China Seminar Public Lecture Series

February 21, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Mānoa Campus, Moore 109 Add to Calendar

Tuesday, February 21, 12:00 noon, in Moore Hall 109

“Translator Education in China: Challenges and Opportunities"

Dr. Wu Qing, Former Vice Dean, School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University; China Director for the Confucius Institute at UHM

Précis: This presentation will start with a sketch of foreign language education in China in the first decade of the 21st century and move to talk about the surge of translation degree programs at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The speaker will discuss both challenges and opportunities this boom has brought to universities in China.

About the Speaker: WU Qing, Associate Professor at the Beijing Foreign Studies University. Once the founding head of the Dept. of Translation & Interpreting and former Vice Dean of the School of English & International Studies at BFSU, she is currently serving as the Chinese Co-Director at the Confucius Institute of UHM.


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