Staff Profile

Background

Since obtaining my MA in translation and interpreting from Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA, I have worked as a freelance translator and interpreter. My subject areas of expertise in interpreting include environmental issues, science, energy, accounting, performance arts, education and psychology. I have translated more than 50 English books into Chinese, most of which are in the areas of science, environmental literature and children’s literature. I have 25 years of experience in English-Chinese audiovisual translation and 20 years of experience in game and website localisation.  

Roles and Responsibilities

MA Chinese T&I Recruitment team member

Qualifications

PhD., Translating & Interpreting, Newcastle University, 2009

MA, Translation & Interpretation, Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA, 1998

BSc, Soil and Water Conservation with a Minor Subject in Foreign Languages & Literature, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, 1989

Previous Positions

2000-2004, Part-time Lecturer, Interpreting courses,
Dept. of Applied English, National Taipei University of Technology

1999-2004, Part-time Lecturer, Translation courses,
Continuing Education Center, Chinese Culture University

Honours and Awards

2010: The Sixth WenJin Book Award by National Library of China (中国国家图书馆第六届文津图书奖) with the Chinese Translation of the book 'DNA: The Secret of Life' (DNA:生命的秘密), written by J.D. Watson.

Research Interests

Translation/interpreting studies: especially how translators/interpreters construe meaning, how their beliefs interact with their cultural identities and learning motivation, and how paralinguistice and affective factors influence interpreters' performance

Audiovisual/Video game translation: transcreation and multimodality.
Reflective learning
Autonomous learning
Educational psychology and philosophy

Other Expertise

Translation practice (translation of subtitles, games, popular science, etc.)

Current Work

Current PhD students supervised

Cao, X. - Exploring Patterns in Translating Sexually Explicit Language in Literary Texts from English into Chinese

Liao, C. - Exploring Textual Factors Influencing Source Speech Difficulty: A Study on English-Chinese Simultaneous Interpreting Tests

Robertson, D. - How Culture Specific References Influence the Participants of Chinese to English Video Game Translation in the Process of Localisation

Yu, P.  - Emotional Regulation Strategies in Simultaneous Interpreting

Past PhD students supervised

He, Z. (2017) Multiple Causality of Differences in Taboo Translation of Blockbuster Films by Chinese Fansubbers and Professionals

Lin, Y.H. (2017) How suspense in detective fiction is affected when translated : a case study based on textual analysis of three Chinese translations of The Hound of the Baskervilles

Wang, L. (2017) West Wind: Being “Modern” and “Chinese” through Translation

Wang. T.W. (2016) Discourse markers in English-Chinese Simultaneous Interpreting.

Funding

Postgraduate Teaching

CHN8024 Consecutive Interpreting II
CHN7003 Translating I (module leader)
SML7000 Information Technology for T&I (module leader)
CHN8035 Chinese-English Subtitle and Video Game Translation (module leader)
MA dissertation/project supervision

PhD supervision 

• Chen YY. Assessing Translation Students’ Reflective and Autonomous Learning. In: Huertas-Barros, E; Vandepitte, S; Iglesias-Fernández, E, ed. Quality Assurance and Assessment Practices in Translation and Interpreting. IGI Global, 2019, pp.288-314.
• Chen YY. Translating films. In: Pellatt,V;Liu,E;Chen,YY, ed. Translating Chinese Culture: The Process of Chinese-English Translation. Routledge, 2014, pp.151-166.
• Pellatt V, Liu E, Chen YY. Translating Chinese Culture: The process of Chinese-English translation. London, UK: Routledge, 2014.
• Chen YY. Chinese Trainee Interpreters' Identity Conflicts and Learning Motivation -- A Case Study of An Interpreting Work Placement in the UK. 2011. In Preparation.
• Chen YY. Trainee Translators' Reflective Learning in Small Group Discussion. In: Pellatt, V., Griffiths, K., Wu, S.C, ed. Teaching and Testing Interpreting and Translating. Oxford and New York: Peter Lang, 2010, pp.81-95.
• Chen YY. Trainee Translators' Awareness-raising: A Process-oriented Study on Diary, Think-aloud and Small Group Discussion. In: The Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on TESOL and Translation. 2007, Taiwan: Chang Jung Christian University.
• Loewen JW, Chen YY (trans.). 老師的謊言：美國高中課本不教的歷史[Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong]. Taipei: UnderTable Publisher, 2015.
• Chen YY(trans.). 改變電影的100個觀念[by David Parkinson]. Taipei, Taiwan: Faces Publishing, 2013.
• Chen YY (trans.). 人．魚．海的兩種未來: 從餐桌的盛宴到海洋的盡頭, 一位漁夫作家從魚市出發的溯源之旅 [by Paul Greenberg]. Taipei: Faces Publishing, 2012.
• Chen YY (trans.). 消失的天才 [by Masha Gessen]. Taipei: Faces Publishing, 2012.
• Hempton G, Grossmann J, Chen YY (trans). 一平方英寸的寂靜 [One Square Inch of Silence: One Man's Search for Natural Silence in a Noisy World]. Taipei: Faces Publishing Ltd, 2011.
• Barrett D, Chen YY (trans.). 綁架本能的世界：影響所有決定的「超常刺激」理論 [Supernormal Stimuli: how primal urges overran their evolutionary purpose]. Taiwan: The EURASIAN Publishing Group, 2010.
• Langer EJ, Chen YY (trans.). 逆時針 [Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility]. Taiwan: The EURASIAN Publishing Group, 2010.
• Chen YY (trans.). 科學大哉問 [edited by Harriet Swain]. Taiwan: The Trio Publications, CITE Publishing Ltd, 2007.
• Chen YY (trans.). 誓言為什麼變謊言 [by Robin L. Smith]. Taiwan: The Commonwealth Publishing Co, 2007.
• Chen YY (trans.). DNA：生命的秘密 [by James D. Watson]. Taiwan: The China Times Publishing Co, 2006.
• Chen YY (trans.). 休想困住我 [by Keith Yamashita & Sandra Spataro]. Taiwan: The Commonwealth Publishing Co, 2005.
• Chen YY (trans.). 一動一靜都是策略 [by Bruce Pandolfini ]. Taiwan: The Commonwealth Publishing Co, 2004.
• Chen YY (trans.). 改變世界的簡單法則 [by Mark Buchanan]. Taiwan: The EURASIAN Publishing Group, 2004.
• Chen YY (trans.). 模糊的未來：從社會、科學到晶片中的天堂 [by Bart Kosko]. Taiwan: The EURASIAN Publishing Group, 2004.
• Chen YY (trans.). 海中精靈：鯨、海豚與鼠海豚 [by National Geographic Society]. Taiwan: The Choice Publishing Company Ltd, 2004.
• Chen YY (trans.). 費曼的彩虹－物理大師的最後24堂課 [by Leonard Mlodinow]. Taiwan: The EURASIAN Publishing Group, 2004.
• Chen YY (trans.). 獅子、獅子 [by National Geographic Society]. Taiwan: The Choice Publishing Company Ltd, 2003.
• Davis W, Chen YY(co-trans.). 世界的臉譜[Peoples of the World: A Guide to Cultures]. Taipei: Choice Publishing Company, 2003.
• Chen YY (trans.). 從零開始－追蹤零的符號與意義 [by Robert Kaplan]. Taiwan: The EURASIAN Publishing Group, 2002.
• Callicott JB, Chen YY(co-trans.). 保育價值與倫理學[Conservation Values and Ethics]. 鵝湖學誌(Legein Society) 2002, 25, 145-188.
• Waldau P, Chen YY(trans.). 工廠化農場(集約飼養)[Factory Farming]. In: Bekoff,M;Meaney,CA, ed. 動物權與動物福利小百科[Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare ]. Taipei: Laureate Book, 2002, pp.172-173.
• Mench JA, Chen YY(trans.). 農場動物福利 [Farm-Animal Welfare]. In: Bekoff,M;Meaney,CA, ed. 動物權與動物福利小百科[Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare ]. Taipei: Laureate Book, 2002, pp.173-175.
• Chen YY (trans.). 出診叢林妙獸醫 [by William B. Karesh]. Taiwan: The Commonwealth Publishing Co, 2001.
• Chen YY (trans.). 日本巨變:從日本經濟文化變革到全球勢力的重分配 [by Milton Ezrati]. Taiwan: The Yuan-Liou Publishing Company, 2001.
• Chen YY (trans.). 演化進行曲:從大象的耳朵談起 [by Chris Lavers]. Taiwan: The Walnut Tree Publishing Co, 2001.
• Chen YY (trans.). 男人來自火星，女人來自金星：愛的絮語－關於男人 [by John Gray]. Taiwan: Commonwealth Publishing Co, 2001.
• Chen YY (trans.). 踏入宇宙的一小步－黑洞、蟲洞、時光機 [by Jim Al-Khalili]. Taiwan: The EURASIAN Publishing Group, 2000.
• Chen YY (trans.). 哈囉，獸醫先生！[by J. McCormack]. Taiwan: The Commonwealth Publishing Co, 1999.
• Chen YY (trans.). 沼澤地夢遊者-烏龜生活記事 [by David M. Carroll]. Taiwan: The Commonwealth Publishing Co, 1999.
• Chen YY (trans.). 依然是我 [by Christopher Reeve]. Taiwan: The Commonwealth Publishing Co, 1998.
• Chen YY (trans.). 夏日走過山間 [by John Muir]. Taiwan: The Commonwealth Publishing Co, 1998.
• Stewart D, Chen YY(trans.). 如果你搭上鐵達尼號[You Wouldn’t Want To Sail on the Titanic!]. Taipei: Salariya Book Company, 2005.
• MacDonald F, Chen YY(trans.). 如果你是中世紀騎士[You Wouldn’t Want To Be A Medieval Knight!]. Taipei: Salariya Book Company, 2005.
• MacDonald F, Chen YY(trans.). 如果你是哥倫布的小水手[You Wouldn’t Want To Sail With Christopher Columbus!]. Taipei: Salariya Book Company, 2005.
• Stewart D, Chen YY(trans.). 如果你是埃及木乃伊[You Wouldn’t Want To Be An Egyptian Mummy!]. Taipei: Salariya Book Company, 2005.
• Ford M, Chen YY(trans.). 如果你是希臘運動員[You Wouldn’t Want To Be A Greek Athlete!]. Taipei: Salariya Book Company, 2005.
• Cook P, Chen YY(trans.). 如果你是捕鯨船水手[You Wouldn’t Want To Sail on A 19-Century Whaling Ship!]. Taipei: Salariya Book Company, 2005.
• Green J, Chen YY(trans.). 如果你是極地探險家[You Wouldn’t Want To Be A Polar Explorer!]. Taipei: Salariya Book Company, 2005.
• Malam J, Chen YY(trans.). 如果你是海盜船囚犯[You Wouldn’t Want To Be A Pirate’s Prisoner!]. Taipei: Salariya Book Company, 2005.
• Malam J, Chen YY(trans.). 如果你是羅馬格鬥士[You Wouldn’t Want To Be A Roman Gladiator!]. Taipei: Salariya Book Company, 2005.
• Hicks P, Chen YY(trans.). 如果你是美國西部警察[You Wouldn’t Want To Live In A Wild West Town!]. Taipei: Salariya Book Company, 2005.
• Malam J, Chen YY(trans.). 如果你是長毛象獵人[You Wouldn’t Want To Be A Mammoth Hunter!]. Taipei: Salariya Book Company, 2005.
• Graham I, Chen YY(trans.). 如果你是阿波羅13號太空人[You Wouldn’t Want To Be On Apollo 13!]. Taipei: Salariya Book Company, 2005.
• Prager EJ, Chen YY(trans.). 地震[Earthquakes]. Taipei: Choice Publishing Company, 2004.
• Heiligman D, Chen YY(trans.). 寶寶[Babies]. Taipei: Choice Publishing Company, 2004.
• Prager EJ, Chen YY(trans.). 沙子[Sand]. Taipei: Choice Publishing Company, 2004.
• Tomecek S, Chen YY(trans.). 泥土[Dirt]. Taipei: Choice Publishing Company, 2004.
• Prager EJ, Chen YY(trans.). 火山[Volcano!]. Taipei: Choice Publishing Company, 2004.
• Earle SA, Chen YY(trans.). 珊瑚礁[Coral Reefs]. Taipei: Choice Publishing Company, 2004.
• Chen YY(co-trans.). Happiness快樂. Taipei: Commonwealth Publishing, 2000.
• Chen YY(co-trans.). Love愛情. Taipei: Commonwealth Publishing, 2000.