ABOUT

Fans of Translation is run by Dr Yu Kit Cheung MCIL CL FHEA, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Chinese Translation Studies at The University of Manchester, UK. He is also a Steering Committee Member of the East Asian Translation Pedagogy Advance.

Working between English and Chinese, he has recently published a monograph on Chinese translation pedagogy with Routledge (ISBN: 9781032554006). In addition to academic writing, he is keen to share his thoughts on language (including translation), from which he derives tremendous pleasure.

His recent academic publications include:

2026. A Coursebook on English-Chinese Translation. Routledge. 186 pp. [forthcoming]
2024. Review of Educating Community Interpreters and Translators in Unprecedented Times, edited by Miranda Lai, Oktay Eser, and Ineke Crezee. Journal of Translation Studies 8 (2): 130-134.
2023. ‘Exegesis of Yan Fu’s “Note on Translation Strategy” in his Chinese Translation of T.H. Huxley’s Evolution and Ethics 嚴復《天演論‧譯例言》講疏.’ Translation Quarterly 105: 77-94.
2022. 'What is Chinese? A Case Study of the Chinese Translations of Government Guidance and Regulations in Relation to COVID-19 in the UK.' In Translation and Interpreting in the Age of COVID-19, edited by Kanglong Liu and Andrew K.F. Cheung, 61-83. Springer.
2021. 'Blending Language Learning with Translation Teaching: A New Perspective on the Teachability of Chinese Translation.' In Diverse Voices in Chinese Translation and Interpreting: Theory and Practice, edited by Riccardo Moratto and Martin Woesler, 433-453. Springer.
2020. Book Review of S.W. Chan, A New Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary. 2016. Translation Quarterly 96: 81-90.
2020. 'Nominalisation and Domestication: Reconsidering the Titles of the English Translations of Pu Songling’s Liaozhi zhiyi.' Translation Horizons. 10: 70-84.
2019. 'Confucianism.' In Routledge Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Culture, edited by S.W. Chan, 221- 237. Routledge.