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Dr Caiwen Wang
Principal Teaching Fellow
SELCS
Faculty of Arts & Humanities
- Joined UCL
- 1st Oct 2013
Research summary
My
research interests are empirical studies of translation and
interpreting, and applied linguistics in general. At the moment, I am
particularly keen to explore the cognitive aspect of and cultural issues in
translation and interpreting. I supervise Type A and Type B MSc dissertation,
and PhD in Translation and Interpreting Studies.
My latest research activities at UCL include:
- Lead Researcher for the on-going 2018-2019 UCL Global Engagement Funds Project
for Translation Studies. The project aims to study the translation of
political texts.
- Collaborator for the 2017-2018 UCL Bursary Project with a charitable organisation, Chinese National Healthy Living
Centre. The outcome is an app called 译忆 for dementia patients and their carers.
- A keynote speech on the directionality of simultaneous
interpreting, given at the International Symposium on Translation,
Interpreting and Cognition in a Global Vision held at Fudan University,
Shanghai, China, on 20-21 April 2019.
Teaching summary
At UCL, I teach scientific and technical translation between English and Chinese, taught consecutive and liaison interpreting, and have been an examiner for consecutive and liaison interpreting.
Biography
At UCL, I
am Principal Teaching Fellow in Translation and Interpreting. I hold a PhD in
Pragmatics from Loughborough University, UK, and a Master degree in General
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (with Distinction) plus a Bachelor degree
in English for Science and Technology, both from Shanghai Jiaotong University,
P.R. China. I was trained to be a translator and interpreter throughout my
Bachelor and Masters study programmes, and have been freelancing translation
and interpreting since 1995 in addition to my academic work. I am an executive
member of the China Association for Translation, Interpreting and Cognition,
and one of the Association's Executive Directors, assisting in
coordination of academic activities related to the UK and Europe.
My professional work includes
working at the University of Westminster. Details can be found here: https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/wang-caiwen. I am also a distance-learning tutor for the Diploma in
Translation (DipTrans) course of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, an editorial board member of International Journal
of Applied Linguistics and Translation, and a reviewer for
the international journal Transletters: International Journal of
Translation and Interpreting, and Journal of Pragmatics.