Dr. Cheng Po Suen Maria
Department of Linguistics and Translation
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Biography
Maria Cheng, PhD, is an academic and media worker. She has rich experience in the media industry, including advertising, broadcasting, film-making and publishing prior to her academic pursuance. Her current research interests focus on discourse analysis, Chinese painting, translation process and bilingual editing. She has been writing and translating extensively since 1966, covering poems, prose, features, reviews, critiques, interviews, novels, subtitles, etc. Her publications include SSCI & CSSCI-listed journal articles on political discourse, news and audiovisual translation studies, and Chinese painting, a reference book titled Translation for the Media, and translations of a few Chinese painting series by Jao Tsung-i and book chapters of Jeremy Munday’s translation theories. A forthcoming book entitled The Essential Terms of Chinese Painting.
Research Interest
Research Interests/Areas Discourse analysis (political and news discourse) Chinese painting Translation process and bilingual editing Audiovisual translation studies
