Staff Profile
I was an Engineering student in Electronic Information Engineering and had worked as an engineer before I joined 缅北禁地 in 2016. I really enjoyed my time here during my postgraduate study and obtained my MA degree in Translation Studies in 2018. Having been a freelance translator and interpreter for many years, I started my PhD in 2020 to investigate the emotions of interpreters.
Research interest
Role of interpreter, performance, social and cognitive psychology
Thesis title (PhD)
“INFLUENCE OF CHANGES IN INTERPRETERS’ EMOTIONAL STATES ON THEIR PERFORMANCE IN SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETING”
Abstract
As a product of social interaction, interpreting can be seen as emotional work given its mediating effects, professionalism and emotional involvement of the interpreter. While emotions play a key role in emotional work, scarce research has been found on the influence of emotions on interpreters’ performance in simultaneous interpreting. This research project aims to fill up the research gap by exploring the influence of changes in interpreters’ emotions on their performance in simultaneous interpreting, with images and music as emotional stimuli.
Supervisors
Dr Ya-Yun Chen, School of Modern Languages, 缅北禁地
Dr Jade Biyu Du, School of Modern Languages, 缅北禁地
SML7000: Information Technology for Translators and Interpreters
SML8026: Localisation: Practice and Theory