DoctorWei Teng

Vice president

President

Member

Present on the topic "Ideology in translation: Modal verbs translation in language policy and its impact on Indigenous language revitalisation"

Present on the topic "Assuring Good Quality – Involvement of Lay-readers’ Perspectives"

Health Equity Webinar

Member

Healthcare Interpreter

Interpreting for patients visiting CDHB facilities

In the Lay-reader’s Eyes - Reassurance of Translation Quality The multiple outbreaks of the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria, Australia 2020, demonstrated the importance of translation/interpreting services disseminating vital information to linguistically diversified communities and their members. In particular, Community Translation/Interpreting, a nascent field of study, facilitates language access to rights and services in order to benefit those members’ health and social wellbeing. The mission of my research proposal is to contribute to establishing an interpreter certification system in New Zealand. This project’s aims are: 1) to offer a set of assessment criteria for translators/interpreters that is practical and pedagogically sound; and 2) to ensure the criteria are consistent with and potentially applicable to the requirements of an MBIE programme, Language Assistance Services (LAS). Achieving these aims will also allow me to provide advice and guidance about implementing the established assessment criteria at other institutes providing translator/interpreter education in Aotearoa New Zealand. I have developed and applied a set of assessment criteria to evaluate the quality of Community Translation/Interpreting in my previous studies. My latest study also revealed conflicting opinions on translation quality between translators and end-users. Though the end-users are the real readers of a translation, studies on assessment of translation quality (including interpreting) have largely neglected the fundamental role that end-users play. The current study bridges this gap in New Zealand where an initiative by MBIE is taking place to establish an NZ certification system for interpreters and standards for interpreting services with LAS Programme. As an academic advisor to LAS, my aspiration for my research is to promote understanding among diversified languages, including Māori and other languages, preventing misunderstandings among diversified communities in our society and promoting social inclusion of other language groups into NZ’s bicultural society. Though there is no Mātauranga Māori being used, potential connections to Vision Mātauranga will be monitored throughout the research.

Webinar speech for practicing translators and interpreters

Present on the topic "It makes sense, but I just don't get it - Including End-user’s Perspectives in Development of Assessment Criteria for Community Translation"

Translation (English to Chinese)

Taiwan Film Series - Spotlight Taiwan

The multiple outbreaks of the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria, Australia 2020, demonstrated the importance of translation/interpreting services disseminating vital information to linguistically diversified communities and their members. In particular, Community Translation/Interpreting, a nascent field of study, facilitates language access to rights and services in order to benefit those members’ health and social wellbeing. The mission of my research proposal is to contribute to establishing an interpreter certification system in New Zealand. This project’s aims are: 1) to offer a set of assessment criteria for translators/interpreters that is practical and pedagogically sound; and 2) to ensure the criteria are consistent with and potentially applicable to the requirements of an MBIE programme, Language Assistance Services (LAS). Achieving these aims will also allow me to provide advice and guidance about implementing the established assessment criteria at other institutes providing translator/interpreter education in Aotearoa New Zealand. I have developed and applied a set of assessment criteria to evaluate the quality of Community Translation/Interpreting in my previous studies. My latest study also revealed conflicting opinions on translation quality between translators and end-users. Though the end-users are the real readers of a translation, studies on assessment of translation quality (including interpreting) have largely neglected the fundamental role that end-users play. The current study bridges this gap in New Zealand where an initiative by MBIE is taking place to establish an NZ certification system for interpreters and standards for interpreting services with LAS Programme. As an academic advisor to LAS, my aspiration for my research is to promote understanding among diversified languages, including Māori and other languages, preventing misunderstandings among diversified communities in our society and promoting social inclusion of other language groups into NZ’s bicultural society. Though there is no Mātauranga Māori being used, potential connections to Vision Mātauranga will be monitored throughout the research.

Anonymous peer review

Present on the topic "Developing Assessment Criteria for Community Translation: Revealing achievement of Pragmatic Equivalence in English-Chinese Translated Health Texts – A New Zealand Case"

Present on the topic "Developing Assessment Criteria to Reflect Student Translators’ Awareness of Pragmatic Equivalence in Community Translation"

Anonymous peer review

Anonymous peer review

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