of social interaction, interpreting can be seen as emotional work given its mediating effects, professionalism and emotional involvement of the interpreter. While emotions play a key role in emotional work, scarce research has been found on the influence of emotions on interpreters’ performance in simultaneous interpreting. This research project aims to fill up the research gap by exploring the influence of changes in interpreters’ emotions on their performance in simultaneous interpreting, with images and music as emotional stimuli. 

Supervisors

Dr Ya-Yun Chen, School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University

Dr Jade Biyu Du, School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University 

SML7000: Information Technology for Translators and Interpreters

SML8026: Localisation: Practice and Theory