YAN, Xiu Jackie
Biography
Jackie Xiu Yan received her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. She is now Subject Leader of the MA Translation Program in the Department of Linguistics and Translation at City University of Hong Kong. Her research and teaching interests include interpreter and translator training, audio description, Chinese culture and translation, and Applied Linguistics. She has published profusely in these areas. Her books include Research on Translator and Interpreter Training: A collective Volume of Bibliometric Reviews and Empirical Studies on Learners; Cultural Identity and Language Anxiety (edited),The Commentary of the Analects (translation), and Chinese Poems Translated by Arthur Waley (edited). She has also edited a series of history works in Chinese translation, and served as reviewer for important academic journals. She is now President of the Hong Kong Audio Description Studies Association (HKADSA), President of the Hong Kong Association of University Women (HKAUW). In 2021, she has won a silver medal in the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva.
Research Interests
- Translation and Interpreting Studies
- Audio Description Studies
- Chinese classics and translation
- Applied Linguistics
Key Publications
- Yan, J. X., & Luo, K. (July, 2024). Exploring User-Centered Evaluation in a Tertiary-Level, Audio-Describer Training . Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1-13 (indexed journal: SSCI).
- Yan, X. (鄢秀) (May, 2024). IPA Guide for Visually Impaired Learners (视障人士英语音标学习指南)， Large Braille version（大字·盲文版）. Beijing: China Braille Press (北京：中国盲文出版社).
- Yan, J. X., & Luo, K. (March, 2023). Audio description and interpreting training: A comparison of assessment criteria from the perspective of learners. Perspectives, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/0907676X.2023.2186794 (Indexed journal: SSCI & AHCI)
- Yan, J. X., & Liang, J. (Oct, 2022). Foreign language anxiety and dependency distance in English-Chinese interpretation classrooms. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.952664 (Indexed Journal: SSCI)
- Yan, Jackie Xiu (2019, Translation). The Commentary of the Analects (論語譯注) (by Chin, Annping The Analects (translated with an Introduction and Commentary) New York: Penguin Books, 2014). Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press.