YEUNG, Jessica (Dr.)

Profile

• Associate Professor, Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University

Education

• Ph.D., Middlesex University (School of Fine Arts and Performing Arts Studies), London (2002)
  Thesis: Xiqu and Modernisation: The Transformations of the Chinese Traditional Theatre in the Process of Social Formation of Modern China
• MPhil., The University of Hong Kong (Department of Comparative Literature) (1997)
• B.A.(Hons), Major in Translation (Faculty of Arts), The University of Hong Kong (1990)

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Ph.D. Supervision

• “Representations of Women in Ethnic Minority Cinemas” (on-going)
• 《閻連科小説英譯研究》(on-going)
• “Art-writing as Intersemiotic and Interlingual Translation” (completed)
• “The Role of Bilingual Writing/Translation in Mei Lanfang’s 1930s Overseas Performance Tour and Pai Hsien-yung’s 2010s Overseas Kunqu Project” (completed)
• “The Vicissitudes of the Authentic Self: A Literary Mapping of the Authentic Self from John Milton’s Paradise Lost to Bret Easton Ellis’ Glamorama” (completed)

Ph.D. Co-supervision

• “中國三部當代少數民族題材小說英譯研究” (completed)
• “中國建國後十七年文學英譯研究” (completed)
• “從女性主義角度看«傲慢與偏見»中譯本研究”(completed)

At M.A. Level

• Research Methodology for Translation Studies
• Bilingual Writing for Creative Industries
• Adaptation and Rewriting
• East-West Theatre: A Comparative Approach

At Undergraduate Level

• Practical Translation I, II, III
• Principles and Techniques of Translation
• Interpreting I, II
• Advanced Interpreting
• Literary Translation
• Drama Translation
• English for Translators
• Translating Across Media
• Translation Theories II
• Translation Appreciation, Criticism and Evaluation
• Culture and Translation
• Gender and Translation
• Translation and Intercultural Studies
• Translation in the Hong Kong Context
• Intercultural Theatre and Cultural Translation
• Supervision of Translation Honours Projects

Research Interests

• 100 years of Cinema in Xinjiang. A book manuscript as output of a GRF grant.
• “Tibetan Contemporary Art”. A book chapter to be submitted to a book project.