Department of Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Educational Qualifications

LLM (Arbitration & Dispute Resolution), The University of Hong Kong
M.A. in Conference Interpreting, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Ph.D. in Modern Chinese Literature, Harvard University
M.A. in Chinese Literature, Stanford University
M.A. in Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
M.Phil. in Comparative Literature, The University of Hong Kong
B.A. in English Literature & Comparative Literature, The University of Hong Kong

Fields of Research/Teaching

Conference and legal interpreting
Modern and contemporary Chinese fiction and film
Gender studies
Cultural studies

Publications

“Word Fencing and Defensing: Interpreting at Arbitration Hearings” in Chan Sin Wai ed., An Encyclopedia of Practical Translation and Interpreting, Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 2018, pp. 497-513.
“Xi Xi and Tales of Hong Kong” in Kirk A. Denton ed., The Columbia Companion to Modern Chinese Literature, New York: Columbia University Press, 2016, pp.355-362.
“Nostalgic Cuisines and Food Memoirs”, Journal of Oriental Studies, vol. 45, nos. 1&2, December 2012, pp. 107-119.
“Li Ang Appreciations - Contemporary Chinese Writers (mit.edu)” @ MIT Contemporary Chinese Writers website, October 2006.
“Screen Memories: Re-configurations of the Past in Hong Kong Nostalgia Cinema” in Lee Cheuk-Yin and Hsiung Ping-chen eds., Evolving Cultural Memory in China and her Neighbours, Commercial Press, Hong Kong, 2008, pp. 290-305.
“A Chinese Ghost Story” in This Century’s Review, (www.thiscenturysreview.com) October 2006.
“Xi Xi and Tales of Hong Kong” in Joshua Mostow ed., The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature, Columbia University Press, 2003, pp. 578-583.
“Of Sound and Fury: Li Ang” in Lily Xiao Hong Lee ed., Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Twentieth Century Volume, M E Sharpe, 2002, pp. 295-297.
Selected for translation: “李昂”。（萧虹译），选录在萧虹编，《中国妇女传记词典：二十世纪卷》，悉尼大学出版社，2016，页349-352.
“Painted Skin: Ghost and Chinese Woman” in The Dudley Review, vol. 1, no. 1, Winter 1994, pp. 10-1.
“When the Woman Looks: Female Desire in Three Chinese Films directed by Zhang Yimou” in Papers on Chinese Literature, vol. 2, Autumn 1994, pp. 61-84. nos. 1-4, pp. 141-50.
“Feminism in the Chinese Context: Li Ang’s The Butcher’s Wife” in Modern Chinese Literature, vol. 4, nos. 1&2, pp. 177-200. Selected for reprint in Tani E. Barlow ed., Gender Politics in Modern China:Writing and Feminism, Duke University Press, 1993, pp. 266-89. Selected for translation: “中文世界的女性主义：论李昂的‘杀夫’”（储湘君译），选录在邱子修编，《跨文化的想像主体性：台湾后殖民/女性研究论述》，台大出版中心，2012，页197-233.
“The Labyrinth of Meaning: a reading of Li Ang’s fiction” in Tamkang Review, vol. 18, nos. 1-4, pp. 141-50.
“Li Ang’s Experiments with the Epistolary Form” in Modern Chinese Literature, vol. 3, nos. 1&2, pp. 91-106.
“Experience of a Postgraduate” (winner of 1986 University of Hong Kong Open Day Essay Competition), Hong Kong Standard, Nov. 8, 1986.

Conference/Workshop

15/1/2022
Panel discussion on community interpreting at an online interpreting class, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, USA.
5/5/2019
“Mitigating Risks of Miscarriages of Justice: the need for legal interpreting training”
Presentation at the Monterey Forum 2019, Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, USA.
3/4/2017
“Application and Challenges of Legal Interpreting”
Talk given for the Chinese Society of HKUSU, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
3/11/2015
“Classroom vs Practice: on teaching interpreting”
Panel discussion at the Singapore Translation Symposium, Singapore Management University, Singapore.
30/6/2015
Inteviewed by DBC on interpreting experience, program: http://www.dbc.hk/radio2/programme-archive/Id/18543
13/10/2013
Interpreting Workshop given for Hong Kong Translingual Services, HKSKH Lady MacLehose Centre, Hong Kong.
11/5/2013
“Interpretation as Profession: how free is freelancing?”

Talk given for the bi-monthly meeting of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, YMCA, Hong Kong.
9/3/2013
“Paradox of a Profession: Conference Interpretation會議傳譯：‘不專業’的專業”
Talk given for the “Talks on Practical Translation” series organized by the Hong Kong Translation Society, Hong Kong Central Public Library, Hong Kong.
23/3/2011
“Deconstructing Interpretation解構詮/傳譯”
Talk given for Translation Society, Hang Seng Management College, Hong Kong.

Academic/Professional Service

Adjudicator for the 7th Cross-strait Interpreting Contest: Hong Kong Area held at City University of Hong Kong on 10/3/2018.
Judge for the annual CILTHK Essay Competition organized by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (2017-2022).
Trainer for minority language medical interpreter training courses organized by the Hong Kong Translingual Service (2017-2018).