Research on Translator and Interpreter Training

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Jackie Xiu Yan, Jun Pan, Honghua Wang

   Pages 1-8

3. Research on Translator and Interpreter Training: Bibliometric Reviews

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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4. Research on Translator and Interpreter Training: Bibliometric Reviews

   1. Studies on Translator and Interpreter Training: A Data-Driven Review of Journal Articles 2000–12

      • Jackie Xiu Yan, Jun Pan, Honghua Wang

      Pages 11-38

   2. Research on Translator Training After the New Millennium: A Corpus-Based Review of Eight Journals on Translation Studies

      • Jackie Xiu Yan, Jun Pan, Honghua Wang

      Pages 39-58

   3. Research on Interpreter Training: A Review of Studies in the New Millennium

      • Jackie Xiu Yan, Jun Pan, Honghua Wang

      Pages 59-75

   4. Beyond the Landscape “of Light”: A Review of Pedagogical Research Articles in Meta (2000–2014)

      • Jackie Xiu Yan, Jun Pan, Honghua Wang

      Pages 77-98

5. Research on Translator and Interpreter Training: Empirical Studies on Learners

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. Learner Factors, Self-perceived Language Ability and Interpreting Learning: An Investigation of Hong Kong Tertiary Interpreting Classes

      • Jackie Xiu Yan, Jun Pan, Honghua Wang

      Pages 101-121

   3. Learner Variables and Problems Perceived by Students: An Investigation of a College Interpreting Programme in China

      • Jackie Xiu Yan, Jun Pan, Honghua Wang

      Pages 123-146

   4. The Interplay Between Foreign Language Anxiety, Willingness to Communicate and Other Learner Factors in Tertiary Interpreting Classrooms

      • Jackie Xiu Yan, Jun Pan, Honghua Wang

      Pages 147-167

   5. Second Language Writing Anxiety and Translation: Performance in a Hong Kong Tertiary Translation Class

      • Jackie Xiu Yan, Jun Pan, Honghua Wang

      Pages 169-190

   6. Conclusion

      • Jackie Xiu Yan, Jun Pan, Honghua Wang

      Pages 191-195

6. Back Matter

   Pages 197-200

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This book comprehensively examines the development of translator and interpreter training using bibliometric reviews of the state of the field and empirical studies on classroom practice. It starts by introducing databases in bibliometric reviews and presents a detailed account of the reasons behind the project and its objectives as well as a description of the methods of constructing databases. The introduction is followed by full-scale review studies on various aspects of translator and interpreter training, providing not only an overall picture of the research themes and methods, but also valuable information on active authors, institutions and countries in the subfields of translator training, interpreter training, and translator and interpreter training in general. The book also compares publications from different subfields of research, regions and journals to show the special features within this discipline. Further, it provides a series of empirical studies conducted by the authors, covering a wide array of topics in translator and interpreter training, with an emphasis on learner factors. 


This collective volume, with its unique perspective on bibliometric data and empirical studies, highlights the latest development in the field of translator and interpreter training research. The findings presented will help researchers, trainers and practitioners to reflect on the important issues in the discipline and find possible new directions for future research.

• Translation and Interpreting Research and Practice
• Translator and Interpreter Training
• Journals of Translation and Interpreting Studies
• Data-driven Approach
• Bibliometric Approach
• Learner Factors

• Department of Linguistics and Translation, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong

  Jackie Xiu Yan

• Translation Programme, Department of English Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong

  Jun Pan

• School of Translation, Hang Seng Management College, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong

  Honghua Wang

Dr. Jackie Xiu Yan is an associate professor at the Department of Linguistics and Translation at City University of Hong Kong. She received her PhD and MEd from the University of Texas at Austin, and her BA from Shanghai International Studies University.  Her research interests include social and affective factors in translation and language learning, corpus-based analysis of translation studies, as well as classical Chinese translation and interpretation. She has published widely in the fields of translation studies and applied linguistics. She is also a dedicated editor of a series of translation books and one of the contributing editors of the Chinese-English Dictionary by Fudan University Press published in 2015. 


Dr. Jun Pan is an assistant professor in the Translation Programme at Hong Kong Baptist University. Holding a BA (Hons) from Jiangsu University, MA from Shanghai International Studies University and PhD from City University of Hong Kong, she is an experienced conference interpreter and interpreter trainer, and has been researching in interpreting and translation for many years. Her research interests include learner factors in interpreter training, professionalism in interpreting and corpus-based interpreting studies. She has published widely in internationally refereed journals such as the Interpreter and Translator Trainer, and Perspectives:Studies in Translatology. 


Dr. Honghua Wang is an assistant professor at the School of Translation at Hang Seng Management College. She has a PhD in Translation Studies from City University of Hong Kong, MA in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from Jiangsu University and BA in English from Jiangsu University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include interpreter and translator training, gender and translation and second language acquisition. She has many years of teaching experience and has published widely in internationally renowned journals.