Chan Lung Jan Andy
Assistant Professor
Department of Translation
Lingnan University (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong
Biography
CHAN Lung-jan, Andy holds a PhD in Translation and Intercultural Studies from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain. He has previously worked as a translator at the Educational Technology and Publishing Unit in the Open University of Hong Kong and a Lecturer in Translation Studies at the Division of Languages and Communication in the Community College of City University, Hong Kong. His research interests include the translation profession, the translation market, and economics and sociology of translation. He has published in international journals such as Translation Space, Translation and Interpreting Studies and Across Languages and Cultures. He is one of the co-authors of The Status of the Translation Profession in the European Union (Anthem Press, 2014) commissioned by the European Commission. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, UK, a Life Member of the Hong Kong Translation Society and serves on the editorial review board of Current Trends in Translation Teaching and Learning, University of Helsinki.
Research Interest
Economics and Sociology of Translation, Translation and Pop Culture
Publications
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"Effectiveness of translator certification as a signaling device: Views from the translator recruiters". In Identity and Status in the Translational Professions,Sela-Sheffy, Rakefet and Miriam Shlesinger (eds.), Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2011, pp. 31–48.
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"Pushing hands, the invisible hand, and the changing (pre-)faces of the first baihua Chinese translation of The Wealth of Nations". In The Pushing-Hands of Translation and its Theory: In memoriam Martha Cheung, 1953-2013, Robinson, Douglas (ed.), London: Taylor & Francis, 2016, pp. 97–106.
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Coauthored with Pym, A., Grin, F., Sfreddo.The Status of the Translation Profession in the European Union. Luxembourg: European Commission, 2012.
