Opening Ceremony

Venue: Lecture Theatre 25, NTU

Singapore time

Morning Session

Chair

9:00-9:30

Introduction to distinguished guests (Feng Cui)

Feng Cui

Speaker: Vice president Siaou-Sze Lien

Topic: Welcome speech on behalf of NTU, Singapore

Speaker: Director Yow Cheun Hoe

Topic: Welcome speech on behalf of Chinese Heritage Centre, NTU, Singapore

Speaker: President Xuanming Luo  

Topic: Welcome speech on behalf of CACSEC

Speaker: President Zhifeng Kang

Topic: Acknowledgement speech on behalf of PCTI

Speaker: Dr. Wen Sze Lien

Topic: My Father Lien Shih Sheng and His Life of Letters

9:30-9:45

Group photo

Coffee break

July 26, 2023

Morning Session 

Singapore time

Venue: Lecture Theatre 25, NTU

Chair

9:45-10:25

Keynote Speech 1

Speaker: Xuanming Luo (Guanhgxi University/Qinghua University)

Topic: “Big Translation” and Cultural Memory: The Construction and Transmission of National Images

Wendi Yang

10:25-11:05

Keynote Speech 2

Speaker: Zhifeng Kang (Fudan University)

Topic: A Study of Student Interpreters’ Performances in Audio-visual Interpreting — Evidence from eye-tracking experiments

Hongjun Chen

11:05-11:45

Keynote Speech 3

Speaker: Feng Cui (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Topic: Empowering Language Diversity: The Keywords of Language and Translation Policies in Singapore

Jackie Xiu Yan

11:45-13:00

Lunch

July 26, 2023

Afternoon Sessions 

Singapore time:

Venue: School of Humanities, NTU, Singapore

Chair

13:30-16:50

Session 1: Translation and Cognition

(20 mins for each speaker)

Xinling Zhang, Hongmin Zhou

Session 2: Interpreting and Cognition

(20 mins for each speaker)

Han Xu, Xiaqing Li

Session 3: Literary Translation

(20 mins for each speaker)

Yue’e Chen, Baomei Song

Session 4: Multimodel Translation（1）

(20 mins for each speaker)

Li Pan, Lifeng Zhang

Session 5: Translation and Culture（1）

(20 mins for each speaker)

Fushou Xiao, Jiaying Hu

16:50-17:00

Coffee break

17:00-17:40

(London time

10:00-10:40)

Keynote Speech 4

Speaker: Binhua Wang (Leeds University, UK)

Topic: Retranslating the Chinese classical canon Journey to the West: How is Julia Lovell’s new translation different from Arthur Waley’s translation?

Claire Yiyi Shih

17:45-18:15

(London time

11:15-11:45)

Plenary Speech 1

Speaker: Caiwen Wang (University of Westerminster)

Topic: Does Impoliteness Interpreting Display Gender Differences?

Jiafang Bai

18:15-

Dinner party

July 27, 2023

Morning Session

Singapore time:

Venue: Chinese Heritage Centre, NTU

Chair

8:45-9:15

Plenary Speech 2

Speaker: Wendi Yang (Central South University)

Topic: A better self and a better life: thinking through traditional Chinese thoughts

Hong Zhang

9:15-9:45

Plenary Speech 3

Speaker: Hongjun Chen (Dalian University of Technology)

Topic: The Influence of Metaphor on Cognitive Load in English to Chinese Sight Translation: An Eye-tracking Study

Hongmin Zhou

9:45-10:15

Plenary Speech 4

Speaker: Zhengshuan Li (Hebei Normal University)

Topic: A Study of Edgar Snow’s Translation Behavior in Translating Mao Zedong’s Poem “The Long March” into English

Han Xu

10:15-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-11:00

Plenary Speech 5

Speaker: Xin Shang (Shanghai University)

Topic: Contrastive Analysis-based Empirical Translation Studies: Theory and Methodology

 Xinlin Zhang

11:00-11:30

Plenary Speech 6

Speaker: Jackie Xiu Yan (City University of Hong Kong)

Topic: Assessment criteria and learner perceptions in an audio describer and interpreter training program in Hong Kong

Li Pan

11:30-12:00

Plenary Speech 7

Speaker: Claire Yiyi Shih (University College London, UK)

Topic: Translators’ Information Literacy: An Evidence-based Approach

Xin Shang

12:00-13:00

lunch

July 27, 2023

Morning Session

Singapore time:

Venue: Chinese Heritage Centre, NTU

Chair

8:45-9:15

Plenary Speech 2

Speaker: Wendi Yang (Central South University)

Topic: A better self and a better life: thinking through traditional Chinese thoughts

Hong Zhang

9:15-9:45

Plenary Speech 3

Speaker: Hongjun Chen (Dalian University of Technology)

Topic: The Influence of Metaphor on Cognitive Load in English to Chinese Sight Translation: An Eye-tracking Study

Hongmin Zhou

9:45-10:15

Plenary Speech 4

Speaker: Zhengshuan Li (Hebei Normal University)

Topic: A Study of Edgar Snow’s Translation Behavior in Translating Mao Zedong’s Poem “The Long March” into English

Han Xu

10:15-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-11:00

Plenary Speech 5

Speaker: Xin Shang (Shanghai University)

Topic: Contrastive Analysis-based Empirical Translation Studies: Theory and Methodology

 Xinlin Zhang

11:00-11:30

Plenary Speech 6

Speaker: Jackie Xiu Yan (City University of Hong Kong)

Topic: Assessment criteria and learner perceptions in an audio describer and interpreter training program in Hong Kong

Li Pan

11:30-12:00

Plenary Speech 7

Speaker: Claire Yiyi Shih (University College London, UK)

Topic: Translators’ Information Literacy: An Evidence-based Approach

Xin Shang

12:00-13:00

lunch

Closing Ceremony

Venue: Chinese Heritage Centre, NTU

July 27, 2023

17:30-18:00

Speaker: Xin Shang

Award for excellent papers

Hongjun Chen

Speaker: Zhengshuan Li

Topic: Academic summary

Speaker: Zhifeng Kang

Topic: Closing Remarks

Speaker: Biming Luo

Topic: Closing Remarks

Round table meeting

July 28,

9:00-11:30

Speakers: Zhifeng Kang, Biming Luo, Feng Cui, Hongjun Chen, Li Pan and those who are interested in the topic.

Topic: Discussion about the international conference and cultural exchanges

Xiaqing Li

13:30-17:00

Speakers: Zhifeng Kang, Hongjun Chen, Li Pan, Feng Cui and those who are interested in the topic.

Topic: Summary

Cultural Exchanges

Chinese Heritage Center of NTU, Singapore

Chair

July 29,

9:00-11:30

Speaker: Hongjun Chen

Topic: Chinese Heritage and culture

Campus culture of NTU

Yaqiong Gong

13:30-17:00

Topic: Singapore culture